Public bug reported:
Micro instances (600MB RAM) will fail to update their kernel packages
(possibly breaking other security updates) since xz will consume a large
% of the system's memory by default - leaving not much RAM for actual
running processes. This also risks a mis-targeted oomkiller.
This is GCE-specific - xz compression is only used due to /etc
/initramfs-tools/conf.d/99-gce.conf
** Affects: gce-utils (Ubuntu)
Importance: Critical
Assignee: Robert C Jennings (rcj)
Status: In Progress
** Summary changed:
- Small VMs can easily run out of memory during initramfs creation
+ Small VMs can run out of memory during initramfs creation
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Small VMs can run out of memory during initramfs creation
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