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If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you! ** Tags added: verification-needed-precise ** Tags added: verification-needed-quantal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1270237 Title: prevent the conntrack table from filling up in the kernel Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “linux-lts-raring” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in “linux” source package in Precise: Fix Committed Status in “linux-lts-raring” source package in Precise: Fix Committed Status in “linux” source package in Quantal: Fix Committed Status in “linux-lts-raring” source package in Quantal: Invalid Status in “linux” source package in Raring: Invalid Status in “linux-lts-raring” source package in Raring: Invalid Bug description: [Impact] When running a server for an extended amount of time the conntrack table can fill up. Here is the netfilter discussion: http://www.spinics.net/lists/netfilter-devel/msg26759.html [Fix] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6547a221871f139cc56328a38105d47c14874cbe Present in 3.11 > [Test Case] From the patch: When loose tracking is enabled (default), non-syn packets cause creation of new conntracks in established state with default timeout for established state (5 days). This causes the table to fill up with UNREPLIED when the 'new ack' packet happened to be the last-ack of a previous, already timed-out connection. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1270237/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
