Public bug reported:

Steps to reproduce:
  Install and use bcmwl-kernel-source
  $ cat /proc/brcm_monitor0
What happens:
  $ dmesg
  ...
  Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 1
  ...

Tested on Trusty and Vivid.
The file is readable by everyone. At least change this to only root.

** Affects: bcmwl (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Summary changed:

- Reading from /proc/brcm_monitor0 causes soft lockup of CPU
+ Reading from /proc/brcm_monitor0 causes lockup of CPU

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  Reading from /proc/brcm_monitor0 causes lockup of CPU

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