Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Feb 2024 06:22:34 +0100 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: CVE-2021-46966: ACPI: custom_method: fix potential use-after-free issue |
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On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 05:14:22PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote: > Hi, > this seems like another example of a reasonable fix with a very dubious > CVE IMHO. Allowing access to /sys/kernel/debug/acpi/custom_method to > anybody but trusted actor is a huge security problem on its own. I > really fail to see any value marking this clear bug fix as security > related.
It was picked because it was a use-after-free fix, AND it is part of the "import the GSD database into the CVE database" that the CVE project asked us to do.
thanks,
greg k-h
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