** 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 4.4.93 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 4.4.93 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 4.4.93 stable release shall be
- applied:
+ The following patches from the 4.4.93 stable release shall be applied:
+ * brcmfmac: add length check in brcmf_cfg80211_escan_handler()
+ * ext4: in ext4_seek_{hole,data}, return -ENXIO for negative offsets
+ * CIFS: Reconnect expired SMB sessions
+ * nl80211: Define policy for packet pattern attributes
+ * iwlwifi: mvm: use IWL_HCMD_NOCOPY for MCAST_FILTER_CMD
+ * rcu: Allow for page faults in NMI handlers
+ * USB: dummy-hcd: Fix deadlock caused by disconnect detection
+ * MIPS: math-emu: Remove pr_err() calls from fpu_emu()
+ * dmaengine: edma: Align the memcpy acnt array size with the transfer
+ * HID: usbhid: fix out-of-bounds bug
+ * crypto: shash - Fix zero-length shash ahash digest crash
+ * KVM: nVMX: fix guest CR4 loading when emulating L2 to L1 exit
+ * usb: renesas_usbhs: Fix DMAC sequence for receiving zero-length packet
+ * iommu/amd: Finish TLB flush in amd_iommu_unmap()
+ * ALSA: usb-audio: Kill stray URB at exiting
+ * ALSA: seq: Fix use-after-free at creating a port
+ * ALSA: seq: Fix copy_from_user() call inside lock
+ * ALSA: caiaq: Fix stray URB at probe error path
+ * ALSA: line6: Fix leftover URB at error-path during probe
+ * usb: gadget: composite: Fix use-after-free in
+ usb_composite_overwrite_options
+ * direct-io: Prevent NULL pointer access in submit_page_section
+ * fix unbalanced page refcounting in bio_map_user_iov
+ * USB: serial: ftdi_sio: add id for Cypress WICED dev board
+ * USB: serial: cp210x: add support for ELV TFD500
+ * USB: serial: option: add support for TP-Link LTE module
+ * Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: USB: serial: qcserial: add Dell DW5818, DW5819"
+ * USB: serial: qcserial: add Dell DW5818, DW5819
+ * USB: serial: console: fix use-after-free after failed setup
+ * x86/alternatives: Fix alt_max_short macro to really be a max()
+ * Linux 4.4.93
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Title:
Xenial update to 4.4.93 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 4.4.93 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 4.4.93 stable release shall be applied:
* brcmfmac: add length check in brcmf_cfg80211_escan_handler()
* ext4: in ext4_seek_{hole,data}, return -ENXIO for negative offsets
* CIFS: Reconnect expired SMB sessions
* nl80211: Define policy for packet pattern attributes
* iwlwifi: mvm: use IWL_HCMD_NOCOPY for MCAST_FILTER_CMD
* rcu: Allow for page faults in NMI handlers
* USB: dummy-hcd: Fix deadlock caused by disconnect detection
* MIPS: math-emu: Remove pr_err() calls from fpu_emu()
* dmaengine: edma: Align the memcpy acnt array size with the transfer
* HID: usbhid: fix out-of-bounds bug
* crypto: shash - Fix zero-length shash ahash digest crash
* KVM: nVMX: fix guest CR4 loading when emulating L2 to L1 exit
* usb: renesas_usbhs: Fix DMAC sequence for receiving zero-length packet
* iommu/amd: Finish TLB flush in amd_iommu_unmap()
* ALSA: usb-audio: Kill stray URB at exiting
* ALSA: seq: Fix use-after-free at creating a port
* ALSA: seq: Fix copy_from_user() call inside lock
* ALSA: caiaq: Fix stray URB at probe error path
* ALSA: line6: Fix leftover URB at error-path during probe
* usb: gadget: composite: Fix use-after-free in
usb_composite_overwrite_options
* direct-io: Prevent NULL pointer access in submit_page_section
* fix unbalanced page refcounting in bio_map_user_iov
* USB: serial: ftdi_sio: add id for Cypress WICED dev board
* USB: serial: cp210x: add support for ELV TFD500
* USB: serial: option: add support for TP-Link LTE module
* Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: USB: serial: qcserial: add Dell DW5818, DW5819"
* USB: serial: qcserial: add Dell DW5818, DW5819
* USB: serial: console: fix use-after-free after failed setup
* x86/alternatives: Fix alt_max_short macro to really be a max()
* Linux 4.4.93
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