Public bug reported: Upstream is concerned about possible security vulnerabilities in VM86: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1991020
There are possible side effects to disabling VM86, e.g., (http://codesearch.debian.net/results/sys%2Fvm86.h) and (http://codesearch.debian.net/results/asm%2Fvm86.h). Applications including asm/vm86.h directly may not have an emulation fallback mode and may therefore fail to run or build. VM86 is also a dependency for some older 32 bit X drivers. It seems the choice is to regress or orphan some 32 bit functionality, or leave all 32 bit platform open to possible VM86 vulnerabilities. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1473447 Title: linux: VM86 should be disabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1473447/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
