Looks like this has been fixed in Debian in a slightly different way:
* [ef94e6e] Added gksu launcher to .desktop.
Thanks to Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña (JFS) (Closes: #537903)
Exec=su-to-root -X -c lshw-gtk
** Changed in: lshw (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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