linux: 4.13.0-39.44 -proposed tracker

[Kleber Sacilotto de Souza]

This bug is for tracking the <version to be filled> 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

backports: bug 1761459 (linux-azure), bug 1761460 (linux-azure-edge), bug 1761461 (linux-gcp), bug 1761462 (linux-hwe), bug 1761464 (linux-oem)
derivatives: bug 1761458 (linux-raspi2)
-- swm properties --
boot-testing-requested: true
bugs-spammed: true
phase: Released
proposed-announcement-sent: true
proposed-testing-requested: true

[Taihsiang Ho (tai271828)]

Hardware Certification have begun testing this -proposed kernel.

[Taihsiang Ho (tai271828)]

Hardware Certification have completed testing this -proposed kernel. No regressions were observed, results are available here: http://people.canonical.com/~hwcert/sru-testing/artful/4.13.0-39.44/artful-proposed-published.html

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

4.13.0-39.44 - generic
Regression test CMPL.

Issue to note in amd64:
  libhugetlbfs - bad config 1 failed 7 killed by signal 7
  monotonic_time - lodygin constantly failed with tsc test (bug 1732620)
  ubuntu_bpf - test_maps failed (bug 1750724)
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - 23 failed on amaura, 3 failed on lodygin, 16 failed on gummo, 22 failed on pepe
  ubuntu_zfs_xfs_generic - failed on pepe, passed after re-test
  xfstests - timed out on ext4 generic/430 test (bug 1755999)

Issue to note in arm64:
  hwclock - issue for HP m400 (bug 1716603)
  libhugetlbfs - failed 1 killed by signal 1 bad config 1
  ubuntu_bpf - failed to build on ARM64 (bug 1675395)
  ubuntu_ecryptfs - directory-concurrent.sh.ext4 in ubuntu_ecryptfs failed on A/B ARM64 (bug 1765653)
  ubuntu_kvm_smoke_test - Unable to create KVM with uvtool on arm64 system (bug 1749427)
  ubuntu_qrt_kernel_security - test_181_config_vmap_stack failed with 4.15 KVM / 4.13 ARM64 kernel (bug 1764985)
  xfstests - timed out on ext4 generic/430 test (bug 1755999)

Issue to note in i386:
  libhugetlbfs - failed 4 killed by signal 4 bad config 1
  ubuntu_bpf - test_verifier failed on Artful i386 (bug 1755101) test_maps failed (bug 1750724)
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - failed to build (bug 1765366)
  xfstests - timed out on ext4 generic/430 test (bug 1755999)

Issue to note in s390x (zKVM):
  aio_dio_bugs - event res -22 (bug 1730895)
  libhugetlbfs - failed 11 killed by signal 7 bad config 1
  scrashme - Test failed to build (bug 1689240)
  ubuntu_bpf - failed to build on s390x (bug 1711299)
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - Test skipped, this systems does not have KVM extension support

Issue to note in s390x (zVM):
  aio_dio_bugs - event res -22 (bug 1730895)
  libhugetlbfs - failed 11 killed by signal 7 bad config 1
  scrashme - Test failed to build (bug 1689240)
  ubuntu_bpf - failed to build on s390x (bug 1711299)
  ubuntu_kvm_smoke_test - uvtool-libvirt needs arch specific template (bug 1729854)
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - skey failed (0 tests)

MISSING ppc64le result in this cycle: testing node out-of-order

[Kleber Sacilotto de Souza (kleber-souza)]

Only bug 1758364 hasn't been verified. The regression potential of this change is none, so setting 'verification-testing' as 'Fix released' so we can continue with the release process.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.13.0-39.44

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linux (4.13.0-39.44) artful; urgency=medium

  * linux: 4.13.0-39.44 -proposed tracker (LP: #1761456)

  * intel-microcode 3.20180312.0 causes lockup at login screen(w/ linux-
    image-4.13.0-37-generic) (LP: #1759920) // CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre v2
    Intel) // CVE-2017-5754
    - x86/mm: Reinitialize TLB state on hotplug and resume

  * intel-microcode 3.20180312.0 causes lockup at login screen(w/ linux-
    image-4.13.0-37-generic) (LP: #1759920) // CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre v2 Intel)
    - Revert "x86/mm: Only set IBPB when the new thread cannot ptrace current
      thread"
    - x86/speculation: Use Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier in context switch

  * DKMS driver builds fail with: Cannot use CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION=y, please
    install libelf-dev, libelf-devel or elfutils-libelf-devel (LP: #1760876)
    - [Packaging] include the retpoline extractor in the headers

  * retpoline hints: primary infrastructure and initial hints (LP: #1758856)
    - [Packaging] retpoline-extract: flag *0xNNN(%reg) branches
    - x86/speculation, objtool: Annotate indirect calls/jumps for objtool
    - x86/speculation, objtool: Annotate indirect calls/jumps for objtool on 32bit
    - x86/paravirt, objtool: Annotate indirect calls
    - [Packaging] retpoline -- add safe usage hint support
    - [Packaging] retpoline-check -- only report additions
    - [Packaging] retpoline -- widen indirect call/jmp detection
    - [Packaging] retpoline -- elide %rip relative indirections
    - [Packaging] retpoline -- clear hint information from packages
    - KVM: x86: Make indirect calls in emulator speculation safe
    - KVM: VMX: Make indirect call speculation safe
    - x86/boot, objtool: Annotate indirect jump in secondary_startup_64()
    - SAUCE: early/late -- annotate indirect calls in early/late initialisation
      code
    - SAUCE: vga_set_mode -- avoid jump tables
    - [Config] retpoline -- switch to new format
    - [Packaging] retpoline hints -- handle missing files when RETPOLINE not
      enabled
    - [Packaging] final-checks -- remove check for empty retpoline files

  * retpoline: ignore %cs:0xNNN constant indirections (LP: #1752655)
    - [Packaging] retpoline -- elide %cs:0xNNNN constants on i386

  * zfs system process hung on container stop/delete (LP: #1754584)
    - SAUCE: Fix non-prefaulted page deadlock (LP: #1754584)

  * zfs-linux 0.6.5.11-1ubuntu5 ADT test failure with linux 4.15.0-1.2
    (LP: #1737761)
    - SAUCE: (noup) Update zfs to 0.6.5.11-1ubuntu3.2

  * AT_BASE_PLATFORM in AUXV is absent on kernels available on Ubuntu 17.10
    (LP: #1759312)
    - powerpc/64s: Fix NULL AT_BASE_PLATFORM when using DT CPU features

  * btrfs and tar sparse truncate archives (LP: #1757565)
    - Btrfs: move definition of the function btrfs_find_new_delalloc_bytes
    - Btrfs: fix reported number of inode blocks after buffered append writes

  * efifb broken on ThunderX-based Gigabyte nodes (LP: #1758375)
    - drivers/fbdev/efifb: Allow BAR to be moved instead of claiming it

  * Intel i40e PF reset due to incorrect MDD detection (continues...)
    (LP: #1723127)
    - i40e/i40ev...

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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