[Bug 1674258] Re: lscpu crashs when /dev/mem is not stable to read

[Łukasz Zemczak]

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** Tags added: verification-done-xenial verification-done-yakkety verification-done-zesty

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Title:
  lscpu crashs when /dev/mem is not stable to read

Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in util-linux source package in Xenial:
  Fix Committed
Status in util-linux source package in Yakkety:
  Fix Committed
Status in util-linux source package in Zesty:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [Impact]

   * Read from /dev/mem and scan DMI tables is dangerous, if /dev/mem is
  not stable to read, it will cause lscpu crash.

  [Test Case]

   * `sudo lscpu` shall not cause Segmentation fault (core dumped)

  [Regression Potential]

   * Reading from DMI tables is sysfs is more stable then reading from
  /dev/mem and if DMI tables is not available lscpu will use the old way
  to search in /dev/mem. I believe its low regression risk

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