On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:01:40AM -0500, Stephen Powell wrote: > An official fix has now been published for this problem by upstream > development for kernel 2.6.33. See > > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=22825ab7693fd29769518a0d25ba43c01a50092a > > Please consider backporting it to 2.6.32 so that when Squeeze freezes, this > fix will be included. > Also please consider backporting it to 2.6.26 (Lenny) in the next > stable point release
I'll look into the lenny backport. > or in a security update. Suse considered this fix important enough to > backport it to > 2.6.27 (SLES11) and 2.6.16 (SLES10). (See > http://lists.debian.org/debian-s390/2009/12/msg00013.html) > > For the security argument, please see > http://lists.debian.org/debian-s390/2009/12/msg00025.html. I don't think this is should be considered a security problem. > This posting also contains a link to my unofficial backport of the fix to > 2.6.26. > As the author, I hereby grant permission to anyone to use it for any purpose > whatsoever. > Or, if you prefer, you can do your own backport. > > I will try to get upstream to include the patch in one of their "stable > updates" for 2.6.32 > as well, but it would help if I had some allies at Debian. That's definitely the right approach for 2.6.32/squeeze thanks. If stable@ rejects it, please let us know. -- dann frazier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org