** 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 4.4.79 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 4.4.79 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 4.4.79 stable release shall be
- applied:
+ The following patches from the 4.4.79 stable release shall be applied:
+ * disable new gcc-7.1.1 warnings for now
+ * ir-core: fix gcc-7 warning on bool arithmetic
+ * s5p-jpeg: don't return a random width/height
+ * thermal: cpu_cooling: Avoid accessing potentially freed structures
+ * ath9k: fix tx99 use after free
+ * ath9k: fix tx99 bus error
+ * NFC: fix broken device allocation
+ * NFC: nfcmrvl_uart: add missing tty-device sanity check
+ * NFC: nfcmrvl: do not use device-managed resources
+ * NFC: nfcmrvl: use nfc-device for firmware download
+ * NFC: nfcmrvl: fix firmware-management initialisation
+ * nfc: Ensure presence of required attributes in the activate_target handler
+ * nfc: Fix the sockaddr length sanitization in llcp_sock_connect
+ * NFC: Add sockaddr length checks before accessing sa_family in bind handlers
+ * perf intel-pt: Move decoder error setting into one condition
+ * perf intel-pt: Improve sample timestamp
+ * perf intel-pt: Fix missing stack clear
+ * perf intel-pt: Ensure IP is zero when state is INTEL_PT_STATE_NO_IP
+ * perf intel-pt: Clear FUP flag on error
+ * Bluetooth: use constant time memory comparison for secret values
+ * wlcore: fix 64K page support
+ * ASoC: compress: Derive substream from stream based on direction
+ * PM / Domains: Fix unsafe iteration over modified list of device links
+ * PM / Domains: Fix unsafe iteration over modified list of domain providers
+ * scsi: ses: do not add a device to an enclosure if enclosure_add_links()
+ fails.
+ * iscsi-target: Add login_keys_workaround attribute for non RFC initiators
+ * powerpc/64: Fix atomic64_inc_not_zero() to return an int
+ * powerpc: Fix emulation of mcrf in emulate_step()
+ * powerpc: Fix emulation of mfocrf in emulate_step()
+ * powerpc/asm: Mark cr0 as clobbered in mftb()
+ * af_key: Fix sadb_x_ipsecrequest parsing
+ * PCI/PM: Restore the status of PCI devices across hibernation
+ * ipvs: SNAT packet replies only for NATed connections
+ * xhci: fix 20000ms port resume timeout
+ * xhci: Fix NULL pointer dereference when cleaning up streams for removed
+ host
+ * usb: storage: return on error to avoid a null pointer dereference
+ * USB: cdc-acm: add device-id for quirky printer
+ * usb: renesas_usbhs: fix usbhsc_resume() for !USBHSF_RUNTIME_PWCTRL
+ * usb: renesas_usbhs: gadget: disable all eps when the driver stops
+ * md: don't use flush_signals in userspace processes
+ * x86/xen: allow userspace access during hypercalls
+ * cx88: Fix regression in initial video standard setting
+ * Raid5 should update rdev->sectors after reshape
+ * s390/syscalls: Fix out of bounds arguments access
+ * drm/amd/amdgpu: Return error if initiating read out of range on vram
+ * drm/radeon/ci: disable mclk switching for high refresh rates (v2)
+ * drm/radeon: Fix eDP for single-display iMac10,1 (v2)
+ * ipmi: use rcu lock around call to intf->handlers->sender()
+ * ipmi:ssif: Add missing unlock in error branch
+ * f2fs: Don't clear SGID when inheriting ACLs
+ * vfio: Fix group release deadlock
+ * vfio: New external user group/file match
+ * ftrace: Fix uninitialized variable in match_records()
+ * MIPS: Fix mips_atomic_set() retry condition
+ * MIPS: Fix mips_atomic_set() with EVA
+ * MIPS: Negate error syscall return in trace
+ * x86/acpi: Prevent out of bound access caused by broken ACPI tables
+ * x86/ioapic: Pass the correct data to unmask_ioapic_irq()
+ * MIPS: Fix MIPS I ISA /proc/cpuinfo reporting
+ * MIPS: Save static registers before sysmips
+ * MIPS: Actually decode JALX in `__compute_return_epc_for_insn'
+ * MIPS: Fix unaligned PC interpretation in `compute_return_epc'
+ * MIPS: math-emu: Prevent wrong ISA mode instruction emulation
+ * MIPS: Send SIGILL for BPOSGE32 in `__compute_return_epc_for_insn'
+ * MIPS: Rename `sigill_r6' to `sigill_r2r6' in
+ `__compute_return_epc_for_insn'
+ * MIPS: Send SIGILL for linked branches in `__compute_return_epc_for_insn'
+ * MIPS: Fix a typo: s/preset/present/ in r2-to-r6 emulation error message
+ * Input: i8042 - fix crash at boot time
+ * NFS: only invalidate dentrys that are clearly invalid.
