[Bug 1284406] Re: lshw can crash arm64 systems

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This bug was fixed in the package lshw - 02.16-2ubuntu1

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lshw (02.16-2ubuntu1) trusty; urgency=medium

  * Disable /dev/mem access for SMBIOS on aarch64 systems (LP: #1284406)
 -- dann frazier <dann.frazier at canonical.com>   Mon, 10 Mar 2014 10:04:28 -0500

** Changed in: lshw (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Released

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Title:
  lshw can crash arm64 systems

Status in lshw - Hardware Lister:
  Unknown
Status in “lshw” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
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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