[Bug 1351519] Re: /sys/class/dmi/id/product_uuid is not world readable

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** Tags added: kernel-autoclosed kernel-autoclosed-expired

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Expired

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Title:
  /sys/class/dmi/id/product_uuid is not world readable

Status in Whoopsie:
  New
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Expired
Status in whoopsie package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  As part of (un)stable whoopsie persistent machine identifier
  generation /sys/class/dmi/id/product_uuid is used.

  However:
  $ ls /sys/class/dmi/id/product_uuid
  -r-------- 1 root root 4096 Aug  2 01:23 /sys/class/dmi/id/product_uuid

  It's not world-readable. Hence API calls to
  whoopsie_identifier_generate return different results for root and
  non-root users.

  Either whoopsie should stop using product_uuid, or api calls to
  whoopsie_identifier_generate should be denied and instead one should
  use whoopsie-preferences which gets the full uuid (since the service
  is running as root on system dbus and thus can read product_uuid)

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