[Bug 1699161] Re: lshw crashes with SEGV in privileged containers

[Eric Desrochers]

** Changed in: lshw (Ubuntu Artful)
       Status: Confirmed => In Progress

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Title:
  lshw crashes with SEGV in privileged containers

Status in lshw package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in lshw source package in Xenial:
  Confirmed
Status in lshw source package in Zesty:
  Confirmed
Status in lshw source package in Artful:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  When running lshw in a Xenial container, I'm getting a segmentation
  fault. I'll attach the apport crash dump.

  ```
  stgraber at castiana:~$ lxc launch ubuntu:16.04 priv -c security.privileged=true
  Creating priv
  Starting priv

  stgraber at castiana:~$ lxc exec priv bash
  root at priv:~# lshw
  Segmentation fault
  root at priv:~#
  ```

  [strace of lshw]
  open("/usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
  open("/etc/usb.ids", O_RDONLY)          = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
  open("/usr/share/usb.ids", O_RDONLY)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
  open("/usr/local/share/usb.ids", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
  open("/usr/share/lshw-common/usb.ids", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
  open("/usr/share/usb.ids", O_RDONLY)    = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
  open("/sys/kernel/debug/usb/devices", O_RDONLY) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
  open("/proc/bus/usb/devices", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
  --- SIGSEGV {si_signo=SIGSEGV, si_code=SEGV_MAPERR, si_addr=0} ---
  +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
  Segmentation fault

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