sysctl parsing: Allow comments (they usually exist in sysctl.conf)

diff --git a/kernel_hardening_checker/__init__.py b/kernel_hardening_checker/__init__.py
index e0f1c97a94e79767b4f840ec18772484132dc5a4..4fe2ef29cfbd4ebd3b443db01974a363a88ff64f 100755 (executable)
--- a/kernel_hardening_checker/__init__.py
+++ b/kernel_hardening_checker/__init__.py
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ def parse_sysctl_file(mode: StrOrNone, parsed_options: Dict[str, str], fname: st
         sysctl_pattern = re.compile(r"[a-zA-Z0-9/\._-]+ ?=.*$")
         for line in f.readlines():
             line = line.strip()
+            if line.startswith('#'):
+                continue
             if not sysctl_pattern.match(line):
                 sys.exit(f'[!] ERROR: unexpected line in sysctl file: "{line}"')
             option, value = line.split('=', 1)