** 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 4.4.155 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 4.4.155 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 4.4.155 stable release shall be - applied: + The following patches from the 4.4.155 stable release shall be applied: + * net: 6lowpan: fix reserved space for single frames + * net: mac802154: tx: expand tailroom if necessary + * 9p/net: Fix zero-copy path in the 9p virtio transport + * net: lan78xx: Fix misplaced tasklet_schedule() call + * spi: davinci: fix a NULL pointer dereference + * drm/i915/userptr: reject zero user_size + * powerpc/fadump: handle crash memory ranges array index overflow + * powerpc/pseries: Fix endianness while restoring of r3 in MCE handler. + * fs/9p/xattr.c: catch the error of p9_client_clunk when setting xattr failed + * 9p/virtio: fix off-by-one error in sg list bounds check + * net/9p/client.c: version pointer uninitialized + * net/9p/trans_fd.c: fix race-condition by flushing workqueue before the kfree() + * dm cache metadata: save in-core policy_hint_size to on-disk superblock + * iio: ad9523: Fix displayed phase + * iio: ad9523: Fix return value for ad952x_store() + * vmw_balloon: fix inflation of 64-bit GFNs + * vmw_balloon: do not use 2MB without batching + * vmw_balloon: VMCI_DOORBELL_SET does not check status + * vmw_balloon: fix VMCI use when balloon built into kernel + * tracing: Do not call start/stop() functions when tracing_on does not change + * tracing/blktrace: Fix to allow setting same value + * kthread, tracing: Don't expose half-written comm when creating kthreads + * uprobes: Use synchronize_rcu() not synchronize_sched() + * 9p: fix multiple NULL-pointer-dereferences + * PM / sleep: wakeup: Fix build error caused by missing SRCU support + * pnfs/blocklayout: off by one in bl_map_stripe() + * ARM: tegra: Fix Tegra30 Cardhu PCA954x reset + * mm/tlb: Remove tlb_remove_table() non-concurrent condition + * iommu/vt-d: Add definitions for PFSID + * iommu/vt-d: Fix dev iotlb pfsid use + * osf_getdomainname(): use copy_to_user() + * sys: don't hold uts_sem while accessing userspace memory + * userns: move user access out of the mutex + * ubifs: Fix memory leak in lprobs self-check + * Revert "UBIFS: Fix potential integer overflow in allocation" + * ubifs: Check data node size before truncate + * ubifs: Fix synced_i_size calculation for xattr inodes + * pwm: tiehrpwm: Fix disabling of output of PWMs + * fb: fix lost console when the user unplugs a USB adapter + * udlfb: set optimal write delay + * getxattr: use correct xattr length + * bcache: release dc->writeback_lock properly in bch_writeback_thread() + * perf auxtrace: Fix queue resize + * fs/quota: Fix spectre gadget in do_quotactl + * x86/io: add interface to reserve io memtype for a resource range. (v1.1) + * drm/drivers: add support for using the arch wc mapping API. + * Linux 4.4.155
-- 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/1792419 Title: Xenial update to 4.4.155 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 4.4.155 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 4.4.155 stable release shall be applied: * net: 6lowpan: fix reserved space for single frames * net: mac802154: tx: expand tailroom if necessary * 9p/net: Fix zero-copy path in the 9p virtio transport * net: lan78xx: Fix misplaced tasklet_schedule() call * spi: davinci: fix a NULL pointer dereference * drm/i915/userptr: reject zero user_size * powerpc/fadump: handle crash memory ranges array index overflow * powerpc/pseries: Fix endianness while restoring of r3 in MCE handler. * fs/9p/xattr.c: catch the error of p9_client_clunk when setting xattr failed * 9p/virtio: fix off-by-one error in sg list bounds check * net/9p/client.c: version pointer uninitialized * net/9p/trans_fd.c: fix race-condition by flushing workqueue before the kfree() * dm cache metadata: save in-core policy_hint_size to on-disk superblock * iio: ad9523: Fix displayed phase * iio: ad9523: Fix return value for ad952x_store() * vmw_balloon: fix inflation of 64-bit GFNs * vmw_balloon: do not use 2MB without batching * vmw_balloon: VMCI_DOORBELL_SET does not check status * vmw_balloon: fix VMCI use when balloon built into kernel * tracing: Do not call start/stop() functions when tracing_on does not change * tracing/blktrace: Fix to allow setting same value * kthread, tracing: Don't expose half-written comm when creating kthreads * uprobes: Use synchronize_rcu() not synchronize_sched() * 9p: fix multiple NULL-pointer-dereferences * PM / sleep: wakeup: Fix build error caused by missing SRCU support * pnfs/blocklayout: off by one in bl_map_stripe() * ARM: tegra: Fix Tegra30 Cardhu PCA954x reset * mm/tlb: Remove tlb_remove_table() non-concurrent condition * iommu/vt-d: Add definitions for PFSID * iommu/vt-d: Fix dev iotlb pfsid use * osf_getdomainname(): use copy_to_user() * sys: don't hold uts_sem while accessing userspace memory * userns: move user access out of the mutex * ubifs: Fix memory leak in lprobs self-check * Revert "UBIFS: Fix potential integer overflow in allocation" * ubifs: Check data node size before truncate * ubifs: Fix synced_i_size calculation for xattr inodes * pwm: tiehrpwm: Fix disabling of output of PWMs * fb: fix lost console when the user unplugs a USB adapter * udlfb: set optimal write delay * getxattr: use correct xattr length * bcache: release dc->writeback_lock properly in bch_writeback_thread() * perf auxtrace: Fix queue resize * fs/quota: Fix spectre gadget in do_quotactl * x86/io: add interface to reserve io memtype for a resource range. (v1.1) * drm/drivers: add support for using the arch wc mapping API. * Linux 4.4.155 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1792419/+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
