[Intrepid] SRU: Update to stable release 2.6.27.14

Stefan Bader stefan.bader at canonical.com
Tue Feb 3 16:42:23 UTC 2009


https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/324921

No ABI bumpers this time.

SRU justification:

Impact: Upstream release of stable kernel with several bug fixes. Pull those in 
order to stay in sync with upstream

Fix: Cherry picked from 2.6.27.y tree

* fuse: destroy bdi on umount
* fuse: fix missing fput on error
* fuse: fix NULL deref in fuse_file_alloc()
* inotify: clean up inotify_read and fix locking problems
* mac80211: decrement ref count to netdev after launching mesh discovery
* sysfs: fix problems with binary files
* x86, mm: fix pte_free()
* alpha: nautilus - fix compile failure with gcc-4.3
* it821x: Add ultra_mask quirk for Vortex86SX
* libata: pata_via: support VX855, future chips whose IDE controller use 0x0571
* rtl8187: Add termination packet to prevent stall
* serial_8250: support for Sealevel Systems Model 7803 COMM+8
* SUNRPC: Fix a memory leak in rpcb_getport_async
* SUNRPC: Fix autobind on cloned rpc clients
* USB: fix char-device disconnect handling
* USB: storage: add unusual devs entry
* USB: usbmon: Implement compat_ioctl
* ALSA: hda - add another MacBook Pro 4, 1 subsystem ID
* ALSA: hda - Add quirk for HP DV6700 laptop
* ALSA: hda - Fix PCM reference NID for STAC/IDT analog outputs
* bnx2x: Block nvram access when the device is inactive
* crypto: authenc - Fix zero-length IV crash
* crypto: ccm - Fix handling of null assoc data
* epoll: drop max_user_instances and rely only on max_user_watches
* ext3: Add sanity check to make_indexed_dir
* include/linux: Add bsg.h to the Kernel exported headers
* sgi-xpc: ensure flags are updated before bte_copy
* sgi-xpc: Remove NULL pointer dereference.
* sound: virtuoso: do not overwrite EEPROM on Xonar D2/D2X
* rtl8187: Fix error in setting OFDM power settings for RTL8187L
* PCI hotplug: fix lock imbalance in pciehp
* relay: fix lock imbalance in relay_late_setup_files
* Linux 2.6.27.14





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