xenial/linux-gcp: 4.15.0-1051.54 -proposed tracker

[Kleber Sacilotto de Souza]

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:
  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/kernel-sru-workflow

-- swm properties --
boot-testing-requested: true
kernel-stable-master-bug: 1856749
packages:
  main: linux-gcp
  meta: linux-meta-gcp
  signed: linux-signed-gcp
phase: Signoff
phase-changed: Friday, 20. December 2019 01:13 UTC
proposed-announcement-sent: true
proposed-testing-requested: true
reason:
  security-signoff: Stalled -- waiting for signoff
trackers:
  xenial/linux-gcp/gcp-kernel: bug 1854814
  xenial/linux-gcp/gke-kernel: bug 1854815
variant: debs

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

4.15.0-1051.54 - gcp
Regression test CMPL, RTB.

Issue to note in gcp:
  ubuntu_k8s_unit_tests - test failed with context package not found in go (bug 1850105)
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls - statx05 (bug 1798524) quotactl04 (bug 1854153)

Skipped / blacklisted:
 * ubuntu_ltp

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-gcp - 4.15.0-1052.56

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linux-gcp (4.15.0-1052.56) xenial; urgency=medium

  * xenial/linux-gcp: 4.15.0-1052.56 -proposed tracker (LP: #1856976)

  * Enable GVE network driver for GCP kernels (LP: #1855992)
    - build_bug.h: add wrapper for _Static_assert
    - net: place xmit recursion in softnet data
    - gve: Add basic driver framework for Compute Engine Virtual NIC
    - gve: Add transmit and receive support
    - gve: Add workqueue and reset support
    - gve: Add ethtool support
    - gve: Fix u64_stats_sync to initialize start
    - gve: fix -ENOMEM null check on a page allocation
    - gve: Fix error return code in gve_alloc_qpls()
    - gve: fix unused variable/label warnings
    - gve: Remove the exporting of gve_probe
    - gve: Fix case where desc_cnt and data_cnt can get out of sync
    - gve: Copy and paste bug in gve_get_stats()
    - gve: replace kfree with kvfree
    - gve: Fixes DMA synchronization.
    - gve: Fix the queue page list allocated pages count
    - [config] Enable GVE driver

linux-gcp (4.15.0-1051.54) xenial; urgency=medium

  * xenial/linux-gcp: 4.15.0-1051.54 -proposed tracker (LP: #1854816)

  * backport DIMLIB (lib/dim/) to pre-5.2 kernels (LP: #1852637)
    - gcp: [Config] CONFIG_DIMLIB=y

  * Bionic update: upstream stable patchset 2019-11-21 (LP: #1853519)
    - gcp: [Config] CONFIG_SGL_ALLOC=y

  [ Ubuntu: 4.15.0-73.82 ]

  * bionic/linux: 4.15.0-73.82 -proposed tracker (LP: #1854819)
  * CVE-2019-14901
    - SAUCE: mwifiex: Fix heap overflow in mmwifiex_process_tdls_action_frame()
  * CVE-2019-14896 // CVE-2019-14897
    - SAUCE: libertas: Fix two buffer overflows at parsing bss descriptor
  * CVE-2019-14895
    - SAUCE: mwifiex: fix possible heap overflow in mwifiex_process_country_ie()
  * CVE-2019-18660: patches for Ubuntu (LP: #1853142) // CVE-2019-18660
    - powerpc/64s: support nospectre_v2 cmdline option
    - powerpc/book3s64: Fix link stack flush on context switch
    - KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Flush link stack on guest exit to host kernel
  * Please add patch fixing RK818 ID detection (LP: #1853192)
    - SAUCE: mfd: rk808: Fix RK818 ID template
  * [SRU][B/OEM-B/OEM-OSP1/D] Enable new Elan touchpads which are not in current
    whitelist (LP: #1853246)
    - HID: quirks: Fix keyboard + touchpad on Lenovo Miix 630
    - Input: elan_i2c - export the device id whitelist
    - HID: quirks: Refactor ELAN 400 and 401 handling
  * Lenovo dock MAC Address pass through doesn't work in Ubuntu (LP: #1827961)
    - r8152: Add macpassthru support for ThinkPad Thunderbolt 3 Dock Gen 2
  * s390/dasd: reduce the default queue depth and nr of hardware queues
    (LP: #1852257)
    - s390/dasd: reduce the default queue depth and nr of hardware queues
  * External microphone can't work on some dell machines with the codec alc256
    or alc236 (LP: #1853791)
    - SAUCE: ALSA: hda/realtek - Move some alc256 pintbls to fallback table
    - SAUCE: ALSA: hda/realtek - Move some alc236 pintbls to fallback table
  * Memory leak in net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c - 8 pages per ipsec connection
    (LP: #1853197)
    - xfrm: Fix memleak on xfrm state destroy
  * CVE-2019-190...