Public bug reported: As of the latest version of the chromium snap, logspam of the following form has started appearing:
May 13 12:31:09 work kernel: audit: type=1400 audit(1747103468.999:15955): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" class="file" profile="snap.chromium.chromium" name="/proc/26352/smaps_rollup" pid=26352 comm="MemoryInfra" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1000 ouid=1000 My machine is clocking nearly 900 log entries per hour when chromium is open. This message did not appear before yesterday when I upgraded the snap: [paulgear@work ~]$ journalctl --since -2d | grep -c chromium.*smaps_rollup 7264 [paulgear@work ~]$ journalctl --since -32d | grep -c chromium.*smaps_rollup 7264 Other diagnostic info: [paulgear@work ~]$ uname -a; type -a chromium Linux work 6.11.0-25-generic #25~24.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Apr 15 17:20:50 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux chromium is /snap/bin/chromium chromium is /snap/bin/chromium [paulgear@work ~]$ snap info chromium; snap connections chromium name: chromium summary: Chromium web browser, open-source version of Chrome publisher: Canonical✓ store-url: https://snapcraft.io/chromium contact: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bugs?field.tag=snap license: unset description: | An open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all Internet users to experience the web. commands: - chromium.chromedriver - chromium services: chromium.daemon: simple, disabled, inactive snap-id: XKEcBqPM06H1Z7zGOdG5fbICuf8NWK5R tracking: latest/stable refresh-date: 4 days ago, at 18:50 AEST channels: latest/stable: 136.0.7103.92 2025-05-09 (3125) 188MB - latest/candidate: 136.0.7103.92 2025-05-07 (3125) 188MB - latest/beta: 137.0.7151.6 2025-05-08 (3129) 191MB - latest/edge: 138.0.7166.2 2025-05-09 (3131) 185MB - installed: 136.0.7103.92 (3125) 188MB - Interface Plug Slot Notes audio-playback chromium:audio-playback :audio-playback - audio-record chromium:audio-record :audio-record - bluez chromium:bluez :bluez - browser-support chromium:browser-sandbox :browser-support - camera chromium:camera :camera - content[gnome-42-2204] chromium:gnome-42-2204 gnome-42-2204:gnome-42-2204 - content[gtk-3-themes] chromium:gtk-3-themes gtk-common-themes:gtk-3-themes - content[icon-themes] chromium:icon-themes gtk-common-themes:icon-themes - content chromium:install-cups-runtime-dependency - - content[sound-themes] chromium:sound-themes gtk-common-themes:sound-themes - cups chromium:cups cups:cups - desktop chromium:desktop :desktop - desktop-legacy chromium:desktop-legacy :desktop-legacy - gsettings chromium:gsettings :gsettings - hardware-observe chromium:hardware-observe :hardware-observe - hidraw chromium:hidraw - - home chromium:home :home - joystick chromium:joystick :joystick - mount-observe chromium:mount-observe - - mpris - chromium:mpris - network chromium:network :network - network-bind chromium:network-bind :network-bind - network-manager chromium:network-manager - - opengl chromium:opengl :opengl - password-manager-service chromium:password-manager-service - - pcscd chromium:pcscd - - personal-files chromium:chromium-config :personal-files - personal-files chromium:dot-local-share-applications :personal-files - personal-files chromium:dot-local-share-icons :personal-files - pulseaudio chromium:pulseaudio - - raw-usb chromium:raw-usb - - removable-media chromium:removable-media :removable-media - screen-inhibit-control chromium:screen-inhibit-control :screen-inhibit-control - system-files chromium:etc-chromium-browser-policies :system-files - system-packages-doc chromium:system-packages-doc :system-packages-doc - u2f-devices chromium:u2f-devices :u2f-devices - unity7 chromium:unity7 :unity7 - upower-observe chromium:upower-observe :upower-observe - wayland chromium:wayland :wayland - x11 chromium:x11 :x11 - [paulgear@work ~]$ snap changes; grep ' install ' /var/log/dpkg.log ID Status Spawn Ready Summary 1222 Done yesterday at 10:32 AEST yesterday at 10:32 AEST Refresh all snaps: no updates [paulgear@work ~]$ lsb_release -rd No LSB modules are available. Description: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS Release: 24.04 ** Affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2110510 Title: New AppArmor logspam under snap v136.0.7103.92 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/2110510/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
