[Bug 1284406] [NEW] lshw can crash arm64 systems

[dann frazier]

Public bug reported:

lshw's smbios parsing code pokes at bad places in /dev/mem and can crash
the system (oops) when running with sufficient privileges.

** Affects: lshw (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: lshw (Debian)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown


** Tags: hs-arm64

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Title:
  lshw can crash arm64 systems

Status in “lshw” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “lshw” package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  lshw's smbios parsing code pokes at bad places in /dev/mem and can
  crash the system (oops) when running with sufficient privileges.

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