On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 20:11 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 15:48 +0000, Ian Campbell wrote: > > On Sat, 2014-02-22 at 22:56 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > On Mon, 2013-09-30 at 20:25 +1000, Kris Shannon wrote: > > > > I was eagerly awating the release of linux-2.6_2.6.32-48squeeze4 > > > > because it would fix #701744 (fallout from XSA-39: Linux netback DoS > > > > via malicious guest ring) > > > > > > > > > > > > It turns out I should have read the bug report more closely. > > > > > > > > #701744 was only about the xen-netback side of things. > > > > > > > > > > > > I haven't been able to find a debian bug about the REAL bug - the > > > > xen-netfront gso overflow. > > > > > > > > > > > > Upstream have patched this: > > > > http://git.kernel.org/linus/9ecd1a75d977e2e8c48139c7d3efed183f898d94 > > > > > > > > "netfront: reduce gso_max_size to account for max TCP header" > > > > > > > > > > > > Is this likely to go into a squeeze kernel? > > > > > > Maybe. Ian, is this going to be possible to backport? > > > > It looks fairly small and self contained, so I suspect so. Wei -- does > > that sound right (the backport target is Debian Wheezy which is 2.6.32) > > > > The other question is whether there will be any more updates to the > > Squeeze kernel at all, aren't we into security fixes only mode for > > Squeeze by now? > > A regression due to a security fix is also a valid reason for a further > security update.
I'm going to base this on the squeeze-security branch (2.6.32-48squeeze6) rather than squeeze (2.6.32-49), although I expect it'll be trivial to rebase. Looks like squeeze4 is the latest actual upload BTW, at least according to the PTS. squeeze5 has a bunch of stuff in it... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1393555550.20365.14.ca...@hastur.hellion.org.uk
