Access to /proc/net/arp since 49.0

[Franck Routier (perso)]

Thanks a lot. I reported this information on this bug report about the 
Ubuntu Apparmor profile for Firefox here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apparmor/+bug/1628956


Le 18/10/2016 à 15:07, Marco a écrit :
> Il 18/10/16 13:59, Franck Routier (perso) ha scritto:
>
>> Hi list,
>> since I upgraded to Firefox 49.0 (on Linux), I have apparmor reporting
>> that Firefox is trying to access /proc/..../net/arp.
>> This seems to be new in 49.0.
>>
>> Does anyone know what is the purpose of this new requirement ?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Franck
>>
>
> This was added in bug 1240932 to identify the network Firefox is 
> running in.
> Some explanation here: 
> https://bug1240932.bmoattachments.org/attachment.cgi?id=8709691.
>
> - Marco.
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