** Description changed: + SRU Justification - SRU Justification + Impact: + The upstream process for stable tree updates is quite similar + in scope to the Ubuntu SRU process, e.g., each patch has to + demonstrably fix a bug, and each patch is vetted by upstream + by originating either directly from a mainline/stable Linux tree or + a minimally backported form of that patch. The v4.4.18 upstream stable + patch set is now available. It should be included in the Ubuntu + kernel as well. - Impact: - The upstream process for stable tree updates is quite similar - in scope to the Ubuntu SRU process, e.g., each patch has to - demonstrably fix a bug, and each patch is vetted by upstream - by originating either directly from a mainline/stable Linux tree or - a minimally backported form of that patch. The v4.4.18 upstream stable - patch set is now available. It should be included in the Ubuntu - kernel as well. + git://git.kernel.org/ - git://git.kernel.org/ + TEST CASE: TBD - TEST CASE: TBD + The following patches from the v4.4.18 stable release shall be + applied: - The following patches from the v4.4.18 stable release shall be - applied: + tcp: enable per-socket rate limiting of all 'challenge acks' + ipv4: reject RTNH_F_DEAD and RTNH_F_LINKDOWN from user space + bonding: set carrier off for devices created through netlink + net: bgmac: Fix infinite loop in bgmac_dma_tx_add() + net/irda: fix NULL pointer dereference on memory allocation failure + qed: Fix setting/clearing bit in completion bitmap + tcp: consider recv buf for the initial window scale + ipath: Restrict use of the write() interface + scsi: ignore errors from scsi_dh_add_device() + HID: sony: do not bail out when the sixaxis refuses the output report + i2c: i801: Allow ACPI SystemIO OpRegion to conflict with PCI BAR + arm: oabi compat: add missing access checks + KEYS: 64-bit MIPS needs to use compat_sys_keyctl for 32-bit userspace + Revert "s390/kdump: Clear subchannel ID to signal non-CCW/SCSI IPL" + random: strengthen input validation for RNDADDTOENTCNT + devpts: clean up interface to pty drivers + x86/mm/pat: Add support of non-default PAT MSR setting + x86/mm/pat: Add pat_disable() interface + x86/mm/pat: Replace cpu_has_pat with boot_cpu_has() + x86/mtrr: Fix Xorg crashes in Qemu sessions + x86/mtrr: Fix PAT init handling when MTRR is disabled + x86/xen, pat: Remove PAT table init code from Xen + x86/pat: Document the PAT initialization sequence + x86/mm/pat: Fix BUG_ON() in mmap_mem() on QEMU/i386 + drm/i915: Pretend cursor is always on for ILK-style WM calculations (v2) + x86/syscalls/64: Add compat_sys_keyctl for 32-bit userspace + block: fix use-after-free in seq file + sysv, ipc: fix security-layer leaking + fuse: fsync() did not return IO errors + fuse: fuse_flush must check mapping->flags for errors + fuse: fix wrong assignment of ->flags in fuse_send_init() + fs/dcache.c: avoid soft-lockup in dput() + crypto: gcm - Filter out async ghash if necessary + crypto: scatterwalk - Fix test in scatterwalk_done + ext4: check for extents that wrap around + ext4: fix deadlock during page writeback + ext4: don't call ext4_should_journal_data() on the journal inode + ext4: validate s_reserved_gdt_blocks on mount + ext4: short-cut orphan cleanup on error + ext4: fix reference counting bug on block allocation error + mm: memcontrol: fix cgroup creation failure after many small jobs + mm: memcontrol: fix swap counter leak on swapout from offline cgroup + mm: memcontrol: fix memcg id ref counter on swap charge move + Linux 4.4.18
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1614560 Title: Xenial update to v4.4.18 stable release Status in linux package in Ubuntu: New Status in linux source package in Xenial: New Bug description: SRU Justification Impact: The upstream process for stable tree updates is quite similar in scope to the Ubuntu SRU process, e.g., each patch has to demonstrably fix a bug, and each patch is vetted by upstream by originating either directly from a mainline/stable Linux tree or a minimally backported form of that patch. The v4.4.18 upstream stable patch set is now available. It should be included in the Ubuntu kernel as well. git://git.kernel.org/ TEST CASE: TBD The following patches from the v4.4.18 stable release shall be applied: tcp: enable per-socket rate limiting of all 'challenge acks' ipv4: reject RTNH_F_DEAD and RTNH_F_LINKDOWN from user space bonding: set carrier off for devices created through netlink net: bgmac: Fix infinite loop in bgmac_dma_tx_add() net/irda: fix NULL pointer dereference on memory allocation failure qed: Fix setting/clearing bit in completion bitmap tcp: consider recv buf for the initial window scale ipath: Restrict use of the write() interface scsi: ignore errors from scsi_dh_add_device() HID: sony: do not bail out when the sixaxis refuses the output report i2c: i801: Allow ACPI SystemIO OpRegion to conflict with PCI BAR arm: oabi compat: add missing access checks KEYS: 64-bit MIPS needs to use compat_sys_keyctl for 32-bit userspace Revert "s390/kdump: Clear subchannel ID to signal non-CCW/SCSI IPL" random: strengthen input validation for RNDADDTOENTCNT devpts: clean up interface to pty drivers x86/mm/pat: Add support of non-default PAT MSR setting x86/mm/pat: Add pat_disable() interface x86/mm/pat: Replace cpu_has_pat with boot_cpu_has() x86/mtrr: Fix Xorg crashes in Qemu sessions x86/mtrr: Fix PAT init handling when MTRR is disabled x86/xen, pat: Remove PAT table init code from Xen x86/pat: Document the PAT initialization sequence x86/mm/pat: Fix BUG_ON() in mmap_mem() on QEMU/i386 drm/i915: Pretend cursor is always on for ILK-style WM calculations (v2) x86/syscalls/64: Add compat_sys_keyctl for 32-bit userspace block: fix use-after-free in seq file sysv, ipc: fix security-layer leaking fuse: fsync() did not return IO errors fuse: fuse_flush must check mapping->flags for errors fuse: fix wrong assignment of ->flags in fuse_send_init() fs/dcache.c: avoid soft-lockup in dput() crypto: gcm - Filter out async ghash if necessary crypto: scatterwalk - Fix test in scatterwalk_done ext4: check for extents that wrap around ext4: fix deadlock during page writeback ext4: don't call ext4_should_journal_data() on the journal inode ext4: validate s_reserved_gdt_blocks on mount ext4: short-cut orphan cleanup on error ext4: fix reference counting bug on block allocation error mm: memcontrol: fix cgroup creation failure after many small jobs mm: memcontrol: fix swap counter leak on swapout from offline cgroup mm: memcontrol: fix memcg id ref counter on swap charge move Linux 4.4.18 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1614560/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
