Bug#628383: [kfreebsd-*] test failure: test-secmem

2014-08-26 Thread Steven Chamberlain
severity 628383 important thanks We now know that this test failure only happens on kfreebsd-9. kfreebsd-10, which will be released with Jessie, allows unprivileged users to mlock() memory, and libgnome-keyring will work fine there. Christoph was able to binNMU the package from a kfreebsd-10 mach

Bug#628383: [kfreebsd-*] test failure: test-secmem

2014-05-18 Thread Petr Salinger
Maye I misunderstood something but i think there's a reason the memory is mlocked; to avoid leaking sensitive information into swap. As far as I know, there is no gurantee, that mlocked memory will not go into swap when whole PC is suspended, even under Linux. man mlock (from Linux Programmer's

Bug#628383: [kfreebsd-*] test failure: test-secmem

2014-05-18 Thread Steven Chamberlain
Hi, On 18/05/14 20:38, Jeff Epler wrote: > Apparently freebsd kernels 9.2 and later have > security.bsd.unprivileged_mlock, which appears to default to permitted. Ah, that is good to know. The buildds are wheezy systems with a 9.0 kernel. I'm not sure of the timetable for them to be upgraded

Bug#628383: [kfreebsd-*] test failure: test-secmem

2014-05-18 Thread Jeff Epler
Apparently freebsd kernels 9.2 and later have security.bsd.unprivileged_mlock, which appears to default to permitted. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mlock&sektion=2&manpath=FreeBSD+9.2-RELEASE http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-arch&m=134617193210756 Is this test failure happening with kernel

Bug#628383: [kfreebsd-*] test failure: test-secmem

2012-06-11 Thread Steven Chamberlain
retitle 628383 [kfreebsd-*] test failure: test-secmem found 628383 3.4.1-1 thanks Hi, I've just reviewed/tested that this issue was still present in the latest build, but libgnome-keyring no longer FTBFS since it ignores the test failure (adjusting bug title accordingly). Regards, -- Steven Cha