linux-kvm: 4.15.0-1016.16 -proposed tracker

[Stefan Bader]

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[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

4.15.0-1016.16 - kvm
Regression test CMPL, RTB.

Issue to note in amd64:
  ubuntu_blktrace_smoke_test - ubuntu_blktrace_smoke_test failed with 4.4 / 4.15 kvm kernel (bug 1760636)
  ubuntu_fan_smoke_test - ubuntu_fan_smoke_test failed on 4.4/4.15 kvm kernel (bug 1763323)
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - 16 failed on chico
  ubuntu_ltp - ar test failed with 4.15 KVM (bug 1765331)
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls - inotify08 failed with X/X-LTS/X-HWE/A/B kernel (bug 1775784)
  ubuntu_lttng_smoke_test - Unable to build lttng module on 4.4/4.15 KVM kernel (bug 1760647)
  ubuntu_qrt_kernel_security - config_hardened_usercopy (bug 1766777) config_debug_wx (bug 1782721)
  ubuntu_quota_smoke_test - should be disabled for KVM kernel (needs to be discussed)
  ubuntu_stress_smoke_test - af-alg failed with 4.4/4.15 KVM kernel (bug 1760637) dccp failed with 4.4/4.15 KVM kernel (bug 1760638)
  ubuntu_sysdig_smoke_test - Unable to insert sysdig_probe module on B-KVM kernel (bug 1766565)
  ubuntu_unionmount_overlayfs_suite - File unexpectedly on union layer (bug 1751243)
  ubuntu_zram_smoke_test - zram module not found (bug 1766823)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-kvm - 4.15.0-1016.16

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linux-kvm (4.15.0-1016.16) bionic; urgency=medium

  * linux-kvm: 4.15.0-1016.16 -proposed tracker (LP: #1782180)

  [ Ubuntu: 4.15.0-29.31 ]

  * linux: 4.15.0-29.31 -proposed tracker (LP: #1782173)
  * [SRU Bionic][Cosmic] kernel panic in ipmi_ssif at msg_done_handler
    (LP: #1777716)
    - ipmi_ssif: Fix kernel panic at msg_done_handler
  * Update to ocxl driver for 18.04.1 (LP: #1775786)
    - misc: ocxl: use put_device() instead of device_unregister()
    - powerpc: Add TIDR CPU feature for POWER9
    - powerpc: Use TIDR CPU feature to control TIDR allocation
    - powerpc: use task_pid_nr() for TID allocation
    - ocxl: Rename pnv_ocxl_spa_remove_pe to clarify it's action
    - ocxl: Expose the thread_id needed for wait on POWER9
    - ocxl: Add an IOCTL so userspace knows what OCXL features are available
    - ocxl: Document new OCXL IOCTLs
    - ocxl: Fix missing unlock on error in afu_ioctl_enable_p9_wait()
  * Critical upstream bugfix missing in Ubuntu 18.04 - frequent Xorg crash after
    suspend (LP: #1776887)
    - ocxl: Document the OCXL_IOCTL_GET_METADATA IOCTL
  * Hard LOCKUP observed on stressing Ubuntu 18 04 (LP: #1777194)
    - powerpc: use NMI IPI for smp_send_stop
    - powerpc: Fix smp_send_stop NMI IPI handling
  * IPL: ppc64_cpu --frequency hang with INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls on
    CPUs/tasks on w34 and wsbmc016 with 920.1714.20170330n (LP: #1773964)
    - rtc: opal: Fix OPAL RTC driver OPAL_BUSY loops
  * [Regression] EXT4-fs error (device sda2): ext4_validate_block_bitmap:383:
    comm stress-ng: bg 4705: bad block bitmap checksum (LP: #1781709)
    - SAUCE: Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: ext4: fix ext4_validate_inode_bitmap: comm
      stress-ng: Corrupt inode bitmap"
    - SAUCE: ext4: check for allocation block validity with block group locked

  [ Ubuntu: 4.15.0-28.30 ]

  * linux: 4.15.0-28.30 -proposed tracker (LP: #1781433)
  * Cannot set MTU higher than 1500 in Xen instance (LP: #1781413)
    - xen-netfront: Fix mismatched rtnl_unlock
    - xen-netfront: Update features after registering netdev

linux-kvm (4.15.0-1015.15) bionic; urgency=medium

  * linux-kvm: 4.15.0-1015.15 -proposed tracker (LP: #1781068)

  [ Ubuntu: 4.15.0-27.29 ]

