From: "gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Siddh Raman Pant <siddh.raman.pant@oracle.com>
Cc: "cve@kernel.org" <cve@kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: CVE-2026-63985: ethtool: eeprom: add more safeties to EEPROM Netlink fallback
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:39:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026073151-overeager-wanting-5b0b@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f317b2a081fd7e76cceb8b1099c3a9afefa9e723.camel@oracle.com>
On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 05:14:32AM +0000, Siddh Raman Pant wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 30 2026 at 18:19:43 +0530, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
> wrote:
>
> > > IIUC this is a defensive fix. Does it fix any reported problem for it
> > > to be a CVE?
> >
> > As-is, it seems to fix a vulnerability. Do you think that is not the
> > case, and if so, why?
>
> I meant it closes potential only right? Or is there any driver in-tree
> which had a surprise?
Personally, I do not know, but this is hardware-dependent, right?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-31 5:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-19 14:57 CVE-2026-63985: ethtool: eeprom: add more safeties to EEPROM Netlink fallback Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-07-30 12:45 ` Siddh Raman Pant
2026-07-30 12:49 ` gregkh
2026-07-31 5:14 ` Siddh Raman Pant
2026-07-31 5:39 ` gregkh [this message]
2026-07-31 7:11 ` Siddh Raman Pant
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