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Re: linux-2.6_2.6.32-48squeeze4 and Bug #701744



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.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Beware of bugs in the above code;
I have only proved it correct, not tried it. - Donald Knuth

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