Public bug reported: [Impact] Atari partition tables have very broad specifications, and can spontaneously show up on uncleared disks with "garbage" data. There have been reports of misinterpreted AHDI partition tables before (see [0] and [1]), usually as an unintended side-effect of using non-zeroed disks. Users of this specific partition scheme are unlikely to be on AWS instances, so we should disable them.
[0] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/1467736712-11825-1-git-send-email-kris...@linux.vnet.ibm.com/ [1] https://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-atari/1995/11/19/0001.html [Test Case] Ensure that CONFIG_ATARI_PARTITION is not set in /boot/config-$(uname -r) [Fix] Unset CONFIG_ATARI_PARTITION in debian.aws/config/config.common.ubuntu [Regression Potential] There could be unexpected dependencies on Atari partitions that are impacted by this change. Considering Atari hardware hasn't been produced in a long time, and are unlikely to be used in AWS instances, the regression potential should be very low. ** Affects: linux-aws (Ubuntu) Importance: High Status: Confirmed ** Affects: linux-aws (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: linux-aws (Ubuntu Bionic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: linux-aws (Ubuntu Focal) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: linux-aws (Ubuntu Groovy) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: linux-aws (Ubuntu Hirsute) Importance: High Status: Confirmed ** Tags: sts ** Also affects: linux-aws (Ubuntu Hirsute) Importance: High Status: Confirmed ** Also affects: linux-aws (Ubuntu Bionic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: linux-aws (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: linux-aws (Ubuntu Focal) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: linux-aws (Ubuntu Groovy) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-aws in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1908264 Title: Disable Atari partition support for linux-aws Status in linux-aws package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux-aws source package in Xenial: New Status in linux-aws source package in Bionic: New Status in linux-aws source package in Focal: New Status in linux-aws source package in Groovy: New Status in linux-aws source package in Hirsute: Confirmed Bug description: [Impact] Atari partition tables have very broad specifications, and can spontaneously show up on uncleared disks with "garbage" data. There have been reports of misinterpreted AHDI partition tables before (see [0] and [1]), usually as an unintended side-effect of using non-zeroed disks. Users of this specific partition scheme are unlikely to be on AWS instances, so we should disable them. [0] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/1467736712-11825-1-git-send-email-kris...@linux.vnet.ibm.com/ [1] https://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-atari/1995/11/19/0001.html [Test Case] Ensure that CONFIG_ATARI_PARTITION is not set in /boot/config-$(uname -r) [Fix] Unset CONFIG_ATARI_PARTITION in debian.aws/config/config.common.ubuntu [Regression Potential] There could be unexpected dependencies on Atari partitions that are impacted by this change. Considering Atari hardware hasn't been produced in a long time, and are unlikely to be used in AWS instances, the regression potential should be very low. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-aws/+bug/1908264/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
