linux-azure: 4.11.0-1016.16 -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
-- swm properties --
boot-testing-requested: true
kernel-stable-master-bug: 1736118
phase: Released
proposed-announcement-sent: true
proposed-testing-requested: true

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

4.11.0-1016.16 - azure
Regression test CMPL.

Issue to note in x86_64 (azure):
  ebizzy - failed on Standard_A0, passed on the rest
  libhugetlbfs - 1 failed (brk_near_huge, bug 1653597), Killed by signal 1, bad config 3, passed on the rest
  monotonic_time - all three tests (or just tsc test) failed on some instances, passed on the rest
  ubuntu_ltp - test disabled
  ubuntu_lttng_smoke_test - Standard_A0 failed with Kernel tracer not available, passed on the rest
  ubuntu_lxc - lxc-test-ubuntu failed (Failed to start networking in ubuntu-cloud container, Failed creating ubuntu-cloud container due to too many open files), lxc-test-apparmor-mount (container failed to start) passed on the rest
  ubuntu_qrt_kernel_aslr_collisions - some instances failed with the setup test due to connection issue, passed on the rest
  ubuntu_qrt_kernel_security - some instances failed with the setup test due to connection issue, passed on the rest
  ubuntu_stress_smoke_test - userfaultfd failed on Standard_A0, passed on the rest
  ubuntu_unionmount_overlayfs_suite - bug 1727290
  ubuntu_zfs_smoke_test - failed on two instances (Standard_B1s and Standard_G1) passed on the rest

[Stefan Bader (smb)]

Moving versions backwards did not go well with the ADT matrix.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-azure - 4.11.0-1016.16

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linux-azure (4.11.0-1016.16) xenial; urgency=low

  * linux-azure: 4.11.0-1016.16 -proposed tracker (LP: #1736123)

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

  * CVE-2017-16939
    - ipsec: Fix aborted xfrm policy dump crash

 -- Marcelo Henrique Cerri <email address hidden> Tue, 05 Dec 2017 14:20:03 -0200

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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