On Focal the correct command to (temporarily) fix the permission problem: sudo dpkg-statoverride --update --add root root 0644 /boot/vmlinux-$(uname -r)
However, I also feel that that making non secret information world readable would have been the Unix way. This change made the life of a few script kiddies a very bit harder, but also made the life of many legal users significantly harder (in contrast with a script kiddy they have to maintain the fix in a more formalized way). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/759725 Title: The kernel is no longer readable by non-root users To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/759725/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
