linux-kernel - Re: (subset) [PATCH] mfd: cs42l43: Update patching revision check

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] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date: Thu, 02 May 2024 17:56:04 +0100
From: Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
To: lee@...nel.org, Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.cirrus.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...nsource.cirrus.com
Subject: Re: (subset) [PATCH] mfd: cs42l43: Update patching revision check

On Tue, 23 Apr 2024 11:23:39 +0100, Charles Keepax wrote:
> The firmware can only be patched once. The current code checks if the
> firmware supports the features required by the driver and then patches
> if it does not. This could lead to the device being patched twice if
> the device was patched before the driver took control, but with a
> firmware that doesn't support the features the driver requires. This
> would fail but potentially in unpredictable ways.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] mfd: cs42l43: Update patching revision check
      commit: 4dd91a9a49825e727e93aca8483eb90e6a9894e5

--
Lee Jones [李琼斯]