[Bug 1073514] Please test proposed package

[Brian Murray]

Hello C, or anyone else affected,

Accepted coreutils into precise-proposed. The package will build now and
be available at
http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/8.13-3ubuntu3.2 in a few
hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please change the bug tag from
verification-needed to verification-done.  If it does not, change the
tag to verification-failed.  In either case, details of your testing
will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

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Title:
  cp, mv, install: data loss due to free memory read

Status in “coreutils” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “coreutils” source package in Precise:
  Fix Committed
Status in “coreutils” source package in Quantal:
  Fix Committed
Status in “coreutils” source package in Raring:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact] cp/mv/install may read from freed memory in cases of very fragmented and sparse input files, sometimes producing corrupt output.
  [Test case] The following command should succeed, with no output:
    rm -f j j2 && perl -e 'for (1..600) { sysseek (*STDOUT, 4096, 1) && syswrite (*STDOUT, "a" x 1024) or die "$!" }' > j && valgrind --quiet --error-exitcode=3 cp j j2 && cmp j j2
  [Regression potential] cp being what it is, ordinary use of a system for a while should be sufficient regression-testing.

  Original report follows:

  This was originally reported as happening on copying larges in highly-
  fragmented filesystems, and affects coreutils from 8.11 to 8.19 (8.20
  has just been released with the fix included).

  Ubuntu versions affected:
   * Precise (8.13)
   * Quantal (8.13)
   * Raring (8.13)

  Upstream bug: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=12656
  Uptream ML thread: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2012-10/msg00090.html

  Upstream commits:
  * 64aef5fb9afecc023a6e719da161dbbf450908b8 (actual patch, and test)
  * 0aeaa506ad9dd09479a298e4febe79b55c10a0e2 (adjust NEWS to point out mv and install are also affected)

  A test has been added to check for this error:  tests/cp/fiemap-FMR.sh

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: coreutils 8.13-3.2ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-18.29-generic 3.5.7
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-18-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
  Architecture: amd64
  CheckboxSubmission: c8a7d84e13c3b258e707f056604eb0e0
  CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a555815fa1c4660280da308
  Date: Wed Oct 31 05:24:37 2012
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-21 (9 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: coreutils
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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