Re: CVE-2026-63985: ethtool: eeprom: add more safeties to EEPROM Netlink fallback

[Siddh Raman Pant]

On Thu, Jul 30 2026 at 18:19:43 +0530, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:

> > IIUC this is a defensive fix. Does it fix any reported problem for it
> > to be a CVE?
> 
> As-is, it seems to fix a vulnerability.  Do you think that is not the
> case, and if so, why?

I meant it closes potential only right? Or is there any driver in-tree
which had a surprise?

Thanks,
Siddh

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