linux: 4.4.0-96.119 -proposed tracker

[Stefan Bader]

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: 1716614,1716616
derivatives: 1716618,1716619,1716620,1716621,1716622
-- swm properties --
boot-testing-requested: 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/xenial/4.4.0-96.119/xenial-proposed-published.html

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

4.4.0-96.119 - generic
Regression test CMPL.
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/testing/tracker-index.html

Issue to note in amd64:
  monotonic_time - gtod failed
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - pku, svm, hyperv_clock failed (smap failed on onza)
  ubuntu_lxc - Failed to start networking in ubuntu-cloud container
  xfstests - btrfs timed out, xfs failed

Issue to note in arm64:
  hwclock - issue for HP m400, bug 1716603, or a bug to test case
  ubuntu_fan_smoke_test - network issue on starmie
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - failed on starmie only, bug 1715611
  ubuntu_stress_smoke_test - failed on starmie, network issue
  ubuntu_zfs_xfs_generic - failed with test 079

Issue to note in i386:
  ubuntu_lxc - lxc-test-apparmor-mount: GPG key fetch issue, Failed to start networking in ubuntu-cloud container

Issue to note in ppc64le:
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - spapr_hcall failed, bug 1712803
  xfstests - btrfs timed out, xfs failed

Issue to note in s390x (Ubuntu on LPAR):
  aio_dio_bugs - event res -22, issue seen before
  libhugetlbfs - 10 failed, 7 killed by signal, 1 bad configuration
  scrashme - failed to build, bug 168924
  ubuntu_ecryptfs - miscdev-bad-count.sh.xfs ~ namelen.sh failed (28 failed)
  ubuntu_lxc - Failed to start networking in ubuntu-cloud container
  ubuntu_seccomp - failed to build, bug 1715581

Issue to note in s390x (zKVM):
  aio_dio_bugs - event res -22, issue seen before
  libhugetlbfs - 10 failed, 7 killed by signal, 1 bad configuration
  scrashme - failed to build, bug 168924
  ubuntu_ecryptfs - miscdev-bad-count.sh.xfs ~ namelen.sh failed (28 failed)
  ubuntu_lxc - Failed to start networking in ubuntu-cloud container
  ubuntu_seccomp - failed to build, bug 1715581

Issue to note in s390x (zVM):
  aio_dio_bugs - event res -22, issue seen before, not regression
  libhugetlbfs - IOError: [Errno 524] Unknown error 524, issue seen before
  scrashme - failed to build, bug 168924
  ubuntu_ecryptfs - miscdev-bad-count.sh.xfs ~ namelen.sh failed (28 failed)
  ubuntu_seccomp - failed to build, bug 1715581

4.4.0-96.119 - lowlatency
Regression test CMPL.
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/testing/tracker-index.html

Issue to note in amd64:
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - pku, svm, hyperv_clock failed, issue seen before
  ubuntu_lxc - Failed starting ubuntu-cloud container
  xfstests - btrfs timed out, xfs failed

Issue to note in i386:
  None

[Stefan Bader (smb)]

Overriding 2 outstanding verifications:
1. Address sanitizer regression (selected revert is part of upstream stable anyway)
2. oops on s390x: changes requested and backported by maintainers. previously tested in test kernel

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.4.0-96.119

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linux (4.4.0-96.119) xenial; urgency=low

  * linux: 4.4.0-96.119 -proposed tracker (LP: #1716613)

  * kernel panic -not syncing: Fatal exception: panic_on_oops (LP: #1708399)
    - s390/mm: no local TLB flush for clearing-by-ASCE IDTE
    - SAUCE: s390/mm: fix local TLB flushing vs. detach of an mm address space
    - SAUCE: s390/mm: fix race on mm->context.flush_mm

  * CVE-2017-1000251
    - Bluetooth: Properly check L2CAP config option output buffer length

linux (4.4.0-95.118) xenial; urgency=low

  * linux: 4.4.0-95.118 -proposed tracker (LP: #1715651)

  * Xenial update to 4.4.78 stable release broke Address Sanitizer
    (LP: #1715636)
    - mm: revert x86_64 and arm64 ELF_ET_DYN_BASE base changes

linux (4.4.0-94.117) xenial; urgency=low

  * linux: 4.4.0-94.117 -proposed tracker (LP: #1713462)

  * mwifiex causes kernel oops when AP mode is enabled (LP: #1712746)
    - SAUCE: net/wireless: do not dereference invalid pointer
    - SAUCE: mwifiex: do not dereference invalid pointer

  * Backport more recent Broadcom bnxt_en driver (LP: #1711056)
    - SAUCE: bnxt_en_bpo: Import bnxt_en driver version 1.8.1
    - SAUCE: bnxt_en_bpo: Drop distro out-of-tree detection logic
    - SAUCE: bnxt_en_bpo: Remove unnecessary compile flags
    - SAUCE: bnxt_en_bpo: Move config settings to Kconfig
    - SAUCE: bnxt_en_bpo: Remove PCI_IDs handled by the regular driver
    - SAUCE: bnxt_en_bpo: Rename the backport driver to bnxt_en_bpo
    - bnxt_en_bpo: [Config] Enable CONFIG_BNXT_BPO=m

  * HID: multitouch: Support ALPS PTP Stick and Touchpad devices (LP: #1712481)
    - HID: multitouch: Support PTP Stick and Touchpad device
    - SAUCE: HID: multitouch: Support ALPS PTP stick with pid 0x120A

  * igb: Support using Broadcom 54616 as PHY (LP: #1712024)
    - SAUCE: igb: add support for using Broadcom 54616 as PHY

  * IPR driver causes multipath to fail paths/stuck IO on Medium Errors
    (LP: #1682644)
    - scsi: ipr: do not set DID_PASSTHROUGH on CHECK CONDITION

  * accessing /dev/hvc1 with stress-ng on Ubuntu xenial causes crash
    (LP: #1711401)
    - tty/hvc: Use IRQF_SHARED for OPAL hvc consoles

  * memory-hotplug test needs to be fixed (LP: #1710868)
    - selftests: typo correction for memory-hotplug test
    - selftests: check hot-pluggagble memory for memory-hotplug test
    - selftests: check percentage range for memory-hotplug test
    - selftests: add missing test name in memory-hotplug test
    - selftests: fix memory-hotplug test

  * HP lt4132 LTE/HSPA+ 4G Module (03f0:a31d) does not work (LP: #1707643)
    - net: cdc_mbim: apply "NDP to end" quirk to HP lt4132

  * Migrating KSM page causes the VM lock up as the KSM page merging list is too
    large (LP: #1680513)
    - ksm: introduce ksm_max_page_sharing per page deduplication limit
    - ksm: fix use after free with merge_across_nodes = 0
    - ksm: cleanup stable_node chain collapse case
    - ksm: swap the two output parameters of chain/chain_prune
    - ksm: optimize refile of stable_node_dup at the head of the chain

  * sort ABI files with C.UTF-8 locale (LP: #1712345)
    - [Packaging] sort ABI ...

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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