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

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 11:23:55 +0200, Tobias Bengfort wrote:

> 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).
> 
Did you reboot after upgrading your kernel?  (You need to do that.)

cheers,
Julien