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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>,
	netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	cve@kernel.org, Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
Subject: Re: Is CVE-2024-26624 a valid issue?
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:56:06 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2024032743-wildfire-amusing-1875@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240311140043.GR86322@google.com>

On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 02:00:43PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Mar 2024, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 
> > Hi Ben
> > 
> > Yes, my understanding of the issue is that it is a false positive.
> > 
> > Some kernels might crash whenever LOCKDEP triggers, as for any WARNing.
> 
> Exactly.  So is it possible to trip this, false positive or otherwise?
> Being able to crash the kernel, even under false pretences, is
> definitely something we usually provide CVE allocations for.

lockdep warnings do not trigger a reboot for panic-on-warn, so I'll go
reject this cve, thanks.

greg k-h

      reply	other threads:[~2024-03-27 13:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-03-11  0:02 Is CVE-2024-26624 a valid issue? Ben Hutchings
2024-03-11  9:47 ` Eric Dumazet
2024-03-11 14:00   ` Lee Jones
2024-03-27 13:56     ` Greg KH [this message]

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