[Bug 1338044] [NEW] at end of 'upgrade' i get message: mdadm: Unknown keyword xxx (where xxx is my root password). This is either a bad mistake from me or a major security issue

[Walter St]

Public bug reported:

I have just performed
>sudo apt-get update
>[my admin password]
>sudo apt-get upgrade

at the end of the upgrade process, (just after the message 'update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-29-generic')
I receive the message

mdadm: unknown keyword [my admin password]

plainly visible to everybody around the screen...
even if this is a setup-problem, it seems quite serios.


##############  apt-cache policy mdadm
mdadm:
  Installed: 3.2.5-5ubuntu4.1
  Candidate: 3.2.5-5ubuntu4.1
  Version table:
 *** 3.2.5-5ubuntu4.1 0
        500 http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.2.5-5ubuntu4 0
        500 http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages

################ apt show mdadm -a
Package: mdadm
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 1.191 kB
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
Original-Maintainer: Debian mdadm maintainers <pkg-mdadm-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>
Version: 3.2.5-5ubuntu4.1
Replaces: mdctl
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), debconf (>= 1.4.72), lsb-base (>= 3.1-6), udev (>= 136-1), initramfs-tools (>= 0.85eubuntu24), util-linux (>= 2.15-1), initscripts (>= 2.88dsf-13.3)
Recommends: default-mta | mail-transport-agent, module-init-tools
Breaks: dmraid (<= 1.0.0.rc16-4.2ubuntu1), mdctl (<< 0.7.2), raidtools2 (<< 1.00.3-12.1), udev (<< 136-1)
Download-Size: 362 kB
Homepage: http://neil.brown.name/blog/mdadm
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu

Supported: 5y
APT-Manual-Installed: yes
APT-Sources: http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
Description: tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID)
 The mdadm utility can be used to create, manage, and monitor MD
 (multi-disk) arrays for software RAID or multipath I/O.
 .
 This package automatically configures mdadm to assemble arrays during the
 system startup process. If not needed, this functionality can be disabled.

###### uname -a
Linux WSBASE 3.13.0-29-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 4 21:00:20 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

###### lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Release:	14.04

** Affects: mdadm (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  at end of 'upgrade' i get message: mdadm: Unknown keyword xxx (where
  xxx is my root password). This is either a bad mistake from me or a
  major security issue

Status in “mdadm” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have just performed
  >sudo apt-get update
  >[my admin password]
  >sudo apt-get upgrade

  at the end of the upgrade process, (just after the message 'update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-29-generic')
  I receive the message

  mdadm: unknown keyword [my admin password]

  plainly visible to everybody around the screen...
  even if this is a setup-problem, it seems quite serios.


  ##############  apt-cache policy mdadm
  mdadm:
    Installed: 3.2.5-5ubuntu4.1
    Candidate: 3.2.5-5ubuntu4.1
    Version table:
   *** 3.2.5-5ubuntu4.1 0
          500 http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       3.2.5-5ubuntu4 0
          500 http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages

  ################ apt show mdadm -a
  Package: mdadm
  Priority: optional
  Section: admin
  Installed-Size: 1.191 kB
  Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
  Original-Maintainer: Debian mdadm maintainers <pkg-mdadm-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>
  Version: 3.2.5-5ubuntu4.1
  Replaces: mdctl
  Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), debconf (>= 1.4.72), lsb-base (>= 3.1-6), udev (>= 136-1), initramfs-tools (>= 0.85eubuntu24), util-linux (>= 2.15-1), initscripts (>= 2.88dsf-13.3)
  Recommends: default-mta | mail-transport-agent, module-init-tools
  Breaks: dmraid (<= 1.0.0.rc16-4.2ubuntu1), mdctl (<< 0.7.2), raidtools2 (<< 1.00.3-12.1), udev (<< 136-1)
  Download-Size: 362 kB
  Homepage: http://neil.brown.name/blog/mdadm
  Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
  Origin: Ubuntu

  Supported: 5y
  APT-Manual-Installed: yes
  APT-Sources: http://at.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages
  Description: tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID)
   The mdadm utility can be used to create, manage, and monitor MD
   (multi-disk) arrays for software RAID or multipath I/O.
   .
   This package automatically configures mdadm to assemble arrays during the
   system startup process. If not needed, this functionality can be disabled.

  ###### uname -a
  Linux WSBASE 3.13.0-29-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 4 21:00:20 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

  ###### lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  Release:	14.04

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