This bug was fixed in the package apport - 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3 --------------- apport (2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3) raring-proposed; urgency=low
* Fix the order of suid_dumpable and core_pattern. Thanks Seth Arnold and Marc Deslauriers (LP: #1194541). -- Evan Dandrea <e...@ubuntu.com> Mon, 08 Jul 2013 15:58:18 +0100 ** Changed in: apport (Ubuntu Raring) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to apport in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1194541 Title: Create core dumps for setuid binaries Status in “apport” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “apport” source package in Precise: Fix Committed Status in “apport” source package in Quantal: Fix Committed Status in “apport” source package in Raring: Fix Released Bug description: Kees has looked into setting /proc/sys/fs/setuid_dumpable to 2, which will enable core dumps for setuid binaries. This is now safe in all cases for kernels in raring and later. For quantal and earlier, a core pipe handler must be set when /proc/sys/fs/setuid_dumpable is set to 2. TEST CASE: passwd # In another shell killall -SEGV passwd ls -la /var/crash/_usr_bin_passwd.0.crash To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1194541/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp