Thanks for reporting this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better! Based on the analysis in your log, it would seem to "just" be a NULL deref Oops and not an exploitable security vulnerability. I'm marking this bug public so that other developers can try to help and get this fixed. Thanks!
** Visibility changed to: Public ** This bug is no longer flagged as a security vulnerability -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/716875 Title: NULL pointer dereference in generic_getxattr -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs