This is related to the systemd socket activation patch we have in openssh, and specifically that it does not correctly handle the re- execution logic of sshd. I am working on a fix for this.
** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Nick Rosbrook (enr0n) ** Also affects: openssh (Ubuntu Kinetic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu Kinetic) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu Kinetic) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to openssh in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2011458 Title: ssh fails to rebind when it is killed with -HUP Status in openssh package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in openssh source package in Kinetic: Triaged Bug description: In kinetic and lunar gce images we are facing an issue when ssh is being killed with -HUP SSH is failing to rebind port 22. It is not failing in other previous systems. It can be reproduced by running # pkill -o -HUP sshd || true # journalctl -n 20 Mar 13 14:58:52 mar131454-025105 sshd[1371]: Received SIGHUP; restarting. Mar 13 14:58:52 mar131454-025105 sshd[1371]: error: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use. Mar 13 14:58:52 mar131454-025105 sshd[1371]: error: Bind to port 22 on :: failed: Address already in use. Mar 13 14:58:52 mar131454-025105 sshd[1371]: fatal: Cannot bind any address. Mar 13 14:58:52 mar131454-025105 systemd[1]: ssh.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION Mar 13 14:58:52 mar131454-025105 systemd[1]: ssh.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/2011458/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp