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Bug#593304: linux-2.6: Removal and reinsertion of floppy or mtdblock device can cause oops



On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 04:09 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> Package: linux-2.6
> Version: 2.6.26-24
> Severity: important
> 
> There is a bug in the backing-device sysfs code, added in 2.6.26 and
> fixed in 2.6.28 by the following commits:
[...]
> In the case of mtdblock the result of the bug is not just a warning but
> an oops (use of null pointer) that leaves the system unusable.  I'm not
> sure about the floppy driver.  In any case, these changes are small and
> seem low-risk; they were also accepted in stable version 2.6.27.51.

Does this look worth fixing in lenny?

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.

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