This bug was fixed in the package util-linux - 2.30.1-0ubuntu3
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util-linux (2.30.1-0ubuntu3) artful; urgency=medium
* Cherrypick upstream patches to support getrandom() fallbacks on older
kernels. LP: #1708635
-- Dimitri John Ledkov Mon, 14 Aug 2017 11:15:20
+0100
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** Changed in: util-linux (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Committed
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Valgrind reports " Uninitialised value was created by a stack
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Already have done: https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/pull/492 ☺
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Valgrind reports " Uninitialised value was created by a stack
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Hi,
Please provide minimal example of how to reproduce this. Ideally without
the CI - as I see it tries to setup ccache / clang etc. And I'm not sure
if all of that is relevant.
You mention an older kernel, what kernel is that? I would have thought a
reasonable kernel to test on, is latest xenial
** Changed in: util-linux (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Chris Halse Rogers (raof)
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Not sure how to test this, but...
index b93b9ba47..cfa82d13c 100644
--- a/lib/randutils.c
+++ b/lib/randutils.c
@@ -81,8 +81,10 @@ void random_get_bytes(void *buf, size_t nbytes)
while (n > 0) {
ssize_t x = read(fd, cp, n);
if (x <= 0
PS I suspect this only manifests in CI because the builders have an
older kernel than development machines.
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Valgrind reports " Uninitiali
Looking at the util-linux source it seems that this could arise if:
1. opening /dev/urandom succeeds; and,
2. a subsequent read() fails
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** Also affects: util-linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** No longer affects: valgrind (Ubuntu)
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