** Description changed: [Impact] - Atari partition tables have very broad specifications, and can spontaneously - show up on uncleared disks with "garbage" data. There have been reports of - misinterpreted AHDI partition tables before (see [0] and [1]), usually as an - unintended side-effect of using non-zeroed disks. Users of this specific - partition scheme are unlikely to be on AWS instances, so we should disable them. + Atari partition tables have very broad specifications, and can spontaneously show up on uncleared disks with "garbage" data. There have been reports of misinterpreted AHDI partition tables before (see [0] and [1]), usually as an unintended side-effect of using non-zeroed disks. Users of this specific partition scheme are unlikely to be on AWS instances, so we should disable them. [0] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/1467736712-11825-1-git-send-email-kris...@linux.vnet.ibm.com/ [1] https://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-atari/1995/11/19/0001.html [Test Case] Ensure that CONFIG_ATARI_PARTITION is not set in /boot/config-$(uname -r) [Fix] Unset CONFIG_ATARI_PARTITION in debian.aws/config/config.common.ubuntu [Regression Potential] - There could be unexpected dependencies on Atari partitions that are impacted by - this change. Considering Atari hardware hasn't been produced in a long time, and - are unlikely to be used in AWS instances, the regression potential should be - very low. + There could be unexpected dependencies on Atari partitions that are impacted by this change. Considering Atari hardware hasn't been produced in a long time, and are unlikely to be used in AWS instances, the regression potential should be very low.
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