Bug#325026: linux-image-2.6.12-1-686: Oops on DHCP request for Broadcom 4401 ethernet controller

["E.S. at TUD" <edi@hotmail.de>]

Package: linux-image-2.6.12-1-686
Version: 2.6.12-5
Severity: important


When requesting a new IP-Address with dhclient kernel 2.6.12 oopses!!!

I have a Broadcom 4401 Ethernet Controller which probably uses the b44
kernel module.

Here is the error message i'm getting (for kernel-image-2.6.11-1-686
everyting works fine):

bash$ dhclient eth0

Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address e12f0350
  printing eip:
  *pde = 1fdc8067
  *pte = 00000000
  Oops: 0000 [#1]
  Modules linke in: radeon drm parport_pc lp parport binfmt_misc
  ipt_state ip_conntrack iptable_filter ip_tables mousedev joydev
  eth1394 ide_cd cdrom rtc ohci1394 ieee1394 snd_intel8x0m snd+intel8x0
  snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd
  soundcore snd_page_alloc tpm_nsc tpm_atmel tpm pci_hotplug autfs4
  af_packet pcspkr intel_agp agpgart hw_random sg scsi_mod tsdev evdev
  pcmcia thermal processor fan button battery ac ohci_hcd ehci_hcd
  uhci_hcd usbcore b44 mii yenta_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core
  nls_cp437 ntfs dm_mod psmouse ext3 jbd mbcache resierfs ide_disk
  ide_generic via82cxxx trm 290 triflex slc90e66 sis5513 siimage
  serverworks sc1200 rz1000 piix pdc202xx)old opti621 ns87415 hpt366
  hpt34x generic cy82c693 cs5530 cs 5520 cmd64x atiixp amd74xx alim15x3
  aec62xx pdc202xx_new ide_core unix fbcon tileblit font bitblit vesafb
  cfbcopyare cfbimgblt cfbfillrect softcursor ccapability commoncap
  CPU: 0
  EIP: 0060:[<e12f0350>] Tainted: PF    VLI
  EFLAGS: 00010286   (2.6.12-1-686)
  EIP is at 0xe12f0350
  eas: ...
  esi: ...
  ds: ...
  Process ifconfig (pid: 6880, threadinfo=....
  Stack: ....

  Call Trace:
       dev_seq_printf_stats+0x1d/0xf0
       dev_seq_show+0x1c/0x40
       seq_read
       vfs_read
       sys_read
       syscall_call
  Code: Bad EIP value.


				
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.12-1-686 depends on:
ii  coreutils [fileutils]         5.2.1-2    The GNU core utilities
ii  fileutils                     5.2.1-2    The GNU file management utilities 
ii  initrd-tools                  0.1.82     tools to create initrd image for p
ii  module-init-tools             3.2-pre8-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo

linux-image-2.6.12-1-686 recommends no packages.

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