** Description changed:

- Binary package hint: wpasupplicant
+ [Impact]
+ <fill me in with explanation of severity and frequency of bug on users and 
justification for backporting the fix to the stable release>
  
- When using wpasupplicant with NetworkManager and PKCS#11 smartcard
- devices (see lp bug #120363), there is a segfault in wpasupplicant when
- the smartcard parameters are changed over dbus. A fix for this has been
- merged upstream,
- 
http://hostap.epitest.fi/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=hostap.git;a=commitdiff;h=d7199342f0633b5ab147dca5b885530fe32ceaeb;hp=355d36a7bf5b14df80e3f73d71b9089008fd517b)
- and is in Debian sid. It is a tiny change, the diff is very easy to
- understand. Please grant a freeze exemption to merge this patch in
- lucid.
+ [Development Fix]
+ <fill me in with an explanation of how the bug has been addressed in the 
development branch, including the relevant version numbers of packages modified 
in order to implement the fix. >
+ 
+ [Stable Fix]
+ <fill me in by pointing out a minimal patch applicable to the stable version 
of the package.>
+ 
+ [Text Case]
+ <fill me in with detailed *instructions* on how to reproduce the bug.  This 
will be used by people later on to verify the updated package fixes the 
problem.>
+ 1.
+ 2.
+ 3.
+ Broken Behavior: 
+ Fixed Behavior: 
+ 
+ [Regression Potential]
+ <fill me in with a discussion of likelihood and potential severity of 
regressions and how users could get inadvertently affected. 
+ 
+ [Original Report]
+ When using wpasupplicant with NetworkManager and PKCS#11 smartcard devices 
(see lp bug #120363), there is a segfault in wpasupplicant when the smartcard 
parameters are changed over dbus. A fix for this has been merged upstream, 
http://hostap.epitest.fi/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=hostap.git;a=commitdiff;h=d7199342f0633b5ab147dca5b885530fe32ceaeb;hp=355d36a7bf5b14df80e3f73d71b9089008fd517b)
 and is in Debian sid. It is a tiny change, the diff is very easy to 
understand. Please grant a freeze exemption to merge this patch in lucid.

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