Thanks for the report Jeremy, The fix is in V_7_5_P1 and by that >=Bionic is fixed - I agree to you this only has to target Xenial.
** Tags added: bitesize server-next ** Also affects: openssh (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to openssh in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1877454 Title: openssh-server hangs with AuthorizedKeysCommand Status in openssh package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in openssh source package in Xenial: Confirmed Bug description: Please consider applying this change to openssh-server distributed in Xenial (16.04). Without it, sshd can sporadically hang when making use of the `AuthorizedKeysCommand` option. https://github.com/openssh/openssh- portable/commit/ddd3d34e5c7979ca6f4a3a98a7d219a4ed3d98c2 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/1877454/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp