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kernel: disable AX25 amateur radio protocol support in response to CVE-2024-35887#12553

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kernel: disable AX25 amateur radio protocol support in response to CVE-2024-35887#12553
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  • The toolchain has been rebuilt successfully (or no changes were made to it)
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  • Packages depending on static components modified in this PR (Golang, *-static subpackages, etc.) have had their Release tag incremented.
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  • All source files have up-to-date hashes in the *.signatures.json files
  • sudo make go-tidy-all and sudo make go-test-coverage pass
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  • Ready to merge

Summary

CVE-2024-35887 is a vulnerability discovered in the ax25 code. Since we
don't support amateur radios, it is better to fully disable this feature
and lower the attack surface area.

Signed-off-by: Chris Co chrco@microsoft.com

Does this affect the toolchain?

YES

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CVE-2024-35887 is a vulnerability discovered in the ax25 code. Since we
don't support amateur radios, it is better to fully disable this feature
and lower the attack surface area.

Signed-off-by: Chris Co <chrco@microsoft.com>
 CVE-2024-35887 is a vulnerability discovered in the ax25 code. Since we
 don't support amateur radios, it is better to fully disable this feature
 and lower the attack surface area.

Signed-off-by: Chris Co <chrco@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Chris Co <chrco@microsoft.com>
@christopherco christopherco marked this pull request as ready for review February 28, 2025 08:08
@christopherco christopherco requested a review from a team as a code owner February 28, 2025 08:08
@christopherco christopherco merged commit dee5ac7 into main Mar 1, 2025
@christopherco christopherco deleted the chrco/config_ax25 branch March 1, 2025 19:13
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