Public bug reported:
I wanted to test how operating systems react if the DOS partition table
of a storage medium was manipulated. I created a DOS partition table
with a few extended partitions. Because extended partitions are
constructed like a linked list, I linked the "NEXT" field of the last
extended partition to the first extended partition. This way, I created
a loop in the partition table. Tools like fdisk detect that something is
fishy in this partition table and output an error message. To test how
operating systems react to it, I copied this image to an USB storage
device and plugged it to my computer.
The systemd/udev process that handles this device seems to not check the
DOS partition table for sanity. The process "/lib/systemd/systemd-udevd
--daemon" completely uses all CPU time and all available memory. This
crashes the system. Sometimes, it is able to recover by killing the
process, but not every time.
I attached a screenshot (a real screenshot with a camera, because the
system does not react anymore ;) ) of htop to show what the system does.
Cheers,
sqall
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: udev 204-5ubuntu20.19
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-85.129-generic 3.13.11-ckt36
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-85-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
CustomUdevRuleFiles: 99-usb-disks.rules
Date: Sat May 7 10:43:21 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-12 (541 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140723)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 8460p
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-85-generic
root=/dev/mapper/xubuntu--vg-root ro
SourcePackage: systemd
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/22/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68SCF Ver. F.22
dmi.board.name: 161C
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 97.4A
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CZC2033ZHD
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68SCFVer.F.22:bd12/22/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPEliteBook8460p:pvrA0000C02:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn161C:rvrKBCVersion97.4A:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP EliteBook 8460p
dmi.product.version: A0000C02
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
** Affects: systemd (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug third-party-packages trusty
** Attachment added: "IMG_1299.JPG"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579336/+attachment/4657885/+files/IMG_1299.JPG
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579336
Title:
systemd-udevd crashes system with manipulated DOS partition table
Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
I wanted to test how operating systems react if the DOS partition
table of a storage medium was manipulated. I created a DOS partition
table with a few extended partitions. Because extended partitions are
constructed like a linked list, I linked the "NEXT" field of the last
extended partition to the first extended partition. This way, I
created a loop in the partition table. Tools like fdisk detect that
something is fishy in this partition table and output an error
message. To test how operating systems react to it, I copied this
image to an USB storage device and plugged it to my computer.
The systemd/udev process that handles this device seems to not check
the DOS partition table for sanity. The process "/lib/systemd/systemd-
udevd --daemon" completely uses all CPU time and all available memory.
This crashes the system. Sometimes, it is able to recover by killing
the process, but not every time.
I attached a screenshot (a real screenshot with a camera, because the
system does not react anymore ;) ) of htop to show what the system
does.
Cheers,
sqall
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: udev 204-5ubuntu20.19
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-85.129-generic 3.13.11-ckt36
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-85-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
CustomUdevRuleFiles: 99-usb-disks.rules
Date: Sat May 7 10:43:21 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-12 (541 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64
(20140723)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP EliteBook 8460p
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-85-generic
root=/dev/mapper/xubuntu--vg-root ro
SourcePackage: systemd
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/22/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 68SCF Ver. F.22
dmi.board.name: 161C
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: KBC Version 97.4A
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CZC2033ZHD
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr68SCFVer.F.22:bd12/22/2011:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPEliteBook8460p:pvrA0000C02:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn161C:rvrKBCVersion97.4A:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP EliteBook 8460p
dmi.product.version: A0000C02
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
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