There is no security issue here. If somebody has physical access to your laptop, they can walk away with it, or boot with init=/bin/sh, or remove the hard drive.
The root password offers ZERO protection
** Changed in: sysvinit (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Rejected
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on fscheck a root shell is presented without password
https://launchpad.net/bugs/66001
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