Bug#610044: openssh-server: SSH into OpenVZ container results in "error writing /proc/self/oom_adj: Operation not permitted" in /var/log/auth.log

[John Wenger <netskier@GMail.Com>]

Package: openssh-server
Version: 1:5.1p1-5
Severity: normal



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.7
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5.028stab070.5 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages openssh-server depends on:
ii  adduser         3.110                    add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debcon 1.5.24                   Debian configuration management sy
ii  dpkg            1.14.31                  Debian package management system
ii  libc6           2.7-18lenny7             GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcomerr2      1.41.3-1                 common error description library
ii  libkrb53        1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-5lenny6 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libpam-modules  1.0.1-5+lenny1           Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam-runtime  1.0.1-5+lenny1           Runtime support for the PAM librar
ii  libpam0g        1.0.1-5+lenny1           Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libselinux1     2.0.65-5                 SELinux shared libraries
ii  libssl0.9.8     0.9.8g-15+lenny11        SSL shared libraries
ii  libwrap0        7.6.q-16                 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  lsb-base        3.2-20                   Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  openssh-blackli 0.4.1                    list of default blacklisted OpenSS
ii  openssh-client  1:5.1p1-5                secure shell client, an rlogin/rsh
ii  procps          1:3.2.7-11               /proc file system utilities
ii  zlib1g          1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12        compression library - runtime

Versions of packages openssh-server recommends:
ii  openssh-blacklist-extra       0.4.1      list of non-default blacklisted Op
ii  xauth                         1:1.0.3-2  X authentication utility

Versions of packages openssh-server suggests:
pn  molly-guard                   <none>     (no description available)
pn  rssh                          <none>     (no description available)
pn  ssh-askpass                   <none>     (no description available)

-- debconf information:
  ssh/new_config: true
* ssh/use_old_init_script: true
* ssh/vulnerable_host_keys:
  ssh/encrypted_host_key_but_no_keygen:
  ssh/disable_cr_auth: false


Note that this bug was reported FIXED , Subject: Bug#555625: marked as done, in April 2010, but I just found it again in Lenny today, January 14, 2011.  WTF?  WHY HAS NOT THE BUG FIX MADE IT INTO Debian STABLE?  Just wondering what STABLE means if ssh won't work for OpenVZ containers runnging Lenny.