From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5759F35C6A3 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:39:33 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1785476374; cv=none; b=Ibi7povnoyFQE3fOS+aklMJjyZoVBxaYwPYPoBQ9mK2tP+Jl5XEwo8lS51phHDX7ft+hM3TaXnDy7Ofw2Vw7GipjpmEnVM7FYFDzXmKGhlCDvQv28ec5Omf9pkIC5fvEh5rKM2KyQTCTjMde02G0vMyIaEYKLp3pcn0ctxhfpPI= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1785476374; c=relaxed/simple; bh=jcUdK+yTz7iyB5JygaKhFBeuVKcFzkY1Vef0BK1Howo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=MbysChfTn3s+m1co5gLQ7YIbo0PfkVv++0ez2WV4/ht1r1PSjFu44M+SlkCKr0lr3VfKIGd18ronwbb3o+r/6ARsOLbEogvdGkIq03GOTDXPwxDf8Bgrgeohz8YtY7GLAlbiZ/XpbOafsuHsTUHfBhUTi0s49oQ8Y5E3vTxSNI0= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=Z7j+A+og; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="Z7j+A+og" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6FE9C1F000E9; Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:39:32 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1785476373; bh=/ZhxURwyVjc9Pp5ZOHVp2zS4+tTcsKsivZ4pLRo0nCM=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=Z7j+A+ogoyVQoFCyCHQWTj/FjuKov66Aum5BQ8hG60ljhDZzT0lJqhJTwjZlvw5bb xKNXOwwKXox5wPWFjlkXIXw2EoRnYJFcQI/Jw/rrNv/QtVOk9J+fw+8Omr1r7tGivM vcjDBt4QlcLqKRlY0+JupAfUpFye9z7176L/OF+A= Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:39:18 +0200 From: "gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" To: Siddh Raman Pant Cc: "cve@kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: CVE-2026-63985: ethtool: eeprom: add more safeties to EEPROM Netlink fallback Message-ID: <2026073151-overeager-wanting-5b0b@gregkh> References: <2026071903-CVE-2026-63985-56d0@gregkh> <288bcae3fed67bac04b90922cca0f03d7bbfdfcf.camel@oracle.com> <2026073017-promotion-pacemaker-8384@gregkh> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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?