linux: 2.6.38-15.60 -proposed tracker

[Luis Henriques]

This bug is for tracking the 2.6.38-15.60 upload package. This bug will contain status and testing results related to that upload.

For an explanation of the tasks and the associated workflow see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/kernel-sru-workflow
kernel-stable-Prepare-package-start:Monday, 21. May 2012 17:09 UTC
kernel-stable-Certification-testing-end:Monday, 21. May 2012 17:16 UTC
kernel-stable-Prepare-package-end:Tuesday, 22. May 2012 19:18 UTC
kernel-stable-Promote-to-proposed-start:Tuesday, 22. May 2012 19:18 UTC
kernel-stable-Promote-to-proposed-end:Friday, 25. May 2012 19:00 UTC
kernel-stable-Verification-testing-start:Friday, 25. May 2012 20:01 UTC
kernel-stable-Security-signoff-start:Monday, 28. May 2012 10:15 UTC
kernel-stable-Verification-testing-end:Monday, 28. May 2012 10:15 UTC
kernel-stable-Regression-testing-start:Monday, 28. May 2012 10:15 UTC
kernel-stable-Security-signoff-end:Tuesday, 29. May 2012 22:01 UTC
kernel-stable-Promote-to-updates-start:Wednesday, 30. May 2012 15:30 UTC
kernel-stable-Regression-testing-end:Wednesday, 30. May 2012 15:30 UTC
kernel-stable-phase:Released
kernel-stable-phase-changed:Thursday, 31. May 2012 04:17 UTC
kernel-stable-Promote-to-updates-end:Thursday, 31. May 2012 04:17 UTC

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

All builds are complete, packages in this bug can be copied to -proposed.

Derivative packages from packages here can be worked on, the following tracking bugs were opened for them:
linux-ti-omap4 - bug 1003077

Backport packages from packages here can be worked on, the following tracking bugs were opened for them:
linux-lts-backport-natty (lucid) - bug 1003079

[John Johansen (jjohansen)]

looks good

[C de-Avillez (hggdh2)]

no regressions observed
https://jenkins.qa.ubuntu.com/view/SRU%20Kernel/job/sru-kernel-natty-vm/6/
https://jenkins.qa.ubuntu.com/view/SRU%20Kernel/job/sru-kernel-natty-bare-metal/8/

One machine failed to reboot; this seems more like a connection issue.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 2.6.38-15.60

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linux (2.6.38-15.60) natty-proposed; urgency=low

  [Luis Henriques]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1002384

  [ Andy Whitcroft ]

  * [Config] control.stub is an intermediate product not a dependancy
    - LP: #992414

  [ Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski ]

  * linux: add Build-Depends for libnewt-dev, to enable perf TUI support
    - LP: #981717

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * [Config] perarch and indep tools builds need separate build directories

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * fcaps: clear the same personality flags as suid when fcaps are used
    - LP: #987571
    - CVE-2012-2123
  * natty security: fix compile error in commoncap.c
    - LP: #987571
    - CVE-2012-2123
  * KVM: Clean up error handling during VCPU creation
    - LP: #971685
    - CVE-2012-1601
  * KVM: Ensure all vcpus are consistent with in-kernel irqchip settings
    - LP: #971685
    - CVE-2012-1601
  * KVM: unmap pages from the iommu when slots are removed
    - LP: #987569
    - CVE-2012-2121
  * NFSv4: include bitmap in nfsv4 get acl data
    - LP: #893147
    - CVE-2011-4131
  * hugepages: fix use after free bug in "quota" handling
    - LP: #990368
    - CVE-2012-2133
 -- Luis Henriques <email address hidden> Mon, 21 May 2012 17:56:07 +0100

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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