[ubuntu/xenial-proposed] linux-hwe 4.8.0-43.46~16.04.1 (Accepted)

Steve Langasek steve.langasek at canonical.com
Mon Mar 20 20:26:34 UTC 2017


linux-hwe (4.8.0-43.46~16.04.1) xenial; urgency=low

  * linux-hwe: 4.8.0-43.46~16.04.1 -proposed tracker (LP: #1673223)

  * linux: 4.8.0-43.46 -proposed tracker (LP: #1673222)

  * POWER9: Improve CAS negotiation (LP: #1671169)
    - powerpc: Parse the command line before calling CAS
    - powerpc: Add missing error check to prom_find_boot_cpu()
    - powerpc/pseries: Advertise HPT resizing support via CAS
    - powerpc/64: Disable use of radix under a hypervisor
    - powerpc/pseries: Advertise Hot Plug Event support to firmware
    - powerpc: Update to new option-vector-5 format for CAS

  * Power9 kernel: add virtualization patches (LP: #1670800)
    - powerpc/fadump: Set core e_flags using kernel's ELF ABI version
    - powerpc/sparse: Add more assembler prototypes
    - powerpc/pasemi: Fix Nemo SB600 i8259 interrupts.
    - powerpc/pasemi: Fix device_type of Nemo SB600 node.
    - powerpc/pseries: Use H_CLEAR_HPT to clear MMU hash table during kexec
    - powerpc/pseries: Move CMO code from plapr_wrappers.h to platforms/pseries
    - powerpc: Fix old style declaration GCC warnings
    - powerpc/pseries: add definitions for new H_SIGNAL_SYS_RESET hcall
    - powerpc/prom: Define structs for client architecture vectors
    - powerpc/prom: Switch to using structs for ibm_architecture_vec
    - tracing: Have the reg function allow to fail
    - powerpc: port 64 bits pgtable_cache to 32 bits
    - powerpc/64: Don't try to use radix MMU under a hypervisor
    - powerpc/pseries: Fixes for the "ibm,architecture-vec-5" options
    - powerpc/64: Enable use of radix MMU under hypervisor on POWER9

  * lsattr 32bit does not work on 64bit kernel (Inappropriate ioctl error)
    (LP: #1619918)
    - btrfs: fix btrfs_compat_ioctl failures on non-compat ioctls

  * linux-tools-common should Depends: lsb-release (LP: #1667571)
    - [Config] linux-tools-common depends on lsb-release

  * CAPI:Ubuntu: Kernel panic while rebooting (LP: #1667599)
    - pci/hotplug/pnv-php: Remove WARN_ON() in pnv_php_put_slot()

  * Add Use-After-Free Patch for Ubuntu16.10 - EEH on BELL3 adapter fails to
    recover (serial/tty) (LP: #1669153)
    - 8250_pci: Fix potential use-after-free in error path

  * Request to backport cxlflash patches to Xenial SRU stream (LP: #1623750)
    - scsi: cxlflash: Scan host only after the port is ready for I/O
    - scsi: cxlflash: Fix to avoid EEH and host reset collisions
    - scsi: cxlflash: Improve EEH recovery time

  * FlashGT Integration and Setup: fsbmc30: After 17th reboot of soft bootme,
    HTX & Linux errors seen with 256 virtual LUNs (LP: #1667239)
    - cxl: Fix coredump generation when cxl_get_fd() is used

  * POWER9: Additional patches for 17.04 and 16.04.2 (LP: #1667116)
    - powerpc/mm: Update PROTFAULT handling in the page fault path
    - powerpc/mm/radix: Update pte update sequence for pte clear case
    - powerpc/mm/radix: Use ptep_get_and_clear_full when clearing pte for full mm
    - powerpc/mm/radix: Skip ptesync in pte update helpers
    - SAUCE: powerpc/mm/hash: Always clear UPRT and Host Radix bits when setting
      up CPU

