Description
The newly introduced RecordUsage D-Bus method https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pwithnall/malcontent/-/blob/0.14.0/libmalcontent-timer/child-timer-service.c in
malcontent-timerd allows arbitrary users in the system to slowly fill up disk space
in /var/lib/malcontent-timerd
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnome | malcontent | 0.14 – < unknown | unknown |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | malcontent | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | malcontent | No fix yet | — |