lshw crash with sudo

Bug #1414476 reported by pranith
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lshw (Ubuntu)
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Alexandr Chibiriak

Bug Description

$ sudo lshw -C network
*** stack smashing detected ***: lshw terminated

This is on clean install of Kubuntu 15.04 daily image on Dell Studio XPS 1640. The network card is Intel Wifi Link 5100.

Please note that without sudo the command works properly.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: lshw 02.17-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.18.0-9.10-generic 3.18.2
Uname: Linux 3.18.0-9-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.15.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jan 25 14:20:58 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-25 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150124)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: lshw
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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pranith (bobby-prani) wrote :
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pranith (bobby-prani) wrote :

strace output attached.

Changed in lshw (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Alexandr Chibiriak (dobrman)
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