[Bug 1284406] Re: lshw can crash arm64 systems

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Title:
  lshw can crash arm64 systems

Status in “lshw” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “lshw” package in Debian:
  New

Bug description:
  lshw's smbios parsing code pokes at bad places in /dev/mem and can
  crash the system (oops) when running with sufficient privileges.

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