Comment 8 for bug 616745

Please, provide a Stable Release Update (SRU) of module-init-tools including a file named

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-phonet.conf

with the following content

# Phonet is broken on the lucid kernel and may result in hard lockups
# so disable it
blacklist cdc_phonet
blacklist phonet

With the above, the bug can be finally closed.

The rationale for the SRU is the following:

1) Bug on the phonet module obviously has a high-impact, since it can result in a full freeze of the machine

2) Bug may result in user data loss as any bug causing a freeze while people are working. The consequences of the unclean shutdown may just add to the problem

3) Since bug can be triggered by unprivileged applications (e.g. the rather common google-chrome or chromium), any use knowing that phonet is loaded can purposely cause a denial of service with very good ease

4) Bug is easily triggered (any application using network namespaces would likely freeze the kernel if phonet is loaded). Google chrome is just an example

5) There are no downsides since there are no known users of the phonet functionalities in lucid. The fact that the bug has only been reported by a few people is a mere conseguence of the fact that only a few people got phonet autoloaded by attaching a Nokia phone to the PC via usb.