Description of problem: The "Leave a message" functionality when the screensaver is activated does not limit the length of input which can cause the notification-daemon to go berserk. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-screensaver-2.20.0-10.fc8 notification-daemon-0.3.7-6.fc8 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Input 8 chars 2. CTRL-A, CTRL-C, CTRL-END, CTRL-V 4. repeat step 2 until text selection slows down too much... (>10s and around >64MB worth of input?) Actual results: Once screen unlocked, notification-daemon virtual memory linearly increases from ~1GB to ~2GB of RAM and CPU usage eventually shots over 20. Process notification-daemon needs to be killed to return system to normal. Expected results: Unauthenticated persons should not be able to kill system performance by giving large input. Either: 1) make the dialog box limited in text length 2) make notification daemon handle large messages sanely (drop it, or cut it into parts) Additional info:
Yeah, makes sense to limit the input size somehow.
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