On Sat, 13 Feb 2016, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote: > On Fri, 12 Feb 2016, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > > > > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > > which was filed against the src:linux package: > > > > #814427: linux-image-4.3.0-1-amd64: memory leak in rtl_usb > > > > It has been closed by Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk>. > > ... > > > Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 20:25:57 +0000 > > From: Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> > > > > Version: 4.4.1-1~exp1 > > ... > > > That fix was included in the Linux 4.4.1 stable update.
Just disregard what I'm saying here: > I see that now. It came with tag v4.4-rc3. I wasn't thinking right :( Sorry. > The way I read this part of the commit footer: > > Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org > > is that the patch is recommended to be applied on all affected > "stable" kernel versions. This is also wrong: > I guess the bug was introduced with this huge (11M) commit: > > commit f1d2b4d338bf090296f67830025228872fd52513 > Author: Larry Finger <larry.fin...@lwfinger.net> > Date: Mon Sep 7 15:59:16 2015 -0500 > > Any kernel released after that date may be affected. For me, the bug showed up in 4.3.3-7, when testing the "D-Link Corp. DWA-121 802.11n Wireless N 150 Pico Adapter [Realtek RTL8188CUS]". But it may be present in earlier versions too. > > This is currently only fixed in experimental, but I intend to > > upload 4.4.x to unstable shortly. Yes, that will certainly help those upgrading the kerner packages to that version. Cheers, -- Cristian
