[PATCH] Fix oops in sunrpc on hardy

[Tim Gardner]

HIRANO Takahito wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> The rpcb_getport_async function in the sunrpc module copies larger
> memory area than the allocated on Ubuntu Hardy.
> Because of this problem, NFS users might encounter oops. See Bug #224750.
> 
> This bug is derived from Linux 2.6.24 in kernel.org.
> It seems to be fixed on Linux 2.6.25 in kernel.org by the commit
> 86d61d8638ddf9cdf87df26c7fa69b2804425fbe.
> 
> I don't know how important it is for Ubuntu users, but I made the
> patch to solve it, which is the attachment.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 

ACK - please test the linux_2.6.24-17.31ubuntu2 kernel at
http://ppa.launchpad.net/timg-tpi/ubuntu. Note you'll have to enable
-proposed in order to get the -17 LUM/LBM and meta packages.

rtg
-- 
Tim Gardner tim.gardner at ubuntu.com