Public bug reported: A few kernels updates ago (after kernel 3.13.0-98) on 14.04 (Trusty) a backported fix for Dirty COW from kernel 4.8.3 resulted in some Delphi apps freezing wineserver and leaving it unkillable:
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41637 I haven't tested for the bug on 16.04 Xenial (kernel 4.4.0-59) but it is probably affected. A patch is available: https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/1/5/13 ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1658270 Title: Backport Dirty COW patch to prevent wineserver freeze To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1658270/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
