linux-tools-aws package does not contain libperf-jvmti.so
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
linux-aws (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Tim Gardner | ||
Bionic |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Tim Gardner | ||
Focal |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Tim Gardner | ||
Hirsute |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Tim Gardner | ||
Impish |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Tim Gardner |
Bug Description
SRU Justification
[Impact]
For debugging purposes, on EC2, people will install linux-tools-$(uname -r) to help with debugging the system. This selects the kernel specific linux-tools package, and for the AWS variant, we are missing the library libperf-jvmti.so to enable tracing Java applications with perf.
To get a libperf-jvmti.so library, we need to perform an additional and confusing step by installing linux-tools-generic to get a copy of the library. Customers on AWS EC2 should not have to do this. We would like the linux-tools-aws packages to contain libperf-jvmti.so.
[Test Plan]
Install linux-tools-aws, check for libperf-jvmti.so
[Where problems could occur]
Given that linux-tools-aws installs in a versioned (unique) directory, there should be no conflicts or possibility of regression.
[Additional info]
SF: #00319833
CVE References
affects: | linux (Ubuntu) → linux-aws (Ubuntu) |
tags: | added: bot-stop-nagging |
Changed in linux-aws (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in linux-aws (Ubuntu Focal): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in linux-aws (Ubuntu Hirsute): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in linux-aws (Ubuntu Impish): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in linux-aws (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in linux-aws (Ubuntu Focal): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in linux-aws (Ubuntu Hirsute): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in linux-aws (Ubuntu Impish): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in linux-aws (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
assignee: | nobody → Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) |
Changed in linux-aws (Ubuntu Focal): | |
assignee: | nobody → Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) |
Changed in linux-aws (Ubuntu Hirsute): | |
assignee: | nobody → Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) |
Changed in linux-aws (Ubuntu Impish): | |
assignee: | nobody → Tim Gardner (timg-tpi) |
description: | updated |
Changed in linux-aws (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in linux-aws (Ubuntu Focal): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in linux-aws (Ubuntu Hirsute): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in linux-aws (Ubuntu Impish): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Patch submitted: https:/ /lists. ubuntu. com/archives/ kernel- team/2021- September/ 124265. html