This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.5.0-49.73 --------------- linux (3.5.0-49.73) quantal; urgency=low
[ Kamal Mostafa ] * Release Tracking Bug - LP: #1300894 [ Kamal Mostafa ] * [config] updateconfigs after Linux 3.5.7.32 stable update [ Upstream Kernel Changes ] * ata: enable quirk from jmicron JMB350 for JMB394 - LP: #1295768 * sata_sil: apply MOD15WRITE quirk to TOSHIBA MK2561GSYN - LP: #1295768 * ARM: 7953/1: mm: ensure TLB invalidation is complete before enabling MMU - LP: #1295768 * x86: dma-mapping: fix GFP_ATOMIC macro usage - LP: #1295768 * SUNRPC: Fix races in xs_nospace() - LP: #1295768 * ext4: don't try to modify s_flags if the the file system is read-only - LP: #1295768 * drm/i915/dp: increase native aux defer retry timeout - LP: #1295768 * drm/i915/dp: add native aux defer retry limit - LP: #1295768 * rtlwifi: rtl8192ce: Fix too long disable of IRQs - LP: #1295768 * rtlwifi: Fix incorrect return from rtl_ps_enable_nic() - LP: #1295768 * rtl8187: fix regression on MIPS without coherent DMA - LP: #1295768 * PCI: Enable INTx if BIOS left them disabled - LP: #1295768 * cifs: ensure that uncached writes handle unmapped areas correctly - LP: #1295768 * ext4: fix online resize with a non-standard blocks per group setting - LP: #1295768 * ext4: don't leave i_crtime.tv_sec uninitialized - LP: #1295768 * ALSA: usb-audio: work around KEF X300A firmware bug - LP: #1295768 * avr32: fix missing module.h causing build failure in mimc200/fram.c - LP: #1295768 * avr32: Makefile: add '-D__linux__' flag for gcc-4.4.7 use - LP: #1295768 * ARM: 7957/1: add DSB after icache flush in __flush_icache_all() - LP: #1295768 * ahci: disable NCQ on Samsung pci-e SSDs on macbooks - LP: #1295768 * USB: serial: option: blacklist interface 4 for Cinterion PHS8 and PXS8 - LP: #1295768 * workqueue: ensure @task is valid across kthread_stop() - LP: #1295768 * cgroup: update cgroup_enable_task_cg_lists() to grab siglock - LP: #1295768 * hwmon: (max1668) Fix writing the minimum temperature - LP: #1295768 * cpufreq: powernow-k8: Initialize per-cpu data-structures properly - LP: #1295768 * ACPI / video: Filter the _BCL table for duplicate brightness values - LP: #1295768 * perf tools: Remove extraneous newline when parsing hardware cache events - LP: #1295768 * perf tools: Fix cache event name generation - LP: #1295768 * net: fix 'ip rule' iif/oif device rename - LP: #1295768 * tg3: Fix deadlock in tg3_change_mtu() - LP: #1295768 * bonding: 802.3ad: make aggregator_identifier bond-private - LP: #1295768 * usbnet: remove generic hard_header_len check - LP: #1295768 * net: sctp: fix sctp_connectx abi for ia32 emulation/compat mode - LP: #1295768 * net: add and use skb_gso_transport_seglen() - LP: #1295768 * net: ip, ipv6: handle gso skbs in forwarding path - LP: #1295768 * net: asix: handle packets crossing URB boundaries - LP: #1295768 * net: asix: add missing flag to struct driver_info - LP: #1295768 * fs/proc/proc_devtree.c: remove empty /proc/device-tree when no openfirmware exists. - LP: #1295768 * Input: elantech - improve clickpad detection - LP: #1295768 * KVM: MMU: handle invalid root_hpa at __direct_map - LP: #1295768 * KVM: VMX: fix use after free of vmx->loaded_vmcs - LP: #1295768 * e100: Fix "disabling already-disabled device" warning - LP: #1295768 * dma: ste_dma40: don't dereference free:d descriptor - LP: #1295768 * ASoC: sta32x: Fix array access overflow - LP: #1295768 * ASoC: wm8770: Fix wrong number of enum items - LP: #1295768 * SELinux: bigendian problems with filename trans rules - LP: #1295768 * quota: Fix race between dqput() and dquot_scan_active() - LP: #1295768 * qla2xxx: Fix kernel panic on selective retransmission request - LP: #1295768 * ASoC: wm8958-dsp: Fix firmware block loading - LP: #1295768 * i7core_edac: Fix PCI device reference count - LP: #1295768 * i7300_edac: Fix device reference count - LP: #1295768 * ipc,mqueue: remove limits for the amount of system-wide queues - LP: #1295768 * dm mpath: fix stalls when handling invalid ioctls - LP: #1295768 * ACPI / processor: Rework processor throttling with work_on_cpu() - LP: #1295768 * USB: ftdi_sio: add Cressi Leonardo PID - LP: #1295768 * usb: ehci: fix deadlock when threadirqs option is used - LP: #1295768 * ASoC: sta32x: Fix wrong enum for limiter2 release rate - LP: #1295768 * perf/x86: Fix event scheduling - LP: #1295768 * perf: Fix hotplug splat - LP: #1295768 * kvm: x86: fix emulator buffer overflow (CVE-2014-0049) - LP: #1295768 * powerpc/crashdump : Fix page frame number check in copy_oldmem_page - LP: #1295768 * Linux 3.5.7.32 - LP: #1295768 * module: do percpu allocation after uniqueness check. No, really! - LP: #1088433 * ioat: fix tasklet tear down - LP: #1291113 -- Kamal Mostafa <ka...