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Bug#754294: Re; Kernel release



On Wed, 2014-07-30 at 15:13 +0100, Dave Ewart wrote:
> Andy: I haven't installed the kernel update advertised at
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2014/msg00174.html and
> the announcement doesn't mention this bug, however unpacking the Debian
> source package (linux_3.2.60-1+deb7u3) shows that it does indeed include
> the patches:
> 
> revert-net-ipv4-ip_forward-fix-inverted-local_df-tes.patch
> revert-net-ip-ipv6-handle-gso-skbs-in-forwarding-pat.patch
> 
> And the changelog shows that it includes a fix for
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=754173 which is one of
> the merged-in bugs here, so I guess it is all indeed fixed now.

Yes, that's right.

The DSA should have said that the update also fixed a regression
introduced in the previous update.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.
                                                            - Robert Coveyou

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