linux: 4.4.0-102.125 -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: 1733542,1733543
derivatives: 1733544,1733546,1733547,1733548,1734968,1733550
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boot-testing-requested: true
phase: Promoted to proposed
proposed-announcement-sent: true
proposed-testing-requested: true

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

4.4.0-102.125 - generic
Regression test CMPL.

Issue to note in amd64:
  monotonic_time - gtod failed on rumford
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - 20 failed on michael, 30 failed on pepe, 31 failed on amaura
  ubuntu_qrt_apparmor - apparmor parser issue, bug 1734038
  ubuntu_unionmount_overlayfs_suite - failed on rizzo and michael, both manually tested and passed
  xfstests - btrfs generic/166 timed out, bug 1731455

Issue to note in arm64:
  rtc - Update IRQs not supported on wright
  ubuntu_docker_smoke_test - Failed to fetch file, looks like a firewall issue
  ubuntu_kvm_smoke_test - uvtool issue, bug 1452016
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - pmu, gicv2-ipi, gicv2-active failed
  ubuntu_qrt_apparmor - apparmor parser issue, bug 1734038
  ubuntu_zfs_xfs_generic - failed with test 079, bug 1732370

Issue to note in i386:
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - 5 failed on pepe (smap, hypercall, msr, tsc, taskswitch2)
  ubuntu_qrt_apparmor - apparmor parser issue, bug 1734038
  xfstests - xfs eat up all free space, bug 1720343

Issue to note in ppc64le:
  hwclock - passed after re-test
  rtc - Update IRQs not supported.
  ubuntu_kvm_smoke_test - uvtool issue, bug 1452016
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - spapr_hcall failed (bug 1712803), sprs failed (bug 1723904), emulator failed (bug 1723914)
  ubuntu_qrt_apparmor - apparmor parser issue, bug 1734038
  ubuntu_unionmount_overlayfs_suite - test timed out, passed after re-test
  xfstests - btrfs generic/166 timed out, bug 1731455

Issue to note in s390x (Ubuntu on LPAR):
  aio_dio_bugs - event res -22, bug 1730895
  libhugetlbfs - 11 failed (Address is not hugepage, Heap not on hugepages, small_const/small_data is not hugepage), 7 killed by signal, 1 bad config
  scrashme - failed to build, bug 168924
  ubuntu_ecryptfs - miscdev-bad-count.sh.xfs ~ namelen.sh failed (28 failed)
  ubuntu_kvm_smoke_test - uvtool issue, bug 1452016
  ubuntu_qrt_apparmor - apparmor parser issue, bug 1734038

Issue to note in s390x (zKVM):
  aio_dio_bugs - event res -22, bug 1730895
  libhugetlbfs - 11 failed (Address is not hugepage, Heap not on hugepages, small_const/small_data is not hugepage), 7 killed by signal, 1 bad config
  scrashme - failed to build, bug 168924
  ubuntu_ecryptfs - miscdev-bad-count.sh.xfs ~ namelen.sh failed (28 failed)
  ubuntu_kvm_smoke_test - uvtool issue, bug 1452016
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - selftest-setup and intercept failed, bug 1726225
  ubuntu_lxc - lxc-test-ubuntu failed (Failed to start networking in ubuntu-cloud container)
  ubuntu_qrt_apparmor - apparmor parser issue, bug 1734038

Issue to note in s390x (zVM):
  aio_dio_bugs - event res -22, bug 1730895
  libhugetlbfs - IOError: [Errno 524] Unknown error 524, bug 1729510
  scrashme - failed to build, bug 168924
  ubuntu_ecryptfs - miscdev-bad-count.sh.xfs ~ namelen.sh failed (28 failed)
  ubuntu_kvm_smoke_test - uvtool issue, bug 1452016
  ubuntu_lxc - lxc-test-ubuntu failed (Failed to start networking in ubuntu-cloud container)
  ubuntu_qrt_apparmor - apparmor parser issue, bug 1734038

4.4.0-102.125 - lowlatency
Regression test CMPL.

