ACK: [PATCH 0/3][CVE-2015-4004] Disable staging ozwpan

[Stefan Bader]

On 28.04.2016 15:02, Luis Henriques wrote:
> The ozwpan driver has been fixed in mainliner by using the big hammer: it
> has been completely removed the git tree.  I'm proposing to simply disable
> it from the Ubuntu kernels to fix this CVE.  Only Trusty to Wily kernels
> are impacted.
> 
> [ Just a reminder that this will require a 'modules.ignore' in order to
>   build the kernels. ]
> 
> Luis Henriques (1):
>   UBUNTU: [Config] CONFIG_USB_WPAN_HCD=n
> 
>  debian.master/config/config.common.ubuntu | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> 
Though removing functionality is usually a nogo, but for a staging driver and
security hazard it is probably ok. And hopefully "USB over Wifi" is not the most
commonly used case...

-Stefan

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