When I go to unlock the screen after the system has auto-suspended, the contents of the desktop before suspend are briefly displayed

Bug #1545900 reported by Lee Revell
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unity (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

When I hit the power button to wake my laptop after it has automatically suspended, the contents of the screen before suspend are briefly displayed before the password screen appears.

This is a security issue as an unauthenticated user can see the last thing I was looking at before the system suspended.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: gdm (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-27.32-generic 4.2.8-ckt1
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-27-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Feb 15 20:17:29 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-27 (111 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
SourcePackage: gdm
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Lee Revell (rlrevell-k) wrote :
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Tim Lunn (darkxst) wrote :

Looks like you are using a lightdm/Unity session. Re-assigning there

affects: gdm (Ubuntu) → lightdm (Ubuntu)
affects: lightdm (Ubuntu) → unity (Ubuntu)
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Lee Revell (rlrevell-k) wrote :

I did not check the security option when filing this bug, but I think it qualifies as a security issue.

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