linux: 2.6.32-42.96 -proposed tracker

[Luis Henriques]

This bug is for tracking the 2.6.32-42.96 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:Tuesday, 14. August 2012 08:54 UTC
kernel-stable-Prepare-package-end:Monday, 20. August 2012 11:18 UTC
kernel-stable-Promote-to-proposed-start:Monday, 20. August 2012 11:18 UTC
kernel-stable-Promote-to-proposed-end:Monday, 20. August 2012 18:32 UTC
kernel-stable-Verification-testing-start:Monday, 20. August 2012 19:46 UTC
kernel-stable-Verification-testing-end:Tuesday, 21. August 2012 12:02 UTC
kernel-stable-Certification-testing-start:Tuesday, 21. August 2012 12:02 UTC
kernel-stable-Security-signoff-start:Tuesday, 21. August 2012 12:02 UTC
kernel-stable-Regression-testing-start:Tuesday, 21. August 2012 12:02 UTC
kernel-stable-Security-signoff-end:Monday, 27. August 2012 23:15 UTC
kernel-stable-Certification-testing-end:Tuesday, 28. August 2012 08:15 UTC
kernel-stable-Promote-to-updates-start:Monday, 03. September 2012 21:30 UTC
kernel-stable-Regression-testing-end:Monday, 03. September 2012 21:30 UTC
kernel-stable-phase:Released
kernel-stable-phase-changed:Wednesday, 05. September 2012 00:16 UTC
kernel-stable-Promote-to-updates-end:Wednesday, 05. September 2012 00:16 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-ec2 - bug 1038971

[Luis Henriques (henrix)]

All SRUs verified, moving to testing

[Brendan Donegan (brendan-donegan)]

Hardware Certification have begun testing this -proposed kernel

[John Johansen (jjohansen)]

Looks good

[Brendan Donegan (brendan-donegan)]

Hardware Certification have completed testing this -proposed kernel. Due to downtime in the UK data center, the servers attached to 'nickel.canonical.com' are untested. No regressions were observed on those systems that were tested. The test report is available at: http://people.canonical.com/~hwcert/sru-testing/wk35_2012/lucid-proposed.html

[Para Siva (psivaa)]

QA regression testing passed with known regressions given in

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1028112

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 2.6.32-42.96

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linux (2.6.32-42.96) lucid-proposed; urgency=low

  [Luis Henriques]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1036553

  [ Andy Whitcroft ]

  * SAUCE: rds_ib_send() -- prevent local pings triggering BUG_ON()
    - LP: #1016299
    - CVE-2012-2372

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * udf: Fortify loading of sparing table
    - LP: #1024497
    - CVE-2012-3400
  * udf: Avoid run away loop when partition table length is corrupted
    - LP: #1024497
    - CVE-2012-3400
  * eCryptfs: Gracefully refuse miscdev file ops on inherited/passed files
    - LP: #994247
  * eCryptfs: Copy up POSIX ACL and read-only flags from lower mount
    - LP: #1009207
  * drm: integer overflow in drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl()
    - LP: #917838
    - CVE-2012-0044
 -- Luis Henriques <email address hidden> Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:51:58 +0100

[Chris Halse Rogers (raof)]

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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