Setting to confirmed to placate the bot. Thanks.

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Confirmed

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Title:
  disable a.out support

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Hello,

  I suggest we disable a.out support in our kernels. It's quite old,
  likely has security problems, and unlikely to have users.

  
  Here's a hand-filtered list of kernel configs that were returned from this 
list:

  grep -rl -e AOUT=m -e AOUT=y | sort -n

  I've selected what looks like the most recent kernels from among:
  precise
  trusty
  xenial
  bionic
  cosmic

  There is no disco because it's not on the kernel.ubuntu.com/kernel-
  config rsync source.

  Thanks

  precise/linux/3.2.0-126.169/i386-config.flavour.generic
  precise/linux/3.2.0-126.169/i386-config.flavour.generic-pae
  precise/linux/3.2.0-126.169/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  precise/linux/3.2.0-126.169/i386-config.flavour.virtual
  precise/linux/3.8.0-25.36/armel-config.flavour.omap4
  precise/linux/3.8.0-25.36/armhf-config.flavour.omap4
  precise/linux/3.8.0-25.36/i386-config.flavour.generic
  precise/linux/3.8.0-25.36/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  precise/linux-armadaxp/3.2.0-1687.114/i386-config.flavour.generic
  precise/linux-armadaxp/3.2.0-1687.114/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  precise/linux-lts-trusty/3.13.0-148.197~precise1/i386-config.flavour.generic
  
precise/linux-lts-trusty/3.13.0-148.197~precise1/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  precise/linux-ti-omap4/3.2.0-1504.131/i386-config.flavour.generic
  precise/linux-ti-omap4/3.2.0-1504.131/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  trusty/linux/3.13.0-148.197/i386-config.flavour.generic
  trusty/linux/3.13.0-148.197/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  trusty/linux-aws/4.4.0-1004.4/i386-config.flavour.generic
  trusty/linux-aws/4.4.0-1004.4/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  trusty/linux-lts-xenial/4.4.0-125.150~14.04.1/i386-config.flavour.generic
  trusty/linux-lts-xenial/4.4.0-125.150~14.04.1/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  xenial/linux/4.4.0-125.150/i386-config.flavour.generic
  xenial/linux/4.4.0-125.150/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  xenial/linux-aws/4.4.0-1055.64/i386-config.flavour.generic
  xenial/linux-aws/4.4.0-1055.64/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  xenial/linux-azure/4.13.0-1001.1/i386-config.flavour.generic
  xenial/linux-azure/4.13.0-1001.1/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  xenial/linux-euclid/4.4.0-9019.20/i386-config.flavour.generic
  xenial/linux-euclid/4.4.0-9019.20/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  xenial/linux-flo/3.4.0-5.19/i386-config.flavour.generic
  xenial/linux-flo/3.4.0-5.19/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  xenial/linux-flo/3.4.0-5.23/armhf-config.flavour.flo
  xenial/linux-gcp/4.10.0-1009.9/i386-config.flavour.generic
  xenial/linux-gcp/4.10.0-1009.9/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  xenial/linux-gcp/4.8.0-1002.2/i386-config.flavour.generic
  xenial/linux-gcp/4.8.0-1002.2/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  xenial/linux-gke/4.4.0-1034.34/i386-config.flavour.generic
  xenial/linux-gke/4.4.0-1034.34/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  xenial/linux-gke/4.4.0-1036.36/armhf-config.flavour.mako
  xenial/linux-goldfish/3.4.0-4.26/i386-config.flavour.generic
  xenial/linux-goldfish/3.4.0-4.26/i386-config.flavour.generic-pae
  xenial/linux-goldfish/3.4.0-4.26/i386-config.flavour.goldfish
  xenial/linux-goldfish/3.4.0-4.26/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  xenial/linux-goldfish/3.4.0-4.26/i386-config.flavour.virtual
  xenial/linux-goldfish/3.4.0-4.27/armhf-config.flavour.goldfish
  xenial/linux-goldfish/3.4.0-4.27/i386-config.flavour.goldfish
  xenial/linux-hwe/4.13.0-42.47~16.04.1/i386-config.flavour.generic
  xenial/linux-hwe/4.13.0-42.47~16.04.1/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  xenial/linux-hwe/4.8.0-49.52~16.04.1/armel-config.flavour.omap4
  xenial/linux-hwe/4.8.0-49.52~16.04.1/armhf-config.flavour.omap4
  xenial/linux-hwe/4.8.0-58.63~16.04.1/i386-config.flavour.generic
  xenial/linux-hwe/4.8.0-58.63~16.04.1/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  xenial/linux-hwe-edge/4.15.0-21.22~16.04.1/i386-config.flavour.generic
  xenial/linux-hwe-edge/4.15.0-21.22~16.04.1/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  xenial/linux-joule/4.4.0-1005.10/i386-config.flavour.generic
  xenial/linux-joule/4.4.0-1005.10/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  xenial/linux-kvm/4.4.0-1021.26/i386-config.flavour.generic
  xenial/linux-kvm/4.4.0-1021.26/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  xenial/linux-mako/3.4.0-7.43/armhf-config.flavour.mako
  xenial/linux-mako/3.4.0-7.44/armhf-config.flavour.flo
  xenial/linux-mako/3.4.0-7.44/i386-config.flavour.generic
  xenial/linux-mako/3.4.0-7.44/i386-config.flavour.generic-pae
  xenial/linux-mako/3.4.0-7.44/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  xenial/linux-mako/3.4.0-7.44/i386-config.flavour.virtual
  xenial/linux-manta/3.4.0-7.34/armhf-config.flavour.manta
  xenial/linux-oem/4.13.0-1007.8/i386-config.flavour.generic
  xenial/linux-oem/4.13.0-1007.8/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  xenial/linux-raspi2/4.4.0-1070.78/i386-config.flavour.generic
  xenial/linux-raspi2/4.4.0-1070.78/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  bionic/linux/4.15.0-21.22/i386-config.flavour.generic
  bionic/linux/4.15.0-21.22/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  bionic/linux-kvm/4.15.0-1006.6/i386-config.flavour.generic
  bionic/linux-kvm/4.15.0-1006.6/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  bionic/linux-raspi2/4.13.0-1007.7/i386-config.flavour.generic
  bionic/linux-raspi2/4.13.0-1007.7/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  bionic/linux-snapdragon/4.4.0-1082.87/i386-config.flavour.generic
  bionic/linux-snapdragon/4.4.0-1082.87/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  cosmic/linux/4.15.0-21.22/i386-config.flavour.generic
  cosmic/linux/4.15.0-21.22/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  cosmic/linux-azure/4.15.0-1009.9/i386-config.flavour.generic
  cosmic/linux-azure/4.15.0-1009.9/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  cosmic/linux-gcp/4.15.0-1006.6/i386-config.flavour.generic
  cosmic/linux-gcp/4.15.0-1006.6/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  cosmic/linux-kvm/4.15.0-1008.8/i386-config.flavour.generic
  cosmic/linux-kvm/4.15.0-1008.8/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  cosmic/linux-oem/4.15.0-1004.5/i386-config.flavour.generic
  cosmic/linux-oem/4.15.0-1004.5/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency
  cosmic/linux-raspi2/4.15.0-1010.11/i386-config.flavour.generic
  cosmic/linux-raspi2/4.15.0-1010.11/i386-config.flavour.lowlatency

  Thanks

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