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[Dylan Borg <borgdylan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

*** This bug is a security vulnerability ***

Public security bug reported:

Today there was an update to the linux-firmware package. This apparently
changed the firmware used by  the ath9k_htc driver required by my wifi
dongle. Now if the dongle is plugged in, my computer freezes and if it
is plugge don before boot, the computer freezes in the login screen.
After careful analysis of the syslogs it can be seen that the hard drive
got remounted as readonly meaning that the kernel had a fatal error
occur in some driver. I am currently using the linux 3.17 vanilla kernel
that is in development and teh linux-firmware package that comes in
standard with ubuntu trusty tahr. I am sure teh issue lies with the
firmware since the same kernel has been running for a few days without
issues before the firmware got updated .

** Affects: linux-firmware (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Information type changed from Private Security to Public Security

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Title:
  A recent firmware update made ath9k_htc card cause kernel panic/freeze

Status in “linux-firmware” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Today there was an update to the linux-firmware package. This
  apparently changed the firmware used by  the ath9k_htc driver required
  by my wifi dongle. Now if the dongle is plugged in, my computer
  freezes and if it is plugge don before boot, the computer freezes in
  the login screen. After careful analysis of the syslogs it can be seen
  that the hard drive got remounted as readonly meaning that the kernel
  had a fatal error occur in some driver. I am currently using the linux
  3.17 vanilla kernel that is in development and teh linux-firmware
  package that comes in standard with ubuntu trusty tahr. I am sure teh
  issue lies with the firmware since the same kernel has been running
  for a few days without issues before the firmware got updated .

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