[Inrepid] SRU: Update kernel to Linux 2.6.27.18

Stefan Bader stefan.bader at canonical.com
Wed Feb 18 08:01:03 UTC 2009


SRU justification:

Impact: Several bug fixes and updates to get in sync with upstream stable. This 
update features one vmware fix that we were asked to pick up on the kerne-team 
mailing list, replaces one patch that was carried as SAUCE patch, as well as a 
few fixes to previous stable releases.

Fix:
  * Fix page writeback thinko, causing Berkeley DB slowdown
  * iwlwifi: scan correct setting of valid rx_chains
  * kernel-doc: fix syscall wrapper processing
  * lockd: fix regression in lockd's handling of blocked locks
  * nbd: fix I/O hang on disconnected nbds
  * parport: parport_serial, don't bind netmos ibm 0299
  * powerpc: Fix swapcontext system for VSX + old ucontext size
  * powerpc/fsl-booke: Fix mapping functions to use phys_addr_t(1)
  * syscall define: fix uml compile bug
  * w1: w1 temp calculation overflow fix
  * write-back: fix nr_to_write counter
  * writeback: fix break condition
  * x86, vmi: put a missing paravirt_release_pmd in pgd_dtor(2)
  * zd1211rw: adding 0ace:0xa211 as a ZD1211 device
  * zd1211rw: treat MAXIM_NEW_RF(0x08) as UW2453_RF(0x09) for TP-Link WN322/422G
  * sctp: Fix crc32c calculations on big-endian arhes.
  * sctp: Correctly start rtx timer on new packet transmissions.
  * sctp: Properly timestamp outgoing data chunks for rtx purposes
  * drivers/net/skfp: if !capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN): inverted logic
  * ipv4: fix infinite retry loop in IP-Config
  * ipv6: Disallow rediculious flowlabel option sizes.
  * ipv6: Copy cork options in ip6_append_data
  * net: 4 bytes kernel memory disclosure in SO_BSDCOMPAT gsopt try #2
  * net: packet socket packet_lookup_frame fix
  * sky2: fix hard hang with netconsoling and iface going up
  * sungem: Soft lockup in sungem on Netra AC200 when switching interface up
  * tun: Add some missing TUN compat ioctl translations.
  * tun: Fix unicast filter overflow
  * udp: Fix UDP short packet false positive
  * udp: increments sk_drops in __udp_queue_rcv_skb()
  * virtio_net: Fix MAX_PACKET_LEN to support 802.1Q VLANs
  * net: Fix frag_list handling in skb_seq_read
  * net: Fix OOPS in skb_seq_read().
  * packet: Avoid lock_sock in mmap handler
  * tcp: splice as many packets as possible at once
  * tcp: Fix length tcp_splice_data_recv passes to skb_splice_bits.
  * sparc: Enable syscall wrappers for 64-bit (CVE-2009-0029)
  * sparc64: Annotate sparc64 specific syscalls with SYSCALL_DEFINEx()
  * netfilter: fix tuple inversion for Node information request
  * netfilter: xt_sctp: sctp chunk mapping doesn't work
  * bluetooth hid: enable quirk handling for Apple Wireless Keyboards in 2.6.27
    * Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: Add back in lost commit for Apple BT Wireless
      Keyboard"
  * HID: adjust report descriptor fixup for MS 1028 receiver
  * libata: fix EH device failure handling
  * ide/libata: fix ata_id_is_cfa() (take 4)
  * x86: fixup config space size of CPU functions for AMD family 11h
  * mac80211: fix a buffer overrun in station debug code
  * ALSA: mtpav - Fix initial value for input hwport
  * net: Fix data corruption when splicing from sockets.
  * Linux 2.6.27.18

(1) Would bump the ABI for ports(powerpc)
(2) This patch was requested on the kernel-team mailing list
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