[Bug 33122] ppp_mppe randomly loses the plot

[Davyd]

Public bug reported:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/33122

Affects: linux-meta linux-image-2.6-386 (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed

Description:
MPPE VPN connection occasionally logs this error and then stops passing
packets. This worked fine with no problems in Breezy.

Feb 28 13:33:04 frobisher pppd[11510]: read /dev/ppp: Value too large for defined data type
Feb 28 13:33:04 frobisher kernel: [44729.735000] mppe_decompress[0]: osize too small! (have: 1504 need: 1505)
Feb 28 13:33:04 frobisher pppd[11510]: rcvd [Compressed data] 91 88 29 e9 a2 6d 30 42 ...
Feb 28 13:33:04 frobisher pppd[11510]: sent [CCP ResetReq id=0x2]
Feb 28 13:33:04 frobisher pppd[11510]: rcvd [Compressed data] 91 89 6a 0a 19 f5 61 83 ...
Feb 28 13:33:04 frobisher pppd[11510]: rcvd [Compressed data] 91 8a 5e ce fc 0f b1 05 ...

snap      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
          inet addr:130.95.117.24  P-t-P:192.168.0.208  Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1496  Metric:1
          RX packets:379 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:384 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
          RX bytes:227519 (222.1 KiB)  TX bytes:36256 (35.4 KiB)

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