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  1. Lucid (10.04)
  2. Bug #585938
  3. Comment #56

Comment 56 for bug 585938

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gcc (chris+ubuntu-qwirx) wrote :

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
cd ubuntu-lucid
patch -p1 < linux-ischool-classmate/rtl8192se_wx.panic.lp585938.patch
CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=3 fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd \
    --append-to-version=-cw-lp585938-1 \
    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.