Re: [PATCH] hwrng: core - Add WARN_ON for buggy read return values

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On Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 04:48:27PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
>
> Please see:
> 	https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#bug-and-bug-on
> which describes that.  We should make it more explicit that any WARN()
> or WARN_ON() calls that can be hit by user interactions somehow, will
> end up getting a CVE id when we fix it up to not do so.

If the aformentioned WARN_ON hits, then the driver has probabaly
already done a buffer overrun so it's a CVE anyway.

Cheers,
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