Bug#542139: rkhunter: Spurious warnings when access to /proc/kallsyms is disabled for security reasons

2009-08-18 Thread Julien Valroff
Le mardi 18 août 2009 à 14:56 +1200, Francois Marier a écrit : Package: rkhunter Version: 1.3.4-6 Severity: normal Tags: patch Certain security frameworks (e.g. grsecurity) prevent programs from reading /proc/kallsyms. The file exists but it returns error when you try to read from it.

Bug#542139: rkhunter: Spurious warnings when access to /proc/kallsyms is disabled for security reasons

2009-08-18 Thread Francois Marier
On 2009-08-18 at 08:25:23, Julien Valroff wrote: What about simply changing the test call as follows: -elif [ -f ${RKHROOTDIR}/proc/kallsyms ]; then +elif [ -r ${RKHROOTDIR}/proc/kallsyms ]; then Given your explanations, I would say it should work, would you please test?

Bug#542139: rkhunter: Spurious warnings when access to /proc/kallsyms is disabled for security reasons

2009-08-18 Thread Julien Valroff
Le mardi 18 août 2009 à 18:56 +1200, Francois Marier a écrit : On 2009-08-18 at 08:25:23, Julien Valroff wrote: What about simply changing the test call as follows: -elif [ -f ${RKHROOTDIR}/proc/kallsyms ]; then +elif [ -r ${RKHROOTDIR}/proc/kallsyms ]; then Given

Bug#542139: rkhunter: Spurious warnings when access to /proc/kallsyms is disabled for security reasons

2009-08-17 Thread Francois Marier
Package: rkhunter Version: 1.3.4-6 Severity: normal Tags: patch Certain security frameworks (e.g. grsecurity) prevent programs from reading /proc/kallsyms. The file exists but it returns error when you try to read from it. I end up receiving these emails every day: From: Anacron