linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] net: sfp: add workaround for Realtek RTL8672 and RTL9601C chips

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <X+4GwpFnJ0Asq/Yj@lunn.ch>
Date:   Thu, 31 Dec 2020 18:13:38 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org>
Cc:     Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Marek Behún <kabel@...nel.org>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] net: sfp: add workaround for Realtek RTL8672 and
 RTL9601C chips

> > Looking at sfp_module_info(), adding a check for i2c_block_size < 2
> > when determining what length to return. ethtool should do the right
> > thing, know that the second page has not been returned to user space.
> 
> But if we limit length of eeprom then userspace would not be able to
> access those TX_DISABLE, LOS and other bits from byte 110 at address A2.

Have you tested these bits to see if they actually work? If they don't
work...

	 Andrew