But this doesn't open an attack vector to allow someone to crash the system and cause a DoS. All it is saying is that if a user were to crash the system whilst an upgrade is being performed, it can leave the system in an inconsistent state. If you were reporting an attack vector that someone could exploit to cause a DoS, then that would be a security issue.
A system crash or power interruption whilst apt is running has always been bad anyway, not just with ext4. I think there might already be a separate bug report for that. The problem is, if you interrupt an upgrade, then the system can be left in an inconsistent state regardless of the filesystem you are using. And me pulling the plug out of the wall socket could class as a DoS ;) -- Replaced files truncated on upgrade on EXT4 filesystem, potentially leaving system inoperable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/342142 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
