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Re: Bug#740041: xen-netfront: reduce gso_max_size to account for max TCP header



Control: reassign -1 src:linux 3.2.41-2+deb7u2
Control: fixed -1 3.2.51-1

On Ma, 25 feb 14, 16:25:48, Kris Shannon wrote:
> Source: linux-2.6
> Version: 2.6.32-48
> Control: found -1 linux/3.2.41-2+deb7u2
> Control: fixed -1 linux/3.2.51-1
> 
> Separate bug for domU (xen-netfront) side of Bug #701744 as requested in
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2014/02/msg00297.html <[🔎] 1393274681.6823.101.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk>
> 
> Summary:
> 
> The security fix for XSA-39 revealed a GSO size calculation bug.
> 
> Patches for both xen-netback and xen-netfront were created and fixed upstream.
> 
> Either patch was enough to fix the regression and a work-around (turning off GSO) was found.
> 
> Bug #701744 was closed with the backporting of the xen-netback patch to both the Squeeze and Wheezy kernels.
> 
> The xen-netfront patch was backported to the 3.2.47 kernel and included in the Debian Wheezy kernel 3.2.51-1

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