I'm going with my gut and calling this a wireshark bug, not a libpcap bug. The workaround alters the permissions for dumpcap, which is part of wireshark.
** Changed in: libpcap (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: wireshark (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- kernel panic when live capture started https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414201 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs