To add one more data point, my Trusty server using the Utopic HWE kernel also exhibits the problem:
May 21 12:27:28 xeon kernel: [95104.918686] audit: type=1400 audit(1432225648.230:57): apparmor="DENIED" operation="sendmsg" info="Failed name lookup - disconnected path" error=-13 profile="/usr/sbin/rsyslogd" name="dev/log" pid=3444 comm="logger" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=0 ouid=0
$ apt-cache policy apparmor linux-image-3.16.0-38-generic rsyslog apparmor: Installed: 2.8.95~2430-0ubuntu5.2 Candidate: 2.8.95~2430-0ubuntu5.2 Version table: *** 2.8.95~2430-0ubuntu5.2 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.8.95~2430-0ubuntu5.1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main amd64 Packages 2.8.95~2430-0ubuntu5 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages linux-image-3.16.0-38-generic: Installed: 3.16.0-38.52~14.04.1 Candidate: 3.16.0-38.52~14.04.1 Version table: *** 3.16.0-38.52~14.04.1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main amd64 Packages 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status rsyslog: Installed: 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.6 Candidate: 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.6 Version table: *** 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.6 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.3 0 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main amd64 Packages 7.4.4-1ubuntu2 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
To add one more data point, my Trusty server using the Utopic HWE kernel also exhibits the problem:
May 21 12:27:28 xeon kernel: [95104.918686] audit: type=1400 audit(143222564 8.230:57) : apparmor="DENIED" operation="sendmsg" info="Failed name lookup - disconnected path" error=-13 profile= "/usr/sbin/ rsyslogd" name="dev/log" pid=3444 comm="logger" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=0 ouid=0
$ apt-cache policy apparmor linux-image- 3.16.0- 38-generic rsyslog 2430-0ubuntu5. 2 2430-0ubuntu5. 2 2430-0ubuntu5. 2 0 archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu/ trusty- proposed/ main amd64 Packages dpkg/status 8.95~2430- 0ubuntu5. 1 0 archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages security. ubuntu. com/ubuntu/ trusty- security/ main amd64 Packages 8.95~2430- 0ubuntu5 0 archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 3.16.0- 38-generic: 38.52~14. 04.1 38.52~14. 04.1 38.52~14. 04.1 0 archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages security. ubuntu. com/ubuntu/ trusty- security/ main amd64 Packages archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu/ trusty- proposed/ main amd64 Packages dpkg/status archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages dpkg/status 4.4-1ubuntu2. 3 0 security. ubuntu. com/ubuntu/ trusty- security/ main amd64 Packages archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
apparmor:
Installed: 2.8.95~
Candidate: 2.8.95~
Version table:
*** 2.8.95~
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
2.
500 http://
500 http://
2.
500 http://
linux-image-
Installed: 3.16.0-
Candidate: 3.16.0-
Version table:
*** 3.16.0-
500 http://
500 http://
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
rsyslog:
Installed: 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.6
Candidate: 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.6
Version table:
*** 7.4.4-1ubuntu2.6 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
7.
500 http://
7.4.4-1ubuntu2 0
500 http://