From cb70f198375c5b68058a3705258e78464786922b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos@whonix.org>
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2025 08:06:26 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] more robust, standardized kernel_cmdline variable detection

---
 usr/libexec/security-misc/pam-info#security-misc-shared | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/usr/libexec/security-misc/pam-info#security-misc-shared b/usr/libexec/security-misc/pam-info#security-misc-shared
index 6d772ca..322f147 100755
--- a/usr/libexec/security-misc/pam-info#security-misc-shared
+++ b/usr/libexec/security-misc/pam-info#security-misc-shared
@@ -111,9 +111,11 @@ if [ "$PAM_USER" = 'sysmaint' ]; then
    fi
 fi
 
-kernel_cmdline=""
-if test -f /proc/cmdline; then
-   kernel_cmdline="$(cat -- /proc/cmdline)"
+kernel_cmdline=''
+if [ -f /proc/cmdline ]; then
+  kernel_cmdline="$(cat -- /proc/cmdline)" || true
+elif [ -f /proc/1/cmdline ]; then
+  kernel_cmdline="$(cat -- /proc/1/cmdline)" || true
 fi
 
 if [ "$PAM_USER" != 'sysmaint' ]; then