#1108375 sshd logout error

Package:
openssh-server
Source:
openssh-server
Description:
secure shell (SSH) server, for secure access from remote machines
Submitter:
Srinivas Uppoju
Date:
2025-06-27 08:23:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1108375#5
Date:
2025-06-27 08:21:14 UTC
From:
To:
Version: 1:10.0p1-5

The sshd-session module is throwing below errors when user logs out of
the system.
/var/log/wtmp and /var/log/lastlog files are removed in the latest
version of linux/debian but the sshd modules tries to read/write from
these files when user logs out.

./auth.log:Jun 23 06:19:18 ims-debian-server sshd-session[25834]:
syslogin_perform_logout: logout() returned an error
./auth.log:Jun 23 06:36:43 ims-debian-server sshd-session[27776]:
syslogin_perform_logout: logout() returned an error
./auth.log:Jun 23 07:08:41 ims-debian-server sshd-session[29566]:
syslogin_perform_logout: logout() returned an error
./auth.log:Jun 23 09:43:05 ims-debian-server sshd-session[29701]:
syslogin_perform_logout: logout() returned an error
./auth.log:Jun 23 10:20:12 ims-debian-server sshd-session[30442]:
syslogin_perform_logout: logout() returned an error
./auth.log:Jun 23 10:47:33 ims-debian-server sshd-session[32117]:
syslogin_perform_logout: logout() returned an error

I suggest openssh module should be built with right flags (Disable
WTMP, LAST_LOG, UTMP)

I am using 6.12.30-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.30-1
(2025-05-28) x86_64 GNU/Linux