Package: initscripts
Version: 2.86.ds1-61
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
The /lib/init/vars.sh script uses /proc/cdmline which is -r-------- under
a kernel compiled with grsecurity patch in which case any user not root
gets
egrep: /proc/cmdline: Permission denied
for example /etc/cron.d/sendmail which starts /usr/share/sendmail/sendmail
as smmsp user, and the later script then uses /lib/init/vars.sh
The following change solves the problem:
--- /tmp/vars.sh 2009-08-05 05:44:35.000000000 +0200
+++ /lib/init/vars.sh 2009-08-05 05:44:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
fi
# Accept the same 'quiet' option as the kernel
-if [ ! -e /proc/cmdline ] || egrep -qw 'quiet' /proc/cmdline ; then
+if [ ! -e /proc/cmdline ] || [ ! -r /proc/cmdline ] || egrep -qw 'quiet'
/proc/cmdline ; then
VERBOSE="no"
fi
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.2
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (50, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.23.1-grsec (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: lang=fr_fr.iso-8859...@euro, lc_ctype=fr_fr.iso-8859...@euro
(charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages initscripts depends on:
ii debianutils 2.30 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii e2fsprogs 1.41.3-1 ext2/ext3/ext4 file system utiliti
ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii lsb-base 3.2-20 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii mount 2.13.1.1-1 Tools for mounting and manipulatin
ii sysvinit-utils 2.86.ds1-61 System-V-like utilities
Versions of packages initscripts recommends:
ii psmisc 22.6-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy
initscripts suggests no packages.
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