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and subject line Fix released with 8.1 point release
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regarding jessie-pu: package virtualbox/4.3.18-dfsg-3+deb8u3
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Package: release.debian.org
User: [email protected]
Usertags: pu
Tags: jessie
Severity: normal
As explained in the bug report #785689, there is an important bug leading to a
crash in raw mode.
the one-line patch is from upstream and testing, and seems safe so far.
following the debdiff
(as you know, the u2 update is pending)
thanks for caring
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0e5d537..a9c3059 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+virtualbox (4.3.18-dfsg-3+deb8u3) jessie; urgency=medium
+
+ * d/p/39-crash-raw-mode.patch fix crash in raw mode.
+ (Closes: #785689) from upstream changeset 53083
+ thanks Frank for the hint!
+
+ -- Gianfranco Costamagna <[email protected]> Tue, 19 May 2015
10:22:10 +0200
+
virtualbox (4.3.18-dfsg-3+deb8u2) jessie-security; urgency=high
* d/p/CVE-2015-3456.patch fix for CVE-2015-3456 a.k.a. VENOM
diff --git a/debian/patches/39-crash-raw-mode.patch
b/debian/patches/39-crash-raw-mode.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a5a561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/39-crash-raw-mode.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Index: trunk/src/VBox/Devices/PC/DevACPI.cpp
+===================================================================
+--- a/src/VBox/Devices/PC/DevACPI.cpp
++++ b/src/VBox/Devices/PC/DevACPI.cpp
+@@ -2936,4 +2936,5 @@
+ {
+ ACPIState *pThis = PDMINS_2_DATA(pDevIns, ACPIState *);
++ pThis->pDevInsRC = PDMDEVINS_2_RCPTR(pDevIns);
+ pThis->pPmTimerRC = TMTimerRCPtr(pThis->pPmTimerR3);
+ NOREF(offDelta);
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index de801a7..6fe9974 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
36-fix-vnc-version-string.patch
37-disable-smap.patch
CVE-2015-3456.patch
+39-crash-raw-mode.patch
Gianfranco
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 8.1
Hi,
The fix discussed in this bug was released to stable as part of the 8.1
point release earlier today.
Regards,
Adam
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