Package: linux-2.6
Version:
2.6.24-5~etchnhalf.1
Severity: grave
Tags: patch
Justification: causes non-serious data loss
slab-fix-bootstrap-on-memoryless-node.patch (commit
556a169dab38b5100df6f4a45b655dddd3db94c1) in the etchnhalf kernel
introduces a condition that causes memory corruption in UML (as I have
experienced), ES7000 nodes (as Daniel Yeisley mention in the fix I will
mention in a moment), and possibly other scenarios. In my case,
"openssl speed rsa1024" returns this:
Doing 1024 bit private rsa's for 10s: 2249 1024 bit private RSA's in 3.91s
Doing 1024 bit public rsa's for 10s: RSA verify failure
12706:error:0407006A:rsa routines:RSA_padding_check_PKCS1_type_1:block type is not 01:rsa_pk1.c:100:
12706:error:04067072:rsa routines:RSA_EAY_PUBLIC_DECRYPT:padding check failed:rsa_eay.c:708:
1 1024 bit public RSA's in 1.98s
in SKAS4 immediately, or in SKAS3 after a random amount of uptime.
Though I have yet to notice any "real" data loss as the result of
corruption.