Bug 117979 - lsmod is denied as a normal user
Summary: lsmod is denied as a normal user
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: policy
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Daniel Walsh
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Blocks: FC2Blocker
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Reported: 2004-03-10 19:00 UTC by Bill Nottingham
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:43 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2004-04-07 02:11:30 UTC
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Description Bill Nottingham 2004-03-10 19:00:58 UTC 
This is a change from previous releases.

Also, when 'cat /proc/modules' is allowed, it's not that much of a
security enhancement. :)
Comment 1 Daniel Walsh 2004-03-18 05:02:08 UTC 
This is because it is a link to modprobe which normal users can not
execute.
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2004-03-18 05:40:51 UTC 
Normal users should be able to run modprobe, it's not like it will do
anything useful. :)
Comment 3 Daniel Walsh 2004-03-25 18:18:45 UTC 
fixed in policy-1.9-15
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