[Bug 1284406] Re: lshw can crash arm64 systems

[dann frazier]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Leif Lindholm
<1284406 at bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> 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.

Thanks Lief! Has this been submitted upstream?

I'd suggest opening a separate bug in LP to enable this class of
systems. This bug is at the end of it's lifecycle, and reopening it
would cause confusion. Would you mind doing that or should I?

  -dann

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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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