Bug#1077184: systemd: /etc/sysctl.conf is no longer read

[Luca Boccassi]

Control: severity -1 wishlist
Control: tags -1 wontfix
Control: close -1

On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:00:17 +0200 Vincent Lefevre <vincent at vinc17.net>
wrote:
> Package: systemd
> Version: 256.4-2
> Severity: grave
> Tags: security
> Justification: user security hole
> X-Debbugs-Cc: Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>
> 
> The /etc/sysctl.conf file is no longer read, while I have security
> settings there.
> 
> I suspect that the cause is
> 
>   * Drop /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf symlink procps no longer ships
>     /etc/sysctl.conf (Closes: #1076190)
> 
> which is wrong!

It is not, create the symlink yourself if you still need it, the procps
package dropped it so this package dropped it as well

-- 
Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi
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