Adding a YubiKey to a GitHub account crashes the browser
See original GitHub issueDescription
It’s not possible to add a new YubiKey to a GitHub account because doing so currently crashes Brave entirely.
Steps to Reproduce
- Go to https://github.com/settings/two_factor_authentication/configure
- Click “register new security key”.
- Type a name and click “add”.
- Press the YubiKey button.
Actual result:
Browser crashes.
Reproduces how often:
100%
Brave version (brave://version info)
Release doesn’t seem to be affected but Beta:
Brave 1.4.86 Chromium: 80.0.3987.87 (Official Build) beta (64-bit)
Revision 449cb163497b70dbf98d389f54e38e85d4c59b43-refs/branch-heads/3987@{#801}
OS Linux
dev:
1.5.94 Chromium: 80.0.3987.106 (Official Build) dev (64-bit)
Revision f68069574609230cf9b635cd784cfb1bf81bb53a-refs/branch-heads/3987@{#882}
OS macOS Version 10.15.3 (Build 19D76)
and nightly:
Brave | 1.6.36 Chromium: 80.0.3987.106 (Official Build) nightly (64-bit)
Revision | f68069574609230cf9b635cd784cfb1bf81bb53a-refs/branch-heads/3987@{#882}
OS | Linux
all crash.
Version/Channel Information:
- Can you reproduce this issue with the current release? no
- Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel? yes
- Can you reproduce this issue with the dev channel? yes
- Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel? yes
It does NOT crash Chrome Canary 82.0.4062.3 (macOS 10.15.3).
Issue Analytics
- State:
- Created 4 years ago
- Comments:7 (4 by maintainers)
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Just to be clear, this issue was about adding new YubiKeys to a GitHub account. Logging in with an existing key was never broken.
Closing. Looks like this is working now.