Xenial update: v4.4.253 upstream stable release

[Kamal Mostafa]

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 following upstream
       stable patches should be included in the Ubuntu kernel:

       v4.4.253 upstream stable release
       from git://git.kernel.org/

ASoC: dapm: remove widget from dirty list on free
mm/hugetlb: fix potential missing huge page size info
ext4: fix bug for rename with RENAME_WHITEOUT
ARC: build: add boot_targets to PHONY
ethernet: ucc_geth: fix definition and size of ucc_geth_tx_global_pram
arch/arc: add copy_user_page() to <asm/page.h> to fix build error on ARC
misdn: dsp: select CONFIG_BITREVERSE
net: ethernet: fs_enet: Add missing MODULE_LICENSE
ACPI: scan: add stub acpi_create_platform_device() for !CONFIG_ACPI
ARM: picoxcell: fix missing interrupt-parent properties
Input: uinput - avoid FF flush when destroying device
dump_common_audit_data(): fix racy accesses to ->d_name
NFS: nfs_igrab_and_active must first reference the superblock
ext4: fix superblock checksum failure when setting password salt
RDMA/usnic: Fix memleak in find_free_vf_and_create_qp_grp
mm, slub: consider rest of partial list if acquire_slab() fails
net: sunrpc: interpret the return value of kstrtou32 correctly
usb: ohci: Make distrust_firmware param default to false
iio: buffer: Fix demux update
nfsd4: readdirplus shouldn't return parent of export
net: cdc_ncm: correct overhead in delayed_ndp_size
netxen_nic: fix MSI/MSI-x interrupts
rndis_host: set proper input size for OID_GEN_PHYSICAL_MEDIUM request
net: dcb: Validate netlink message in DCB handler
net: dcb: Accept RTM_GETDCB messages carrying set-like DCB commands
net: sit: unregister_netdevice on newlink's error path
rxrpc: Fix handling of an unsupported token type in rxrpc_read()
net: avoid 32 x truesize under-estimation for tiny skbs
spi: cadence: cache reference clock rate during probe
Linux 4.4.253
UBUNTU: upstream stable to v4.4.253

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.4.0-204.236

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linux (4.4.0-204.236) xenial; urgency=medium

  * xenial/linux: 4.4.0-204.236 -proposed tracker (LP: #1916222)

  * Xenial update: v4.4.254 upstream stable release (LP: #1914648)
    - ALSA: seq: oss: Fix missing error check in snd_seq_oss_synth_make_info()
    - ALSA: hda/via: Add minimum mute flag
    - ACPI: scan: Make acpi_bus_get_device() clear return pointer on error
    - dm: avoid filesystem lookup in dm_get_dev_t()
    - ASoC: Intel: haswell: Add missing pm_ops
    - scsi: ufs: Correct the LUN used in eh_device_reset_handler() callback
    - drm/nouveau/bios: fix issue shadowing expansion ROMs
    - drm/nouveau/i2c/gm200: increase width of aux semaphore owner fields
    - can: dev: can_restart: fix use after free bug
    - iio: ad5504: Fix setting power-down state
    - ehci: fix EHCI host controller initialization sequence
    - usb: bdc: Make bdc pci driver depend on BROKEN
    - [Config] updateconfigs for USB_BDC_PCI
    - xhci: make sure TRB is fully written before giving it to the controller
    - compiler.h: Raise minimum version of GCC to 5.1 for arm64
    - netfilter: rpfilter: mask ecn bits before fib lookup
    - sh: dma: fix kconfig dependency for G2_DMA
    - sh_eth: Fix power down vs. is_opened flag ordering
    - skbuff: back tiny skbs with kmalloc() in __netdev_alloc_skb() too
    - ipv6: create multicast route with RTPROT_KERNEL
    - net_sched: avoid shift-out-of-bounds in tcindex_set_parms()
    - Revert "mm/slub: fix a memory leak in sysfs_slab_add()"
    - tracing: Fix race in trace_open and buffer resize call
    - xen-blkback: set ring->xenblkd to NULL after kthread_stop()
    - x86/boot/compressed: Disable relocation relaxation
    - Linux 4.4.254

  * Xenial update: v4.4.253 upstream stable release (LP: #1914647)
    - ASoC: dapm: remove widget from dirty list on free
    - mm/hugetlb: fix potential missing huge page size info
    - ext4: fix bug for rename with RENAME_WHITEOUT
    - ARC: build: add boot_targets to PHONY
    - ethernet: ucc_geth: fix definition and size of ucc_geth_tx_global_pram
    - arch/arc: add copy_user_page() to <asm/page.h> to fix build error on ARC
    - misdn: dsp: select CONFIG_BITREVERSE
    - net: ethernet: fs_enet: Add missing MODULE_LICENSE
    - ACPI: scan: add stub acpi_create_platform_device() for !CONFIG_ACPI
    - ARM: picoxcell: fix missing interrupt-parent properties
    - Input: uinput - avoid FF flush when destroying device
    - dump_common_audit_data(): fix racy accesses to ->d_name
    - NFS: nfs_igrab_and_active must first reference the superblock
    - ext4: fix superblock checksum failure when setting password salt
    - RDMA/usnic: Fix memleak in find_free_vf_and_create_qp_grp
    - mm, slub: consider rest of partial list if acquire_slab() fails
    - net: sunrpc: interpret the return value of kstrtou32 correctly
    - usb: ohci: Make distrust_firmware param default to false
    - iio: buffer: Fix demux update
    - nfsd4: readdirplus shouldn't return parent of export
    - net: cdc_ncm: correct overhead in delayed_ndp_size
    - netxen_nic: fix MSI/MSI-x interrupts
    - rndis_host: set pro...