Bug#837645: linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64: iwlwifi module fails to load

[Tobias Bengfort <tobias.bengfort@liqd.de>]

Package: src:linux
Version: 3.16.36-1+deb8u1
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

I am no longer use wifi because the iwlwifi module does not load:

    $ sudo modprobe iwlwifi
    modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'iwlwifi': Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

    $ sudo dmesg
    ...
    [  888.091279] cfg80211: Unknown symbol wireless_nlevent_flush (err 0)

This happend after installing version 3.16.36-1+deb8u1 of the kernel
(see https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3659).


-- Package-specific info:

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.5
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (400, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64 depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]                   1.5.56
ii  initramfs-tools [linux-initramfs-tool]  0.120+deb8u2
ii  kmod                                    18-3
ii  linux-base                              3.5

Versions of packages linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64 recommends:
ii  firmware-linux-free  3.3
ii  irqbalance           1.0.6-3

Versions of packages linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64 suggests:
pn  debian-kernel-handbook  <none>
ii  grub-pc                 2.02~beta2-22+deb8u1
pn  linux-doc-3.16          <none>

Versions of packages linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64 is related to:
pn  firmware-atheros        <none>
pn  firmware-bnx2           <none>
pn  firmware-bnx2x          <none>
pn  firmware-brcm80211      <none>
pn  firmware-intelwimax     <none>
pn  firmware-ipw2x00        <none>
pn  firmware-ivtv           <none>
ii  firmware-iwlwifi        0.43
pn  firmware-libertas       <none>
pn  firmware-linux          <none>
pn  firmware-linux-nonfree  <none>
pn  firmware-myricom        <none>
pn  firmware-netxen         <none>
pn  firmware-qlogic         <none>
pn  firmware-ralink         <none>
pn  firmware-realtek        <none>
pn  xen-hypervisor          <none>

-- debconf information:
  linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64/postinst/mips-initrd-3.16.0-4-amd64:
  linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64/prerm/removing-running-kernel-3.16.0-4-amd64: true
  linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-3.16.0-4-amd64: false