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  • Committer: Package Import Robot
  • Author(s): dann frazier
  • Date: 2014-03-10 10:04:28 UTC
  • Revision ID: package-import@ubuntu.com-20140310100428-rh5o7unw11cvuapc
Tags: 02.16-2ubuntu1
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1284406
Disable /dev/mem access for SMBIOS on aarch64 systems (LP: #1284406)

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Description: Avoid trolling /dev/mem for SMBIOS on aarch64
 
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 When lshw runs as superuser, it can crash aarch64 systems (kernel
 
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 oops) by accessing /dev/mem to look for the SMBIOS region. Since
 
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 SMBIOS is unlikely to exist in an aarch64 platform, simply disable
 
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 the DMI method.
 
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Author: dann frazier <dann.frazier@canonical.com>
 
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Bug-Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lshw/+bug/1284406
 
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Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=740034
 
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Forwarded: http://ezix.org/project/ticket/642
 
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Last-Update: 2014-03-07
 
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Index: lshw-02.16/src/core/dmi.cc
 
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--- lshw-02.16.orig/src/core/dmi.cc     2014-02-24 18:38:37.382039999 -0700
 
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+++ lshw-02.16/src/core/dmi.cc  2014-02-24 18:39:51.062039999 -0700
 
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@@ -1751,7 +1751,7 @@
 
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   u16 dmimaj = 0, dmimin = 0;
 
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   currentcpu = 0;
 
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-#if defined(__arm__) || defined (__hppa__)
 
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+#if defined (__aarch64__) || defined(__arm__) || defined (__hppa__)
 
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   return false;                // SMBIOS not supported on ARM and PA-RISC machines
 
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 #endif
 
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