This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. >From a terminal window please run:
apport-collect 1357588 and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'. If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'. This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1357588 Title: 3.13.0-24 broke nested unprivileged LXC Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: The recent security update kernel broke nested unprivileged LXC containers as those attempt to do the following: access("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lxc/dev/console", F_OK) = 0 mount("/dev/console", "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lxc/dev/console", 0x7fff406cd9e9, MS_BIND, NULL) = 0 mount("/dev/console", "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lxc/dev/console", 0x7fff406cd9e9, MS_REMOUNT|MS_BIND, NULL) = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted) The user visible error looks like: lxc-start: Operation not permitted - failed to mount '/dev/console' on '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lxc/dev/console' lxc-start 1408142401.327 DEBUG lxc_conf - remounting /dev/console on /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lxc/dev/console to respect bind or remount options lxc-start 1408142401.327 ERROR lxc_conf - Operation not permitted - failed to mount '/dev/console' on '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lxc/dev/console' Followed by a complete failure to start the container. access("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lxc/dev/console", F_OK) = 0 mount("/dev/console", "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lxc/dev/console", 0x7fff406cd9e9, MS_BIND, NULL) = 0 mount("/dev/console", "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lxc/dev/console", 0x7fff406cd9e9, MS_REMOUNT|MS_BIND, NULaccess("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lxc/dev/console", F_OK) = 0 mount("/dev/console", "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lxc/dev/console", 0x7fff406cd9e9, MS_BIND, NULL) = 0 mount("/dev/console", "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lxc/dev/console", 0x7fff406cd9e9, MS_REMOUNT|MS_BIND, NULL) = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted) L) = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted) As far as I can tell, LXC isn't doing anything particularly wrong there and this should succeed. Serge suggested we attempt to pass MS_NODEV to the remount call but that didn't help either. There are good chances the following upstream patch fixes this: http://lkml.org/lkml/2014/8/13/746 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1357588/+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