[Bug 1284406] Re: lshw can crash arm64 systems

[Leif Lindholm]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 09:32:58PM -0000, dann frazier wrote:
> > Yeah, I logged a bug in the lshw tracking system (which is moderated,
> > so it's not publicly visible yet). I also intend to raise it on
> > bugs.debian.org (Jessie can still crash the Mustang boards, and I'm
> > thinking the powerpc port will also be potentially risky).
> 
> Yeah, I've got a bug open in Debian (#740034), I certainly don't mind
> if you add your patch there since it is still open. Actually, I need
> to increase the severity now since arm64 is part of the archive.

Added.
 
> >> 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?
> >
> > I don't mind, but as always I am slightly unsure of what level of
> > severity I should raise it at.
> 
> Well, if it is negatively impacting shipping hardware (i.e. lshw is
> unable to report certain things because of the lack of smbios
> support), I'd say "High" since I consider that a hardware enablement
> issue. If it's just a correctness thing at this point, my opinion
> would be wishlist. That's just my opinion though, feel free to use
> your own judgment.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lshw/+bug/1388262 raised.
And I don't have access to set severity anyway, so I'll leave that up
to you :)

Consider this ticket closed.

/
    Leif

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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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