Hello Maarten, or anyone else affected, Accepted xorg-server into quantal-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg- server/2:1.13.0-0ubuntu6.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please change the bug tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not, change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! ** Tags added: verification-needed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1070481 Title: memory corruption in xorg-server when closing acpid Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: [IMPACT] * If acpid is closed before server is shutdown (for example with shutdown -h now, or stop acpid) a memory corruption will occur, because the acpi handler frees itself from a linked list before the next entry is taken. This will cause a reliable in valgrind, and in the worst case can cause the X server to shutdown uncleanly, or corrupt silently. * the fix is simply taking the next member before calling the handler in xf86WakeUp [TESTCASE] * Start X with valgrind --free-fill=fe * stop acpid * Server crashes [Regression Potential] I don't believe there's much potential for regressions, since the code is called from few places, and I do not believe any of the handlers depend on the specific order in which they're called. Potentially suitable for precise too. [Other Info] I originally wanted to get this in before quantal release, but lost out due to time, but this would be more involved than converting the offending function to use nt_list_for_each_entry_safe. Original discussion at http://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/12156/ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1070481/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