+ * udf: Fix deadlock between writeback and udf_setsize()
+ * target: Fix COMPARE_AND_WRITE caw_sem leak during se_cmd quiesce
+ * perf annotate: Fix broken arrow at row 0 connecting jmp instruction to its
+ target
+ * Revert "perf/core: Drop kernel samples even though :u is specified"
+ * staging: rtl8188eu: add TL-WN722N v2 support
+ * ceph: fix race in concurrent readdir
+ * RDMA/core: Initialize port_num in qp_attr
+ * drm/mst: Fix error handling during MST sideband message reception
+ * drm/mst: Avoid dereferencing a NULL mstb in drm_dp_mst_handle_up_req()
+ * drm/mst: Avoid processing partially received up/down message transactions
+ * of: device: Export of_device_{get_modalias, uvent_modalias} to modules
+ * spmi: Include OF based modalias in device uevent
+ * tracing: Fix kmemleak in instance_rmdir
+ * alarmtimer: don't rate limit one-shot timers
+ * Linux 4.4.79
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Title:
Xenial update to 4.4.79 stable release
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in linux source package in Xenial:
In Progress
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 4.4.79 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 4.4.79 stable release shall be applied:
* disable new gcc-7.1.1 warnings for now
* ir-core: fix gcc-7 warning on bool arithmetic
* s5p-jpeg: don't return a random width/height
* thermal: cpu_cooling: Avoid accessing potentially freed structures
* ath9k: fix tx99 use after free
* ath9k: fix tx99 bus error
* NFC: fix broken device allocation
* NFC: nfcmrvl_uart: add missing tty-device sanity check
* NFC: nfcmrvl: do not use device-managed resources
* NFC: nfcmrvl: use nfc-device for firmware download
* NFC: nfcmrvl: fix firmware-management initialisation
* nfc: Ensure presence of required attributes in the activate_target handler
* nfc: Fix the sockaddr length sanitization in llcp_sock_connect
* NFC: Add sockaddr length checks before accessing sa_family in bind handlers
* perf intel-pt: Move decoder error setting into one condition
* perf intel-pt: Improve sample timestamp
* perf intel-pt: Fix missing stack clear
* perf intel-pt: Ensure IP is zero when state is INTEL_PT_STATE_NO_IP
* perf intel-pt: Clear FUP flag on error
* Bluetooth: use constant time memory comparison for secret values
* wlcore: fix 64K page support
* ASoC: compress: Derive substream from stream based on direction
* PM / Domains: Fix unsafe iteration over modified list of device links
* PM / Domains: Fix unsafe iteration over modified list of domain providers
* scsi: ses: do not add a device to an enclosure if enclosure_add_links()
fails.
* iscsi-target: Add login_keys_workaround attribute for non RFC initiators
* powerpc/64: Fix atomic64_inc_not_zero() to return an int
* powerpc: Fix emulation of mcrf in emulate_step()
* powerpc: Fix emulation of mfocrf in emulate_step()
* powerpc/asm: Mark cr0 as clobbered in mftb()
* af_key: Fix sadb_x_ipsecrequest parsing
* PCI/PM: Restore the status of PCI devices across hibernation
* ipvs: SNAT packet replies only for NATed connections
* xhci: fix 20000ms port resume timeout
* xhci: Fix NULL pointer dereference when cleaning up streams for removed
host
* usb: storage: return on error to avoid a null pointer dereference
* USB: cdc-acm: add device-id for quirky printer
* usb: renesas_usbhs: fix usbhsc_resume() for !USBHSF_RUNTIME_PWCTRL
* usb: renesas_usbhs: gadget: disable all eps when the driver stops
* md: don't use flush_signals in userspace processes
* x86/xen: allow userspace access during hypercalls
* cx88: Fix regression in initial video standard setting
* Raid5 should update rdev->sectors after reshape
* s390/syscalls: Fix out of bounds arguments access
* drm/amd/amdgpu: Return error if initiating read out of range on vram
* drm/radeon/ci: disable mclk switching for high refresh rates (v2)
* drm/radeon: Fix eDP for single-display iMac10,1 (v2)
* ipmi: use rcu lock around call to intf->handlers->sender()
* ipmi:ssif: Add missing unlock in error branch
* f2fs: Don't clear SGID when inheriting ACLs
* vfio: Fix group release deadlock
* vfio: New external user group/file match
* ftrace: Fix uninitialized variable in match_records()
* MIPS: Fix mips_atomic_set() retry condition
* MIPS: Fix mips_atomic_set() with EVA
* MIPS: Negate error syscall return in trace
* x86/acpi: Prevent out of bound access caused by broken ACPI tables
* x86/ioapic: Pass the correct data to unmask_ioapic_irq()
* MIPS: Fix MIPS I ISA /proc/cpuinfo reporting
* MIPS: Save static registers before sysmips
* MIPS: Actually decode JALX in `__compute_return_epc_for_insn'
* MIPS: Fix unaligned PC interpretation in `compute_return_epc'
* MIPS: math-emu: Prevent wrong ISA mode instruction emulation
* MIPS: Send SIGILL for BPOSGE32 in `__compute_return_epc_for_insn'
* MIPS: Rename `sigill_r6' to `sigill_r2r6' in
`__compute_return_epc_for_insn'
* MIPS: Send SIGILL for linked branches in `__compute_return_epc_for_insn'
* MIPS: Fix a typo: s/preset/present/ in r2-to-r6 emulation error message
* Input: i8042 - fix crash at boot time
* NFS: only invalidate dentrys that are clearly invalid.
* udf: Fix deadlock between writeback and udf_setsize()
* target: Fix COMPARE_AND_WRITE caw_sem leak during se_cmd quiesce
* perf annotate: Fix broken arrow at row 0 connecting jmp instruction to its
target
* Revert "perf/core: Drop kernel samples even though :u is specified"
* staging: rtl8188eu: add TL-WN722N v2 support
* ceph: fix race in concurrent readdir
* RDMA/core: Initialize port_num in qp_attr
* drm/mst: Fix error handling during MST sideband message reception
* drm/mst: Avoid dereferencing a NULL mstb in drm_dp_mst_handle_up_req()
* drm/mst: Avoid processing partially received up/down message transactions
* of: device: Export of_device_{get_modalias, uvent_modalias} to modules
* spmi: Include OF based modalias in device uevent
* tracing: Fix kmemleak in instance_rmdir
* alarmtimer: don't rate limit one-shot timers
* Linux 4.4.79
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