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[dann frazier <dann.frazier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

[Impact]
lshw crashes when run as non-root:

Though it does warn before crashing that it should be run as super-user,
it should fail gracefully - not abort and dump core. A number of users
have been hitting this since the regression has been introduced:

https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/3ef7206b4102c14c8741b44fde30b21b4a571bbe

[Test Case]
ubuntu@lshw:~$ lshw
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc'
  what():  std::bad_alloc
Aborted (core dumped)

[Regression Risk]
The fix I've proposed[*] only comes into play when lshw is about to crash, so regression risk should be minimal.

[*] https://github.com/lyonel/lshw/pull/14

** Affects: lshw (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
     Assignee: dann frazier (dannf)
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: lshw (Ubuntu Xenial)
     Importance: High
     Assignee: dann frazier (dannf)
         Status: Confirmed

** Also affects: lshw (Ubuntu Xenial)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: lshw (Ubuntu Xenial)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: lshw (Ubuntu Xenial)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => dann frazier (dannf)

** Changed in: lshw (Ubuntu Xenial)
   Importance: Undecided => High

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Title:
  [Regression] crash in scan_dmi_sysfs when running as non-root

Status in lshw package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in lshw source package in Xenial:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  lshw crashes when run as non-root:

  Though it does warn before crashing that it should be run as super-
  user, it should fail gracefully - not abort and dump core. A number of
  users have been hitting this since the regression has been introduced:

  https://errors.ubuntu.com/problem/3ef7206b4102c14c8741b44fde30b21b4a571bbe

  [Test Case]
  ubuntu@lshw:~$ lshw
  WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
  terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc'
    what():  std::bad_alloc
  Aborted (core dumped)

  [Regression Risk]
  The fix I've proposed[*] only comes into play when lshw is about to crash, so regression risk should be minimal.

  [*] https://github.com/lyonel/lshw/pull/14

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