[Bug 1284406] Re: lshw can crash arm64 systems

[Leif Lindholm]

While I realise this is considered fixed, the attached patch fixes the
random poking around in /dev/mem instead of just bailing out. Making
lshw functional on arm/arm64 UEFI platforms with SMBIOS.

** Patch added: "smbios-noscan.patch"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lshw/+bug/1284406/+attachment/4250207/+files/smbios-noscan.patch

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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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