Public bug reported: [Impact] lshw crashes when run as non-root:
Though it does warn before crashing that it should be run as super-user, it should fail gracefully - not abort and dump core. A number of users have been hitting this since the regression has been introduced: https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/3ef7206b4102c14c8741b44fde30b21b4a571bbe [Test Case] ubuntu@lshw:~$ lshw WARNING: you should run this program as super-user. terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc' what(): std::bad_alloc Aborted (core dumped) [Regression Risk] The fix I've proposed[*] only comes into play when lshw is about to crash, so regression risk should be minimal. [*] https://github.com/lyonel/lshw/pull/14 ** Affects: lshw (Ubuntu) Importance: High Assignee: dann frazier (dannf) Status: Confirmed ** Affects: lshw (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: High Assignee: dann frazier (dannf) Status: Confirmed ** Also affects: lshw (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: lshw (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: lshw (Ubuntu Xenial) Assignee: (unassigned) => dann frazier (dannf) ** Changed in: lshw (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of नेपाली भाषा समायोजकहरुको समूह, which is subscribed to Xenial. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu 16.04 Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1590994 Title: [Regression] crash in scan_dmi_sysfs when running as non-root Status in lshw package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in lshw source package in Xenial: Confirmed Bug description: [Impact] lshw crashes when run as non-root: Though it does warn before crashing that it should be run as super- user, it should fail gracefully - not abort and dump core. A number of users have been hitting this since the regression has been introduced: https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/3ef7206b4102c14c8741b44fde30b21b4a571bbe [Test Case] ubuntu@lshw:~$ lshw WARNING: you should run this program as super-user. terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc' what(): std::bad_alloc Aborted (core dumped) [Regression Risk] The fix I've proposed[*] only comes into play when lshw is about to crash, so regression risk should be minimal. [*] https://github.com/lyonel/lshw/pull/14 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lshw/+bug/1590994/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators Post to : group.of.nepali.translators@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
