Thanks for your careful review Robie! As far as security is concerned, upstream comments on this in edc1c90cb972fdca1f66be5a8e2b0706bd2a4949: """ Note that we do not use random numbers for security sensitive things like keys or so. It's used for random based UUIDs etc. """
I looked at the util-linux source and it is used in: * dos.c: create a random disk ID * ipcmk.c: create shared memory segments with a random key * gen_uuid.c: generate UUIDs * mcookie.c: to generate 128bit random numbers for xauth but the man-page warns that the randomness of this may come from the libc pseudo-random functions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1783810 Title: [SRU] blocks boot on core18 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/1783810/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
