Bug#502941: gnome-screensaver: Infinite recursion for cyclical symlinks
Matthew Bardeen
me at mbardeen.net
Tue Oct 21 01:00:13 UTC 2008
Package: gnome-screensaver
Version: 2.22.2-2
Severity: important
A cyclical symlink will cause an infinite recursion through the directory
structure of /home/username. This will eat memory and
quickly cause out of memory conditions until the process is terminated.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages gnome-screensaver depends on:
ii dbus-x11 1.2.1-3 simple interprocess messaging
syst
ii gconf2 2.22.0-1 GNOME configuration database
syste
ii gnome-icon-theme 2.22.0-1 GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii libatk1.0-0 1.22.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.7-14 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcairo2 1.6.4-6 The Cairo 2D vector graphics
libra
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.1-3 simple interprocess messaging
syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.76-1 simple interprocess messaging
syst
ii libfontconfig1 2.6.0-1 generic font configuration
library
ii libfreetype6 2.3.7-2 FreeType 2 font engine, shared
lib
ii libgconf2-4 2.22.0-1 GNOME configuration database
syste
ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl 7.0.3-6 A free implementation of the
OpenG
ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.2-1 library to load .glade files at
ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.16.6-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-menu2 2.22.2-4 an implementation of the
freedeskt
ii libgnomekbd2 2.22.0-1 GNOME library to manage keyboard
c
ii libgnomekbdui2 2.22.0-1 User interface library for
libgnom
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.12.11-3 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libice6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libnotify1 [libnotify1 0.4.4-3 sends desktop notifications to a
n
ii libpam0g 1.0.1-4+b1 Pluggable Authentication Modules
l
ii libpango1.0-0 1.20.5-2 Layout and rendering of
internatio
ii libpixman-1-0 0.10.0-2 pixel-manipulation library for X
a
ii libpng12-0 1.2.27-2 PNG library - runtime
ii libsm6 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Session Management library
ii libx11-6 2:1.1.5-2 X11 client-side library
ii libxcb-render-util0 0.2.1+git1-1 utility libraries for X C Binding
ii libxcb-render0 1.1-1.1 X C Binding, render extension
ii libxcb1 1.1-1.1 X C Binding
ii libxcursor1 1:1.1.9-1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension
librar
ii libxfixes3 1:4.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes'
extensio
ii libxi6 2:1.1.3-1 X11 Input extension library
ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii libxklavier12 3.5-2 X Keyboard Extension high-level
AP
ii libxml2 2.6.32.dfsg-4 GNOME XML library
ii libxrandr2 2:1.2.3-1 X11 RandR extension library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.4-2 X Rendering Extension client
libra
ii libxss1 1:1.1.3-1 X11 Screen Saver extension
library
ii libxxf86misc1 1:1.0.1-3 X11 XFree86 miscellaneous
extensio
ii libxxf86vm1 1:1.0.2-1 X11 XFree86 video mode extension
l
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages gnome-screensaver recommends:
ii gnome-power-manager 2.22.1-3 frontend for gnome-powermanager
pn libpam-gnome-keyring <none> (no description available)
pn rss-glx <none> (no description available)
Versions of packages gnome-screensaver suggests:
ii xscreensaver-data 5.05-3 data files to be shared among
scre
-- no debconf information
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From: Matt Bardeen <me at mbardeen.net>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit at bugs.debian.org>
Subject: gnome-screensaver: Infinite recursion for cyclical symlinks
Message-ID: <20081021005541.14620.55831.reportbug at grime.HouseOfGods>
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Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:55:41 -0300
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Package: gnome-screensaver
Version: 2.22.2-2
Severity: important
A cyclical symlink will cause an infinite recursion through the directory structure of /home/username. This will eat memory and
quickly cause out of memory conditions until the process is terminated.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages gnome-screensaver depends on:
ii dbus-x11 1.2.1-3 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii gconf2 2.22.0-1 GNOME configuration database syste
ii gnome-icon-theme 2.22.0-1 GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii libatk1.0-0 1.22.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.7-14 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcairo2 1.6.4-6 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.1-3 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.76-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libfontconfig1 2.6.0-1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.3.7-2 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgconf2-4 2.22.0-1 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl 7.0.3-6 A free implementation of the OpenG
ii libglade2-0 1:2.6.2-1 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.16.6-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-menu2 2.22.2-4 an implementation of the freedeskt
ii libgnomekbd2 2.22.0-1 GNOME library to manage keyboard c
ii libgnomekbdui2 2.22.0-1 User interface library for libgnom
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.12.11-3 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libice6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libnotify1 [libnotify1 0.4.4-3 sends desktop notifications to a n
ii libpam0g 1.0.1-4+b1 Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii libpango1.0-0 1.20.5-2 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpixman-1-0 0.10.0-2 pixel-manipulation library for X a
ii libpng12-0 1.2.27-2 PNG library - runtime
ii libsm6 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Session Management library
ii libx11-6 2:1.1.5-2 X11 client-side library
ii libxcb-render-util0 0.2.1+git1-1 utility libraries for X C Binding
ii libxcb-render0 1.1-1.1 X C Binding, render extension
ii libxcb1 1.1-1.1 X C Binding
ii libxcursor1 1:1.1.9-1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxfixes3 1:4.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii libxi6 2:1.1.3-1 X11 Input extension library
ii libxinerama1 2:1.0.3-2 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii libxklavier12 3.5-2 X Keyboard Extension high-level AP
ii libxml2 2.6.32.dfsg-4 GNOME XML library
ii libxrandr2 2:1.2.3-1 X11 RandR extension library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.4-2 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxss1 1:1.1.3-1 X11 Screen Saver extension library
ii libxxf86misc1 1:1.0.1-3 X11 XFree86 miscellaneous extensio
ii libxxf86vm1 1:1.0.2-1 X11 XFree86 video mode extension l
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages gnome-screensaver recommends:
ii gnome-power-manager 2.22.1-3 frontend for gnome-powermanager
pn libpam-gnome-keyring <none> (no description available)
pn rss-glx <none> (no description available)
Versions of packages gnome-screensaver suggests:
ii xscreensaver-data 5.05-3 data files to be shared among scre
-- no debconf information
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