vfat: missing iso8859-1 charset

[Paolo Pisati]

The vfat kernel code has two dependencies: the code page (437) and the iocharset (iso8859-1), and while the former is built-in (like the vfat code itself), the latter is built as an external module, making vfat unusable unless the nsl_iso8859-1 ko is available at the moment a vfat filesystem is mounted.

What is just a discrepancy in the config that we never hit (since we are shipping the nsl_iso8859-1 .ko in our initrd), became a problem in kernel derivatives of our -generic kernel (e.g. snappy) where we don't have any control on the modules people pack in their initrd, and in case the boot partition is a vfat partition that is being mounted during the boot.

For this reason, i propose to fix the root problem and turn CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y to make the vfat code completely independent on any external factor.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 1677230

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

[Kleber Sacilotto de Souza (kleber-souza)]

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-xenial' to 'verification-done-xenial'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-xenial' to 'verification-failed-xenial'.

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[Kleber Sacilotto de Souza (kleber-souza)]

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-yakkety' to 'verification-done-yakkety'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-yakkety' to 'verification-failed-yakkety'.

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.4.0-75.96

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linux (4.4.0-75.96) xenial; urgency=low

  * linux: 4.4.0-75.96 -proposed tracker (LP: #1684441)

  * [Hyper-V] hv: util: move waiting for release to hv_utils_transport itself
    (LP: #1682561)
    - Drivers: hv: util: move waiting for release to hv_utils_transport itself

linux (4.4.0-74.95) xenial; urgency=low

  * linux: 4.4.0-74.95 -proposed tracker (LP: #1682041)

  * [Hyper-V] hv: vmbus: Raise retry/wait limits in vmbus_post_msg()
    (LP: #1681893)
    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: Raise retry/wait limits in vmbus_post_msg()

linux (4.4.0-73.94) xenial; urgency=low

  * linux: 4.4.0-73.94 -proposed tracker (LP: #1680416)

  * CVE-2017-6353
    - sctp: deny peeloff operation on asocs with threads sleeping on it

  * vfat: missing iso8859-1 charset (LP: #1677230)
    - [Config] NLS_ISO8859_1=y

  * Regression: KVM modules should be on main kernel package (LP: #1678099)
    - [Config] powerpc: Add kvm-hv and kvm-pr to the generic inclusion list

  * linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-63.84~14.04.2 ADT test failure with linux-lts-xenial
    4.4.0-63.84~14.04.2 (LP: #1664912)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: fix link auditing failure due to, uninitialized var

  * regession tests failing after stackprofile test is run (LP: #1661030)
    - SAUCE: fix regression with domain change in complain mode

  * Permission denied and inconsistent behavior in complain mode with 'ip netns
    list' command (LP: #1648903)
    - SAUCE: fix regression with domain change in complain mode

  * unexpected errno=13 and disconnected path when trying to open /proc/1/ns/mnt
    from a unshared mount namespace (LP: #1656121)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: null profiles should inherit parent control flags

  * apparmor refcount leak of profile namespace when removing profiles
    (LP: #1660849)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: fix ns ref count link when removing profiles from policy

  * tor in lxd: apparmor="DENIED" operation="change_onexec"
    namespace="root//CONTAINERNAME_<var-lib-lxd>" profile="unconfined"
    name="system_tor" (LP: #1648143)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: Fix no_new_privs blocking change_onexec when using stacked
      namespaces

  * apparmor oops in bind_mnt when dev_path lookup fails (LP: #1660840)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: fix oops in bind_mnt when dev_path lookup fails

  * apparmor auditing denied access of special apparmor .null fi\ le
    (LP: #1660836)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: Don't audit denied access of special apparmor .null file

  * apparmor label leak when new label is unused (LP: #1660834)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: fix label leak when new label is unused

  * apparmor reference count bug in label_merge_insert() (LP: #1660833)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: fix reference count bug in label_merge_insert()

  * apparmor's raw_data file in securityfs is sometimes truncated (LP: #1638996)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: fix replacement race in reading rawdata

  * unix domain socket cross permission check failing with nested namespaces
    (LP: #1660832)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: fix cross ns perm of unix domain sockets

  * Xenial update to v4.4.59 stable release (LP: #1678960)
    - xfrm: policy: init locks early
    - virtio_balloon: init ...

[Dell Green (dell-green)]

this problem seems to be back in 5.3.61, 5.3.62 with bionic