@canonical.com> Tue, 01 Apr 2014 10:27:11 -0700 ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Quantal) Status: In Progress => Fix Released ** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi- bin/cvename.cgi?name=2014-0049 ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Quantal) Status: In Progress => Fix Released -- 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/1088433 Title: PERCPU: allocation failed when loading module kvm Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “linux” source package in Quantal: Fix Released Status in “linux” source package in Raring: Fix Released Bug description: SRU Justification: Impact: When using VMs with many CPUs on kvm, the module is loaded per CPU which can cause allocation failures. Fix: 8d8022e8aba85192e937f1f0f7450e256d66ae5c solves the issue which is present in 3.8 series and beyond. Testcase: Boot a VM with many CPUs, reboot and check if issue occurs. -- The kernel tries to load the KVM module for each CPU even though it really only needs to be loaded once. For each subsequent load, the kernel is trying to allocate the per-cpu area before it checks if the module is loaded already. This can result in the following backtrace: [ 8.294573] PERCPU: allocation failed, size=304 align=32, alloc from reserved chunk failed [ 8.294578] Pid: 1490, comm: modprobe Not tainted 3.5.0-20-generic #31-Ubuntu [ 8.294579] Call Trace: [ 8.294597] [<ffffffff81143924>] pcpu_alloc+0x974/0x9d0 [ 8.294604] [<ffffffff810b185a>] ? each_symbol_section+0x2a/0x70 [ 8.294607] [<ffffffff810b18d1>] ? find_symbol+0x31/0x70 [ 8.294610] [<ffffffff81143c43>] __alloc_reserved_percpu+0x13/0x20 [ 8.294613] [<ffffffff810b413a>] layout_and_allocate+0x2fa/0xaf0 [ 8.294615] [<ffffffff810b4a29>] load_module+0xf9/0x1170 [ 8.294630] [<ffffffff810b5af2>] sys_init_module+0x52/0x230 [ 8.294640] [<ffffffff8168b969>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [ 8.294642] kvm: Could not allocate 304 bytes percpu data Reproduced with kernel from quantal-release and quantal-proposed I found this reference on LKML: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/11/198 The following patch solves the issue: 8d8022e8aba85192e937f1f0f7450e256d66ae5c This is in 3.8/3.11 https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/7/11/545 - ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: linux-image-3.5.0-20-generic 3.5.0-20.31 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-20.31-generic 3.5.7.1 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-20-generic x86_64 AlsaDevices: total 0 crw-rw---T 1 root audio 116, 1 Dec 10 10:54 seq crw-rw---T 1 root audio 116, 33 Dec 10 10:54 timer AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aplay' ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arecord' AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iw' Date: Mon Dec 10 11:03:33 2012 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=c595dd75-dab5-4fcd-a089-302addcaef96 IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iwconfig' MachineType: Intel Corporation LH Pass MarkForUpload: True PciMultimedia: ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US: TERM=screen-bce PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-20-generic root=UUID=58f9a800-2e0c-4da5-9d94-c4bb4bed4fa2 ro quiet RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-20-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-20-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.95 RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'rfkill' SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 04/30/2012 dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp. dmi.bios.version: SE5C600.86B.99.99.2050.043020121425 dmi.board.asset.tag: .................... dmi.board.name: S4600LH.... dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: .......... dmi.chassis.asset.tag: .................... dmi.chassis.type: 23 dmi.chassis.vendor: ............................... dmi.chassis.version: .................. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrSE5C600.86B.99.99.2050.043020121425:bd04/30/2012:svnIntelCorporation:pnLHPass:pvr....................:rvnIntelCorporation:rnS4600LH....:rvr..........:cvn...............................:ct23:cvr..................: dmi.product.name: LH Pass dmi.product.version: .................... dmi.sys.vendor: Intel Corporation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1088433/+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