linux-kernel - Re: [stable] Crypto Fixes for 2.6.26

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Date:	Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:17:36 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Oliver Pinter <oliver.pntr@...il.com>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
	stable@...nel.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [stable] Crypto Fixes for 2.6.26

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 07:07:47PM +0200, Oliver Pinter wrote:
> [CC stable]
> 
> On 7/10/08, Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> wrote:
> > Hi Linus:
> >
> > Just found a regression introduced back in 2.6.25.  This causes
> > packet leaks when IPsec is in use.  When that leak grows it can
> > eventually lead to hung connections (as their send buffers are
> > used up) or worse.
> >
> > Please pull from
> >
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6.git

Herbert, can you let me know what the git commit id is for this fix?

And do you want it added to the .25 and .26 -stable releases?

Oliver, thanks for the pointer.

thanks,

greg k-h
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