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[Mathew Hodson <mathew.hodson@xxxxxxxxx>]

** CVE removed: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
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Title:
  Please enable vmware-balloon driver in kernel config

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Maverick:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  VMware would like to have our balloon driver enabled by default in
  distribution kernels to improve customer experience and reduce number
  of third-party modules being loaded into the kernel.

  Please change the kernel configuration for Ubuntu 10.10 so that
  vmware-balloon driver is compiled as a  module
  (CONFIG_VMWARE_BALLOON=m). The driver has to be compiled as a module
  to allow our installer detect that the driver is being supplied by the
  distribution and prevent installer from overwriting it.

  Also please ocnsider applying the following patch to the driver which fixes issue with the driver may start consuming excessive
  amount of memory during torture tests. The patch is in 2.6.32-rc2 and should make its way to stable as well.

  Thanks.

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