965308 – chromium doesn't start after kernel update, Check failed: NamespaceUtils::WriteToIdMapFile("/proc/self/gid_map", gid_)

Bug 965308 - chromium doesn't start after kernel update, Check failed: NamespaceUtils::WriteToIdMapFile("/proc/self/gid_map", gid_)

Summary: chromium doesn't start after kernel update, Check failed: NamespaceUtils::Wri...

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 965356

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Product:	openSUSE Distribution
Classification:	openSUSE
Component:	Kernel (show other bugs)
Version:	13.2
Hardware:	x86-64 openSUSE 13.2

Priority:	P5 - None Severity: Normal with 6 votes (vote)
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Reported:	2016-02-05 12:53 UTC by Robert Simai
Modified:	2016-02-22 11:12 UTC (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

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Description Robert Simai 2016-02-05 12:53:00 UTC

chromium (same for google-chrome) doesn't start after applying the latest maintenance kernel-desktop-3.16.7-32.1.x86_64. Error message (from a console):

Check failed: NamespaceUtils::WriteToIdMapFile("/proc/self/gid_map", gid_)

Found some pointers that suspect a "incomplete backport of the fix for CVE-2014-8989", see

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=480017

Comment 1 Forgotten User WEB1N4OKLL 2016-02-05 13:50:52 UTC

just to add to Robert's original report:
Also get this error, can launch Chromium (version 48.0.2564.82-67.1-x86_64) successfully when booted using previous kernel (3.16.7-29-desktop).

Comment 2 Marcus Meissner 2016-02-05 21:01:18 UTC

duypo of 965356


(likely related to userns security fixes)

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 965356 ***

Comment 3 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-02-22 11:12:13 UTC

openSUSE-SU-2016:0537-1: An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has three fixes is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 907378,961500,963767,965308,965356
CVE References: CVE-2016-0723,CVE-2016-2069
Sources used:
openSUSE 13.2 (src):    bbswitch-0.8-3.17.1, cloop-2.639-14.17.1, crash-7.0.8-17.1, hdjmod-1.28-18.18.1, ipset-6.23-17.1, kernel-debug-3.16.7-35.1, kernel-default-3.16.7-35.1, kernel-desktop-3.16.7-35.1, kernel-docs-3.16.7-35.2, kernel-ec2-3.16.7-35.1, kernel-obs-build-3.16.7-35.2, kernel-obs-qa-3.16.7-35.1, kernel-obs-qa-xen-3.16.7-35.1, kernel-pae-3.16.7-35.1, kernel-source-3.16.7-35.1, kernel-syms-3.16.7-35.1, kernel-vanilla-3.16.7-35.1, kernel-xen-3.16.7-35.1, pcfclock-0.44-260.17.1, vhba-kmp-20140629-2.17.1, virtualbox-4.3.36-43.2, xen-4.4.3_08-40.1, xtables-addons-2.6-17.1