Issue to note in amd64:
  monotonic_time - gtod failed on rumford
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[Taihsiang Ho (tai271828)]

Hardware Certification have begun testing this -proposed kernel.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.4.0-103.126

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linux (4.4.0-103.126) xenial; urgency=low

  * linux: 4.4.0-103.126 -proposed tracker (LP: #1736181)

  * CVE-2017-1000405
    - mm, thp: Do not make page table dirty unconditionally in touch_p[mu]d()

  * CVE-2017-16939
    - netlink: add a start callback for starting a netlink dump
    - ipsec: Fix aborted xfrm policy dump crash

linux (4.4.0-102.125) xenial; urgency=low

  * linux: 4.4.0-102.125 -proposed tracker (LP: #1733541)

  * tar -x sometimes fails on overlayfs (LP: #1728489)
    - ovl: check if all layers are on the same fs
    - ovl: persistent inode number for directories

  * NVMe timeout is too short (LP: #1729119)
    - nvme: update timeout module parameter type

  * Set PANIC_TIMEOUT=10 on Power Systems (LP: #1730660)
    - [Config]: Set PANIC_TIMEOUT=10 on ppc64el

  * Cannot pair BLE remote devices when using combo BT SoC (LP: #1731467)
    - Bluetooth: increase timeout for le auto connections

  * CIFS errors on 4.4.0-98, but not on 4.4.0-97 with same config (LP: #1729337)
    - SMB3: Validate negotiate request must always be signed

  * Plantronics P610 does not support sample rate reading (LP: #1719853)
    - ALSA: usb-audio: Add sample rate quirk for Plantronics P610

  * Invalid btree pointer causes the kernel NULL pointer dereference
    (LP: #1729256)
    - xfs: reinit btree pointer on attr tree inactivation walk

  * Samba mount/umount in docker container triggers kernel Oops (LP: #1729637)
    - ipv6: only call ip6_route_dev_notify() once for NETDEV_UNREGISTER
    - ipv6: fix NULL dereference in ip6_route_dev_notify()

  * [kernel] tty/hvc: Use opal irqchip interface if available (LP: #1728098)
    - tty/hvc: Use opal irqchip interface if available

  * Device hotplugging with MPT SAS cannot work for VMWare ESXi (LP: #1730852)
    - scsi: mptsas: Fixup device hotplug for VMWare ESXi

  * NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup on Guest upon boot (KVM) (LP: #1727331)
    - KVM: PPC: Book3S: Treat VTB as a per-subcore register, not per-thread

  * Attempt to map rbd image from ceph jewel/luminous hangs (LP: #1728739)
    - crush: ensure bucket id is valid before indexing buckets array
    - crush: ensure take bucket value is valid
    - crush: add chooseleaf_stable tunable
    - crush: decode and initialize chooseleaf_stable
    - libceph: advertise support for TUNABLES5
    - libceph: MOSDOpReply v7 encoding

  * Xenial update to 4.4.98 stable release (LP: #1732698)
    - adv7604: Initialize drive strength to default when using DT
    - video: fbdev: pmag-ba-fb: Remove bad `__init' annotation
    - PCI: mvebu: Handle changes to the bridge windows while enabled
    - xen/netback: set default upper limit of tx/rx queues to 8
    - drm: drm_minor_register(): Clean up debugfs on failure
    - KVM: PPC: Book 3S: XICS: correct the real mode ICP rejecting counter
    - iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Clear prior settings when updating STEs
    - powerpc/corenet: explicitly disable the SDHC controller on kmcoge4
    - ARM: omap2plus_defconfig: Fix probe errors on UARTs 5 and 6
    - crypto: vmx - disable preemption to enable vsx in aes_ctr.c
    - iio: trigger: free trigger...