Would it be possible to make the kernel readable by a special group (i.e. "kernel-readers"), which Ubuntu-distros could have installed by default?
In this case it would suffice to make users member of this group, if they want to use tools that need kernel read access. Or would that somehow violate the Ubuntu maintainers sense of safety, too? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/759725 Title: The kernel is no longer readable by non-root users Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: The mode of the latest kernel has changed so it is no longer readable by non-root users: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4336016 2010-10-17 01:37 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4336912 2010-11-24 12:46 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-23-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4523072 2011-03-08 18:47 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-6-generic -rw------- 1 root root 4523936 2011-04-11 05:24 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic This prevents people from using this kernel to boot qemu virtual machines as non-root. Please change the mode back to make the kernel readable. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic 2.6.38-8.42 Regression: Yes Reproducible: Yes ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64 AlsaDevices: Error: command ['ls', '-l', '/dev/snd/'] failed with exit code 2: ls: cannot access /dev/snd/: No such file or directory AplayDevices: aplay: device_list:240: no soundcards found... Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: arecord: device_list:240: no soundcards found... CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Date: Wed Apr 13 13:05:01 2011 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=112bf9c4-620e-441f-abb3-aeac6aa15294 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: Red Hat KVM PciMultimedia: ProcEnviron: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic root=UUID=1efa0b67-17df-484e-980c-8544fa2149fe ro quiet splash RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.35-22-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-2.6.35-22-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.50 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/01/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: Seabios dmi.bios.version: 0.5.1 dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: Red Hat dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnSeabios:bvr0.5.1:bd01/01/2007:svnRedHat:pnKVM:pvrRHEL6.0.0PC:cvnRedHat:ct1:cvr: dmi.product.name: KVM dmi.product.version: RHEL 6.0.0 PC dmi.sys.vendor: Red Hat To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/759725/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