  * [Hyper-V] Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS Generation 2 SCSI Errors on VSS Based Backups
    (LP: #1470250)
    - Drivers: hv: vss: Operation timeouts should match host expectation
    - SAUCE: Tools: hv: vss: Thaw the filesystem and continue after freeze fails

  * PowerNV: No rate limit for kernel error "KVM can't copy data from"
    (LP: #1667416)
    - SAUCE: KVM: PPC: Book3S: Ratelimit copy data failure error messages

  * kernel 4.4.0-63 with USB WLAN RTL8192CU freezes desktop (LP: #1666421)
    - rtlwifi: rtl_usb: Fix missing entry in USB driver's private data

  * Export symbol "dev_pm_qos_update_user_latency_tolerance" (LP: #1666401)
    - PM / QoS: Export dev_pm_qos_update_user_latency_tolerance

  * Linux ZFS port doesn't respect RLIMIT_FSIZE (LP: #1656259)
    - SAUCE: (noup) Update zfs to 0.6.5.8-0ubuntu4.2

linux (4.8.0-42.45) yakkety; urgency=low

  * linux: 4.8.0-42.45 -proposed tracker (LP: #1671176)

  * Regression in 4.4.0-65-generic causes very frequent system crashes
    (LP: #1669611)
    - Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: apparmor: fix lock ordering for mkdir"
    - Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: apparmor: fix leak on securityfs pin count"
    - Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: apparmor: fix reference count leak when
      securityfs_setup_d_inode() fails"
    - Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: apparmor: fix not handling error case when
      securityfs_pin_fs() fails"

  * NFS client : permission denied when trying to access subshare, since kernel
    4.4.0-31 (LP: #1649292)
    - fs: Better permission checking for submounts

  * shaking screen  (LP: #1651981)
    - drm/radeon: drop verde dpm quirks

  * [0bda:0328] Card reader failed after S3 (LP: #1664809)
    - usb: hub: Wait for connection to be reestablished after port reset

  * linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-63.84~14.04.2 ADT test failure with linux-lts-xenial
    4.4.0-63.84~14.04.2 (LP: #1664912)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: fix link auditing failure due to, uninitialized var

  * In Ubuntu 17.04 : after reboot getting message in console like Unable to
    open file: /etc/keys/x509_ima.der (-2) (LP: #1656908)
    - SAUCE: ima: Downgrade error to warning

  * 16.04.2: Extra patches for POWER9 (LP: #1664564)
    - powerpc/mm: Fix no execute fault handling on pre-POWER5
    - powerpc/mm: Fix spurrious segfaults on radix with autonuma

  * ibmvscsis: Add SGL LIMIT (LP: #1662551)
    - ibmvscsis: Add SGL limit

  * [Hyper-V] Bug fixes for storvsc (tagged queuing, error conditions)
    (LP: #1663687)
    - scsi: storvsc: Enable tracking of queue depth
    - scsi: storvsc: Remove the restriction on max segment size
    - scsi: storvsc: Enable multi-queue support
    - scsi: storvsc: use tagged SRB requests if supported by the device
    - scsi: storvsc: properly handle SRB_ERROR when sense message is present
    - scsi: storvsc: properly set residual data length on errors

  * Ubuntu16.10-KVM:Big configuration with multiple guests running SRIOV VFs
    caused KVM host hung and all KVM guests down. (LP: #1651248)
    - KVM: PPC: Book 3S: XICS cleanup: remove XICS_RM_REJECT
    - KVM: PPC: Book 3S: XICS: correct the real mode ICP rejecting counter
    - KVM: PPC: Book 3S: XICS: Fix potential issue with duplicate IRQ resends
    - KVM: PPC: Book 3S: XICS: Implement ICS P/Q states
    - KVM: PPC: Book 3S: XICS: Don't lock twice when checking for resend

  * ISST-LTE:pNV: ppc64_cpu command is hung w HDs, SSDs and NVMe (LP: #1662666)
    - blk-mq: Avoid memory reclaim when remapping queues
    - blk-mq: Fix failed allocation path when mapping queues
    - blk-mq: Always schedule hctx->next_cpu

  * systemd-udevd hung in blk_mq_freeze_queue_wait testing unpartitioned NVMe
    drive (LP: #1662673)
    - percpu-refcount: fix reference leak during percpu-atomic transition

  * [Yakkety SRU] Enable KEXEC support in ARM64 kernel (LP: #1662554)
    - [Config] Enable KEXEC support in ARM64.

