I confirmed the fix is doing as intended on xenial. fwupd doesn't peg the CPU or crash from the bad data. It just exits.
$ sudo /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/fwupd/fwupd -v 16:23:19 Verbose debugging enabled (on console 1) 16:23:19 adding plugin /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/fwupd-plugins-1/libfu_plugin_test.so 16:23:19 performing init() on test 16:23:19 adding plugin /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/fwupd-plugins-1/libfu_plugin_steelseries.so FuMain: failed to load AppStream data: scanner error: mapping values are not allowed in this context at ln:2 col:5 16:23:19 FuMain: failed to load AppStream data: scanner error: mapping values are not allowed in this context at ln:2 col:5 ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1591868 Title: fwupd consuming 100% CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appstream-glib/+bug/1591868/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
