Regression from bug 517773, which was not completely implemented.
rsyslog needs to check if it can read from /proc/kmsg as non-root, and
not drop privileges if not. In other works, seteuid(), read() -> on
fail, seteuid(0) and keep it that way, on success -> setuid() ->
permanently drop privs.
** Tags added: regression-potential
** Changed in: rsyslog (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => High
** Changed in: rsyslog (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Triaged
** Changed in: rsyslog (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Canonical Foundations Team
(canonical-foundations)
** Also affects: rsyslog (Ubuntu Lucid)
Importance: High
Assignee: Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations)
Status: Triaged
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rsyslogd gives 100%CPU
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/523468
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