linux-azure: 4.15.0-1023.24~16.04.1 -proposed tracker

[Khaled El Mously]

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boot-testing-requested: true
kernel-stable-master-bug: 1788744
phase: Released
proposed-announcement-sent: true
proposed-testing-requested: true

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

4.15.0-1023.24~16.04.1 - azure
Regression test CMPL, RTB.

Issue to note in x86_64 (azure):
  ebizzy - failed on Standard_A0, passed on the rest
  libhugetlbfs - 1 failed (brk_near_huge, bug 1653597), Killed by signal 1, bad config 3, passed on the rest
  monotonic_time - all two tests (or just tsc test) failed on some instances, passed on the rest
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - test skipped due to no KVM support, vmx_control will crash E4 nodes (bug 1747892)
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls - execveat03 failed (bug 1786729) inotify08 failed with X/X-LTS/X-HWE/A/B kernel (bug 1775784) quotactl01 failed (bug 1790028)
  ubuntu_lttng_smoke_test - package installation issue (bug 1791032), passed on the rest
  ubuntu_lxc - lxc-test-ubuntu (Failed creating ubuntu-cloud container), lxc-test-autostart (container didn't stop on Standard_DS14_v2, Standard_E64-16s_v3), Failed creating ubuntu container (unable to download package on Standard_F4s)
  ubunut_qrt_apparmor - mmap test timed out on some nodes (bug 1783922)
  ubuntu_stress_smoke_test - sysfs caused kernel oopsed on some instances (bug 1757057)
  ubuntu_vfat_stress - failed on StandardB1s only
  ubuntu_zram_smoke_test - zram test timed out (bug 1787076)

Skipped / blacklisted:
  * ubuntu_ltp
  * ubuntu_nbd_smoke_test
  * ubuntu_seccomp
  * ubuntu_sysdig_smoke_test

[Joshua R. Poulson (jrp)]

Testing looks good

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-azure - 4.15.0-1023.24~16.04.1

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linux-azure (4.15.0-1023.24~16.04.1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * linux-azure: 4.15.0-1023.24~16.04.1 -proposed tracker (LP: #1788755)

  * linux-azure: 4.15.0-1023.24 -proposed tracker (LP: #1788751)

  * [Hyper-V] hv_netvsc: Fix napi reschedule while receive completion is busy
    (LP: #1786313)
    - hv_netvsc: Fix napi reschedule while receive completion is busy

  [ Ubuntu: 4.15.0-34.37 ]

  * linux: 4.15.0-34.37 -proposed tracker (LP: #1788744)
  * Bionic update: upstream stable patchset 2018-08-09 (LP: #1786352)
    - MIPS: c-r4k: Fix data corruption related to cache coherence
    - MIPS: ptrace: Expose FIR register through FP regset
    - MIPS: Fix ptrace(2) PTRACE_PEEKUSR and PTRACE_POKEUSR accesses to o32 FGRs
    - KVM: Fix spelling mistake: "cop_unsuable" -> "cop_unusable"
    - affs_lookup(): close a race with affs_remove_link()
    - fs: don't scan the inode cache before SB_BORN is set
    - aio: fix io_destroy(2) vs. lookup_ioctx() race
    - ALSA: timer: Fix pause event notification
    - do d_instantiate/unlock_new_inode combinations safely
    - mmc: sdhci-iproc: remove hard coded mmc cap 1.8v
    - mmc: sdhci-iproc: fix 32bit writes for TRANSFER_MODE register
    - mmc: sdhci-iproc: add SDHCI_QUIRK2_HOST_OFF_CARD_ON for cygnus
    - libata: Blacklist some Sandisk SSDs for NCQ
    - libata: blacklist Micron 500IT SSD with MU01 firmware
    - xen-swiotlb: fix the check condition for xen_swiotlb_free_coherent
    - drm/vmwgfx: Fix 32-bit VMW_PORT_HB_[IN|OUT] macros
    - arm64: lse: Add early clobbers to some input/output asm operands
    - powerpc/64s: Clear PCR on boot
    - IB/hfi1: Use after free race condition in send context error path
    - IB/umem: Use the correct mm during ib_umem_release
    - idr: fix invalid ptr dereference on item delete
    - Revert "ipc/shm: Fix shmat mmap nil-page protection"
    - ipc/shm: fix shmat() nil address after round-down when remapping
    - mm/kasan: don't vfree() nonexistent vm_area
    - kasan: free allocated shadow memory on MEM_CANCEL_ONLINE
    - kasan: fix memory hotplug during boot
    - kernel/sys.c: fix potential Spectre v1 issue
    - KVM: s390: vsie: fix < 8k check for the itdba
    - KVM: x86: Update cpuid properly when CR4.OSXAVE or CR4.PKE is changed
    - kvm: x86: IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES is always supported
    - powerpc/64s: Improve RFI L1-D cache flush fallback
    - powerpc/pseries: Restore default security feature flags on setup
    - powerpc/64s: Fix section mismatch warnings from setup_rfi_flush()
    - MIPS: generic: Fix machine compatible matching
    - mac80211: mesh: fix wrong mesh TTL offset calculation
    - ARC: Fix malformed ARC_EMUL_UNALIGNED default
    - ptr_ring: prevent integer overflow when calculating size
    - arm64: dts: rockchip: fix rock64 gmac2io stability issues
    - arm64: dts: rockchip: correct ep-gpios for rk3399-sapphire
    - libata: Fix compile warning with ATA_DEBUG enabled
    - selftests: sync: missing CFLAGS while compiling
    - selftest/vDSO: fix O=
    - selftests: pstore: Adding config fragment CONFIG_PSTORE_RAM=m
    - selftests: memfd: add...

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

The package has been published and the bug is being set to Fix Released