Thanks.

Just for general information, when this patch will be published to live-
repos?

Thanks.

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Title:
  Kernel produces empty lines in /proc/PID/status

Status in iotop package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in iotop source package in Xenial:
  Invalid
Status in linux source package in Xenial:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  The CVE-2018-3639 for Xenial introduced a double newline sequence in the 
/proc/PID/status files. This breaks some userspace tools, such as iotop, that 
parse those files.

  [Test Case]
  Incorrect output in 4.4.0-127.153-generic:

  $ cat /proc/self/status
   ...
  Seccomp:      0

  Speculation_Store_Bypass:     thread vulnerable
  ...

  Expected output:

  $ cat /proc/self/status
   ...
  Seccomp:      0
  Speculation_Store_Bypass:     thread vulnerable
  ...

  [Regression Potential]
  None

  [Original Report]

  Hello,

  after running updates today to linux-
  image-4.4.0-127-generic_4.4.0-127.153 and rebooting i noticed that
  iotop is not working any more. Reason are empty lines in
  /proc/PID/status, which confuse iotop (and me)

  In new view there is an empy line between Seccomp and
  Speculation_Store_Bypass:

  ####
  Seccomp:        0

  Speculation_Store_Bypass:       vulnerable
  ####
  Speculation_Store_Bypass seems to be new in /proc/PID/status, may be a 
relation to spectre/meltdown patches.

  iotop is first application which is failing here, but iam afraid of
  more.

  Thanks

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