Bug#1081794: E: /usr/bin/ssh-askpass[39]: too many open files (3 -> 212): Success

[Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>]

Control: forwarded -1 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/11810

Hi!

On Sun, 2024-09-15 at 11:14:20 +0200, Timo Weingärtner wrote:
> reassign 1081794 src:mesa
> tags 1081794 + upstream
> retitle 1081794 file descriptor leak mesa_shader_cache_db
> severity 1081794 important

> These files should definitely be opened CLOEXEC.
> 
> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=298957
> 
> So while there might be a problem in mksh with many FDs, I'm reassigning to 
> src:mesa. Because of https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=298957 I 
> assume an upstream bug.
> 
> Since this adds 100 FDs (at least in my case) per exec() of a mesa-using 
> binary in the call chain I'm bumbping severity.

This has been reported upstream and now fixed in git. There's the
other related upstream report with the excessive amount of file
descriptors used:

  https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/11776

It would be nice to get the fix for that backported into the Debian
package before the next mesa release happens upstream.

Thanks,
Guillem