This bug was fixed in the package lshw - 02.17-1.1ubuntu5
--------------- lshw (02.17-1.1ubuntu5) yakkety; urgency=medium
* d/p/Avoid-crash-in-scan_dmi_sysfs-when-running-as-non-ro.patch: Fix a regression from the last upload that causes lshw to crash when running unprivileged (LP: #1590994).
-- dann frazier <email address hidden> Mon, 13 Jun 2016 16:36:15 -0600
This bug was fixed in the package lshw - 02.17-1.1ubuntu5
---------------
lshw (02.17-1.1ubuntu5) yakkety; urgency=medium
* d/p/Avoid- crash-in- scan_dmi_ sysfs-when- running- as-non- ro.patch: Fix a
regression from the last upload that causes lshw to crash when running
unprivileged (LP: #1590994).
-- dann frazier <email address hidden> Mon, 13 Jun 2016 16:36:15 -0600