--- src/util/edac-ctl.in | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- edac-utils-0.16.orig/src/util/edac-ctl.in 2015-10-05 09:50:44.216884955 -0400 +++ edac-utils-0.16/src/util/edac-ctl.in 2015-10-05 11:11:41.451961491 -0400 @@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ sub guess_vendor_model_dmidecode { my ($vendor, $model); my $line = 0; + return ('Unknown', 'Unknown') unless $dmidecode; + $< == 0 || die "Must be root to run dmidecode\n"; open (DMI, "$dmidecode |") or die "failed to run $dmidecode: $!\n";