iwpriv wlan0 getpromisc and setpromisc don't work, and I don't know why, but at least it doesn't panic any more.
@matt-price, you could build yourself an Ubuntu kernel with the attached patch applied and see if it fixes the problem for you. To build such a kernel, for Lucid:
Regarding affected versions, a quick check of the maverick and natty kernel git trees shows that they appear to be vulnerable. Oneiric and Precise are not.
This patch fixes the panic for me.
iwpriv wlan0 getpromisc and setpromisc don't work, and I don't know why, but at least it doesn't panic any more.
@matt-price, you could build yourself an Ubuntu kernel with the attached patch applied and see if it fixes the problem for you. To build such a kernel, for Lucid:
git clone git://kernel. ubuntu. com/ubuntu/ ubuntu- lucid.git classmate/ rtl8192se_ wx.panic. lp585938. patch to-version= -cw-lp585938- 1 \
cd ubuntu-lucid
patch -p1 < linux-ischool-
CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=3 fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd \
--append-
kernel-image kernel-headers kernel-debug
cd ..
dpkg -i linux-image*
You can find more information here: https:/ /help.ubuntu. com/community/ Kernel/ Compile/
Regarding affected versions, a quick check of the maverick and natty kernel git trees shows that they appear to be vulnerable. Oneiric and Precise are not.