  * [Hyper-V] Fix ring buffer handling to avoid host throttling (LP: #1661430)
    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: On write cleanup the logic to interrupt the host
    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: On the read path cleanup the logic to interrupt the host
    - Drivers: hv: vmbus: finally fix hv_need_to_signal_on_read()

  * brd module compiled as built-in (LP: #1593293)
    - CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=m

  * regession tests failing after stackprofile test is run (LP: #1661030)
    - SAUCE: fix regression with domain change in complain mode

  * Permission denied and inconsistent behavior in complain mode with 'ip netns
    list' command (LP: #1648903)
    - SAUCE: fix regression with domain change in complain mode

  * flock not mediated by 'k' (LP: #1658219)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: flock mediation is not being enforced on cache check

  * unexpected errno=13 and disconnected path when trying to open /proc/1/ns/mnt
    from a unshared mount namespace (LP: #1656121)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: null profiles should inherit parent control flags

  * apparmor refcount leak of profile namespace when removing profiles
    (LP: #1660849)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: fix ns ref count link when removing profiles from policy

  * tor in lxd: apparmor="DENIED" operation="change_onexec"
    namespace="root//CONTAINERNAME_<var-lib-lxd>" profile="unconfined"
    name="system_tor" (LP: #1648143)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: Fix no_new_privs blocking change_onexec when using stacked
      namespaces

  * apparmor_parser hangs indefinitely when called by multiple threads
    (LP: #1645037)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: fix lock ordering for mkdir

  * apparmor leaking securityfs pin count (LP: #1660846)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: fix leak on securityfs pin count

  * apparmor reference count leak when securityfs_setup_d_inode\ () fails
    (LP: #1660845)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: fix reference count leak when securityfs_setup_d_inode()
      fails

  * apparmor not checking error if security_pin_fs() fails (LP: #1660842)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: fix not handling error case when securityfs_pin_fs() fails

  * apparmor oops in bind_mnt when dev_path lookup fails (LP: #1660840)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: fix oops in bind_mnt when dev_path lookup fails

  * apparmor  auditing denied access of special apparmor .null fi\ le
    (LP: #1660836)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: Don't audit denied access of special apparmor .null file

  * apparmor label leak when new label is unused (LP: #1660834)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: fix label leak when new label is unused

  * apparmor reference count bug in label_merge_insert() (LP: #1660833)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: fix reference count bug in label_merge_insert()

  * apparmor's raw_data file in securityfs is sometimes truncated (LP: #1638996)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: fix replacement race in reading rawdata

  * unix domain socket cross permission check failing with nested namespaces
    (LP: #1660832)
    - SAUCE: apparmor: fix cross ns perm of unix domain sockets

  * Enable CONFIG_NET_DROP_MONITOR=m in Ubuntu Kernel (LP: #1660634)
    - [Config] CONFIG_NET_DROP_MONITOR=m

  * Linux kernel 4.8 hangs at boot up (LP: #1659340)
    - SAUCE: x86/efi: Always map first physical page into EFI pagetables

  * s390/kconfig: CONFIG_NUMA without CONFIG_NUMA_EMU does not make any sense on
    s390x (LP: #1557690)
    - [Config] CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING=y
    - [Config] CONFIG_NUMA=y, CONFIG_NUMA_EMU=y for s390x

Date: 2017-03-17 12:34:14.491896+00:00
Changed-By: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <thadeu.cascardo at canonical.com>
Signed-By: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek at canonical.com>
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-hwe/4.8.0-43.46~16.04.1
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