[Bug 1783973] [NEW] parted generates UUIDs even when just printing partitions

[Michael Vogt]

Public bug reported:

When doing: "(parted) p" to print the partitions UUIDs will be generated
internally when there are GPT disk labels. This is usually no problem.
However recently the kernel became more strict about getting randomness
from getrandom() and for reading from /dev/urandom. The libuuid code was
using getrandom() without GRND_NONBLOCKING which leads to hangs when
parted was used in early boot (e.g. to resize the disk).

The fix for libuuid is here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source
/util-linux/+bug/1783810

gparted may consider not generating UUIDs if they are not needed.

** Affects: parted (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
         Status: New

** Changed in: parted (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

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Title:
  parted generates UUIDs even when just printing partitions

Status in parted package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When doing: "(parted) p" to print the partitions UUIDs will be
  generated internally when there are GPT disk labels. This is usually
  no problem. However recently the kernel became more strict about
  getting randomness from getrandom() and for reading from /dev/urandom.
  The libuuid code was using getrandom() without GRND_NONBLOCKING which
  leads to hangs when parted was used in early boot (e.g. to resize the
  disk).

  The fix for libuuid is here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source
  /util-linux/+bug/1783810

  gparted may consider not generating UUIDs if they are not needed.

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