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spi: microchip-core-qspi: stop checking viability of op->max_freq in supports_op callback

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: microchip-core-qspi: stop checking viability of op->max_freq in supports_op callback In commit 13529647743d9 ("spi: microchip-core-qspi: Support per spi-mem operation frequency switches") the logic for checking the viability of op->max_freq in mchp_coreqspi_setup_clock() was copied into mchp_coreqspi_supports_op(). Unfortunately, op->max_freq is not valid when this function is called during probe but is instead zero. Accordingly, baud_rate_val is calculated to be INT_MAX due to division by zero, causing probe of the attached memory device to fail. Seemingly spi-microchip-core-qspi was the only driver that had such a modification made to its supports_op callback when the per_op_freq capability was added, so just remove it to restore prior functionality.

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CVE-2025-39921

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Source reference: cve:CVE-2025-39921

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    "product": "Linux",
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        "version": "d29f749d5202605dbb7480791e6841487d8afb77",
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        "versionType": "git"
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    ],
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      "drivers/spi/spi-microchip-core-qspi.c"
    ],
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  },
  {
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    "vendor": "Linux",
    "product": "Linux",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "6.14"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "0",
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        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "6.16.6",
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        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.16.*"
      },
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        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "6.17",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*"
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    ],
    "programFiles": [
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