Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:30:12 +0100 | From | Michal Hocko <> | Subject | Re: CVE-2021-46966: ACPI: custom_method: fix potential use-after-free issue |
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On Thu 29-02-24 06:22:34, Greg KH wrote: > 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.
OK I see. So now, does it make any sense to consider a bug fix in a security sensitive interface (that is even locked down) a security fix? -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
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