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This bug was fixed in the package linux - 2.6.32-68.135

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linux (2.6.32-68.135) lucid; urgency=low

  [ Brad Figg ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1388869

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * [Debian] Fix linux-doc dangling symlinks
    - LP: #661306

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Revert "lzo: properly check for overruns"
    - LP: #1335313
    - CVE-2014-4608
  * lzo: check for length overrun in variable length encoding.
    - LP: #1335313
    - CVE-2014-4608
  * fs: Add a missing permission check to do_umount
    - LP: #1383358
    - CVE-2014-7975
 -- Brad Figg <brad.figg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>   Mon, 03 Nov 2014 07:18:39 -0800

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Title:
  dangling symlinks in linux-doc package

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed
Status in “linux” source package in Lucid:
  Fix Released
Status in “linux” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in “linux” source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed
Status in “linux” source package in Utopic:
  Fix Released
Status in “linux” source package in Vivid:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  The linux-doc package contains many symlinks that refer to the build
  process and are not present on an installed system.  For example:

  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 67 Oct  5 04:03 /usr/share/doc/linux-
  doc/html/audio.xml ->
  /build/buildd/linux-3.5.0/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/audio.xml

  And there are many of them:

  $ symlinks -r /usr/share/doc/linux-doc/ | grep dangling | wc
      151     604   20939

  This is with the latest package available in quantal:

  Package: linux-doc
  Version: 3.5.0-17.27

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