xenial/linux-aws: 4.4.0-1106.117 -proposed tracker

[Khaled El Mously]

This bug will contain status and test results related to a kernel source (or snap) as stated in the title.

For an explanation of the tasks and the associated workflow see:
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-- swm properties --
boot-testing-requested: true
kernel-stable-master-bug: 1870660
packages:
  main: linux-aws
  meta: linux-meta-aws
phase: Complete
phase-changed: Wednesday, 29. April 2020 15:06 UTC
proposed-announcement-sent: true
proposed-testing-requested: true
reason: {}
trackers:
  xenial/linux-aws/aws-kernel: bug 1870648
variant: debs
versions:
  main: 4.4.0-1106.117
  meta: 4.4.0.1106.110

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

4.4.0-1105.116 - aws
Regression test CMPL, RTB.

Issue to note in x86_64 (aws):
  ubuntu_kernel_selftests - cpu_hotplug (bug 1812149) on t2.small
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - apic timeouted (bug 1748103) debug (bug 1821906) vmx (bug 1821394) vmx_apic_passthrough_thread (bug 1822309) vmx_apicv_test (bug 1827866) vmx_eoi_bitmap_ioapic_scan (bug 1860515) vmx_hlt_with_rvi_test (bug 1822308) vmx_host_state_area (bug 1866585) vmx_intr_window_test (bug 1866586) vmx_nm_test (bug 1866587) vmx_nmi_window_test (bug 1866588) vmx_pending_event_test (bug 1866591) on bare metal nodes
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls - fanotify06 (bug 1833028) fanotify07 blacklisted (bug 1775165) fanotify10 (bug 1802454) move_pages12 (bug 1831043) on some instances fallocate06 (bug 1865967) kill11 (bug 1865965) add_key05 (bug 1869644)
  ubuntu_lxc - Unable to fetch GPG key in lxc-test-autostart failed on i3.metal
  ubuntu_unionmount_ovlfs - failed with the latest code in upstream (bug 1854298)

Skipped / blacklisted:
 * ubuntu_ltp
 * ubuntu_sysdig_smoke_test

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-aws - 4.4.0-1106.117

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linux-aws (4.4.0-1106.117) xenial; urgency=medium

  * xenial/linux-aws: 4.4.0-1106.117 -proposed tracker (LP: #1870649)

  [ Ubuntu: 4.4.0-178.208 ]

  * xenial/linux: 4.4.0-178.208 -proposed tracker (LP: #1870660)
  * CVE-2019-19768
    - blktrace: Protect q->blk_trace with RCU
    - blktrace: fix dereference after null check
  * Multiple Kexec in AWS Nitro instances fail (LP: #1869948)
    - net: ena: Add PCI shutdown handler to allow safe kexec
  * Insert test_bpf module will report 4 failures for ubuntu_bpf_jit on X s390x
    (LP: #1768452)
    - test_bpf: flag tests that cannot be jited on s390
  * Mounting LVM snapshots with xfs can hit kernel BUG in nvme driver
    (LP: #1869229)
    - block: fix bio_will_gap() for first bvec with offset
  * Xenial update: 4.4.217 upstream stable release (LP: #1868629)
    - NFS: Remove superfluous kmap in nfs_readdir_xdr_to_array
    - r8152: check disconnect status after long sleep
    - net: nfc: fix bounds checking bugs on "pipe"
    - bnxt_en: reinitialize IRQs when MTU is modified
    - fib: add missing attribute validation for tun_id
    - nl802154: add missing attribute validation
    - nl802154: add missing attribute validation for dev_type
    - team: add missing attribute validation for port ifindex
    - team: add missing attribute validation for array index
    - nfc: add missing attribute validation for SE API
    - nfc: add missing attribute validation for vendor subcommand
    - ipvlan: add cond_resched_rcu() while processing muticast backlog
    - ipvlan: do not add hardware address of master to its unicast filter list
    - ipvlan: egress mcast packets are not exceptional
    - ipvlan: do not use cond_resched_rcu() in ipvlan_process_multicast()
    - ipvlan: don't deref eth hdr before checking it's set
    - macvlan: add cond_resched() during multicast processing
    - net: fec: validate the new settings in fec_enet_set_coalesce()
    - slip: make slhc_compress() more robust against malicious packets
    - bonding/alb: make sure arp header is pulled before accessing it
    - net: fq: add missing attribute validation for orphan mask
    - iommu/vt-d: quirk_ioat_snb_local_iommu: replace WARN_TAINT with pr_warn +
      add_taint
    - drm/amd/display: remove duplicated assignment to grph_obj_type
    - gfs2_atomic_open(): fix O_EXCL|O_CREAT handling on cold dcache
    - KVM: x86: clear stale x86_emulate_ctxt->intercept value
    - ARC: define __ALIGN_STR and __ALIGN symbols for ARC
    - efi: Fix a race and a buffer overflow while reading efivars via sysfs
    - iommu/vt-d: dmar: replace WARN_TAINT with pr_warn + add_taint
    - iommu/vt-d: Fix a bug in intel_iommu_iova_to_phys() for huge page
    - nl80211: add missing attribute validation for critical protocol indication
    - nl80211: add missing attribute validation for channel switch
    - netfilter: cthelper: add missing attribute validation for cthelper
    - iommu/vt-d: Fix the wrong printing in RHSA parsing
    - iommu/vt-d: Ignore devices with out-of-spec domain number
    - ipv6: restrict IPV6_ADDRFORM operation
    - efi: Add a sanity check to efiv...

[Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot)]

All tasks have been completed and the bug is being set to Fix Released