** Description changed:

- kernel: sysctl: restrict write access to dmesg_restrict
+ The sysrq_sysctl_handler function in kernel/sysctl.c in the Linux kernel
+ before 2.6.39 does not require the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability to modify
+ the dmesg_restrict value, which allows local users to bypass intended
+ access restrictions and read the kernel ring buffer by leveraging root
+ privileges, as demonstrated by a root user in a Linux Containers (aka
+ LXC) environment.
  
  Break-Fix: eaf06b241b091357e72b76863ba16e89610d31bd
  bfdc0b497faa82a0ba2f9dddcf109231dd519fcc

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