From 8c23b2e855a9f11520f2a86ed281f2b54544176b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kacper Wysocki <kwy@redpill-linpro.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 12:33:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Try harder at scanning kernel releases (Closes #720891)

---
 security.c | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security.c b/security.c
index ac2e471..9f70e00 100644
--- a/security.c
+++ b/security.c
@@ -454,9 +454,14 @@ int check_kernel_version()
   }else if(!strncmp(uts.sysname, "Linux", 5)){
     int maj,min,rel;
     if(sscanf(uts.release, "%d.%d.%d", &maj, &min, &rel) != 3) {
-      fprintf(stderr, "%s (%s, %d)\n",
-              _("Failed to scan kernel release."),
-              strerror(errno),errno);
+      // maybe it's a 3.10-rc3 release.
+      if(sscanf(uts.release, "%d.%d", &maj, &min) != 2) {
+         fprintf(stderr, "%s (%s, %d)\n",
+                 _("Failed to scan kernel release."),
+                 strerror(errno),errno);
+         return 0;
+      }
+      rel = 9; // instead of passing garbage
     }else{
       //fprintf(stdout, "kernel rel: %d.%d\n", maj, min);
       if(maj > 2 ||