[OpenWrt] add fallback detection for /boot/vmlinuz#1748
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Some systems (e.g. OpenWrt) trigger a false positive exception in KRNL-5830 when Lynis cannot determine the kernel version from /boot/vmlinuz. Add a fallback via file when FINDVERSION remains empty. This avoids unnecessary exceptions while preserving current behavior for existing distributions.
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Lynis is a security auditing tool for Unix/Linux systems. It performs an in-depth security scan to detect software and security issues, installed packages, and configuration errors. This commit includes pending PRs which provide basic support for OpenWrt version 23.05 --> SNAPSHOT thanks to issue 1600[1] which includes four pending PRs[2-6]. 1. CISOfy/lynis#1600 2. CISOfy/lynis#1601 3. CISOfy/lynis#1602 4. CISOfy/lynis#1620 5. CISOfy/lynis#1621 6. CISOfy/lynis#1748 Build system: x86/64 Build-tested: x86/64-glibc Run-tested: x86/64-glibc Signed-off-by: John Audia <therealgraysky@proton.me>
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Lynis is a security auditing tool for Unix/Linux systems. It performs an in-depth security scan to detect software and security issues, installed packages, and configuration errors. This commit includes pending PRs which provide basic support for OpenWrt version 23.05 --> SNAPSHOT thanks to issue 1600[1] which includes five pending PRs[2-6]. 1. CISOfy/lynis#1600 2. CISOfy/lynis#1601 3. CISOfy/lynis#1602 4. CISOfy/lynis#1620 5. CISOfy/lynis#1621 6. CISOfy/lynis#1748 Build system: x86/64 Build-tested: x86/64-glibc Run-tested: x86/64-glibc Signed-off-by: John Audia <therealgraysky@proton.me>
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Lynis is a security auditing tool for Unix/Linux systems. It performs an in-depth security scan to detect software and security issues, installed packages, and configuration errors. This commit includes pending PRs which provide basic support for OpenWrt version 23.05 --> SNAPSHOT thanks to issue 1600[1] which includes five pending PRs[2-6]. 1. CISOfy/lynis#1600 2. CISOfy/lynis#1601 3. CISOfy/lynis#1602 4. CISOfy/lynis#1620 5. CISOfy/lynis#1621 6. CISOfy/lynis#1748 Build system: x86/64 Build-tested: x86/64-glibc Run-tested: x86/64-glibc Signed-off-by: John Audia <therealgraysky@proton.me>
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Lynis is a security auditing tool for Unix/Linux systems. It performs an in-depth security scan to detect software and security issues, installed packages, and configuration errors. This commit includes pending PRs which provide basic support for OpenWrt version 23.05 --> SNAPSHOT thanks to issue 1600[1] which includes five pending PRs[2-6]. 1. CISOfy/lynis#1600 2. CISOfy/lynis#1601 3. CISOfy/lynis#1602 4. CISOfy/lynis#1620 5. CISOfy/lynis#1621 6. CISOfy/lynis#1748 Build system: x86/64 Build-tested: x86/64-glibc Run-tested: x86/64-glibc Signed-off-by: John Audia <therealgraysky@proton.me>
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Lynis is a security auditing tool for Unix/Linux systems. It performs an in-depth security scan to detect software and security issues, installed packages, and configuration errors. This commit includes pending PRs which provide basic support for OpenWrt version 23.05 --> SNAPSHOT thanks to issue 1600[1] which includes five pending PRs[2-6]. 1. CISOfy/lynis#1600 2. CISOfy/lynis#1601 3. CISOfy/lynis#1602 4. CISOfy/lynis#1620 5. CISOfy/lynis#1621 6. CISOfy/lynis#1748 Build system: x86/64 Build-tested: x86/64-glibc Run-tested: x86/64-glibc Signed-off-by: John Audia <therealgraysky@proton.me>
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Some systems (e.g. OpenWrt) trigger a false positive exception in KRNL-5830 when Lynis cannot determine the kernel version from /boot/vmlinuz.
Add a fallback via file when FINDVERSION remains empty. This avoids unnecessary exceptions while preserving current behavior for existing distributions.