[tbb-bugs] #20283 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Tor Browser should run without a `/proc` filesystem.

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#20283: Tor Browser should run without a `/proc` filesystem.
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     Reporter:  yawning                   |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  defect                    |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                    |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                    |   Keywords:  tbb-sandboxing
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 Currently Tor Browser crashes immediately on startup if a proc filesystem
 is not mounted on `/proc`.  This also affects the upstream firefox code,
 so it technically is a Mozilla bug.

 {{{
 too much recursion
 Segmentation fault (core dumped)
 }}}

 `/proc` contains a large amount of information about the host system that
 can be used to fingerprint/identify users and additionally historically
 has been the source or part of many kernel security problems.

 While this problem can be mitigated by a MAC system (eg: AppArmor) to
 constrain what Firefox can access under `/proc`, the ideal fix is for
 Firefox to support running without `/proc`, while degrading gracefully
 (there is no truly ubiquitous MAC system available on all common Linux
 distributions by default, and the problem is severe enough that it should
 be resolved correctly).

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