This bug was fixed in the package apport - 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
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apport (2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2) saucy-proposed; urgency=low
* Patch from upstream r2732. Filter out "guest..." users, they may have a
system UID. (LP: #1250679)
-- Brian Murray <[email protected]> Fri, 06 Dec 2013 11:15:30 -0800
** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu Saucy)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1250679
Title:
crash files from guest users considered system reports
Status in “apport” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in “apport” source package in Saucy:
Fix Released
Bug description:
[Impact]
Users are notified of crashes from guests users indicating that they are
system crashes, which they are then unable to report which results in a bad
user experience.
[Test Case]
1) log in to your system as your regular user
2) from your session switch to a guest session
3) open a terminal
4) run 'xeyes &'
5) run 'pkill -11 xeyes'
6) wait for a crash dialog
7) switch to your regular session
8) observe a notification regarding a system crash report, click to report it
9) enter your password
10) observe nothing else happens
With the version of apport from saucy-proposed you should not receive
a crash notification.
[Regression Potential]
Little as we are explicitly filter on crashes where the username starts with
guest.
If a guest user experiences a crash on an Ubuntu system it is reported
as a system crash by apport/fileutils.py (because the guest user id is
less than 500). Subsequently, a crash notification dialog appears on
the guest user's session and on the primary user's session (if they
are logged in). However, when you go to actually file the report (as
the primary user) nothing happens.
Regardless, I wonder if get_all_system_reports() in
apport/fileutils.py couldn't check to see if the crash file is owned
by a guest user.
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