  * linux: 4.15.0-27.29 -proposed tracker (LP: #1781062)
  * [Regression] EXT4-fs error (device sda1): ext4_validate_inode_bitmap:99:
    comm stress-ng: Corrupt inode bitmap (LP: #1780137)
    - SAUCE: ext4: fix ext4_validate_inode_bitmap: comm stress-ng: Corrupt inode
      bitmap

linux-kvm (4.15.0-1014.14) bionic; urgency=medium

  * linux-kvm: 4.15.0-1014.14 -proposed tracker (LP: #1780119)

  [ Ubuntu: 4.15.0-26.28 ]

  * linux: 4.15.0-26.28 -proposed tracker (LP: #1780112)
  * failure to boot with linux-image-4.15.0-24-generic (LP: #1779827) // Cloud-
    init causes potentially huge boot delays with 4.15 kernels (LP: #1780062)
    - random: Make getrandom() ready earlier

linux-kvm (4.15.0-1013.13) bionic; urgency=medium

  * linux-kvm: 4.15.0-1013.13 -proposed tracker (LP: #1779363)

  * test_190_config_kernel_fortify in kernel security test failed with 4.15 KVM
    kernel (LP: #1766774)
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[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-kvm - 4.15.0-1020.20

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linux-kvm (4.15.0-1020.20) bionic; urgency=medium

  * linux-kvm: 4.15.0-1020.20 -proposed tracker (LP: #1787158)

  * DEBUG_WX is not set in Bionic KVM kernel (LP: #1782721)
    - kvm: [Config] enable CONFIG_DEBUG_WX

  * test_182_config_hardened_usercopy in kernel security test failed with 4.15
    KVM kernel (LP: #1766777)
    - usercopy: Do not select BUG with HARDENED_USERCOPY
    - kvm: [Config] Enable CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY

  [ Ubuntu: 4.15.0-33.36 ]

  * linux: 4.15.0-33.36 -proposed tracker (LP: #1787149)
  * RTNL assertion failure on ipvlan (LP: #1776927)
    - ipvlan: drop ipv6 dependency
    - ipvlan: use per device spinlock to protect addrs list updates
    - SAUCE: fix warning from "ipvlan: drop ipv6 dependency"
  * ubuntu_bpf_jit test failed on Bionic s390x systems (LP: #1753941)
    - test_bpf: flag tests that cannot be jited on s390
  * HDMI/DP audio can't work on the laptop of Dell Latitude 5495 (LP: #1782689)
    - drm/nouveau: fix nouveau_dsm_get_client_id()'s return type
    - drm/radeon: fix radeon_atpx_get_client_id()'s return type
    - drm/amdgpu: fix amdgpu_atpx_get_client_id()'s return type
    - platform/x86: apple-gmux: fix gmux_get_client_id()'s return type
    - ALSA: hda: use PCI_BASE_CLASS_DISPLAY to replace PCI_CLASS_DISPLAY_VGA
    - vga_switcheroo: set audio client id according to bound GPU id
  * locking sockets broken due to missing AppArmor socket mediation patches
    (LP: #1780227)
    - UBUNTU SAUCE: apparmor: fix apparmor mediating locking non-fs, unix sockets
  * Update2 for ocxl driver (LP: #1781436)
    - ocxl: Fix page fault handler in case of fault on dying process
  * netns: unable to follow an interface that moves to another netns
    (LP: #1774225)
    - net: core: Expose number of link up/down transitions
    - dev: always advertise the new nsid when the netns iface changes
    - dev: advertise the new ifindex when the netns iface changes
  * [Bionic] Disk IO hangs when using BFQ as io scheduler (LP: #1780066)
    - block, bfq: fix occurrences of request finish method's old name
    - block, bfq: remove batches of confusing ifdefs
    - block, bfq: add requeue-request hook
  * HP ProBook 455 G5 needs mute-led-gpio fixup (LP: #1781763)
    - ALSA: hda: add mute led support for HP ProBook 455 G5
  * [Bionic] bug fixes to improve stability of the ThunderX2 i2c driver
    (LP: #1781476)
    - i2c: xlp9xx: Fix issue seen when updating receive length
    - i2c: xlp9xx: Make sure the transfer size is not more than
      I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_SIZE
  * x86/kvm: fix LAPIC timer drift when guest uses periodic mode (LP: #1778486)
    - x86/kvm: fix LAPIC timer drift when guest uses periodic mode
  * Please include ax88179_178a and r8152 modules in d-i udeb (LP: #1771823)
    - [Config:] d-i: Add ax88179_178a and r8152 to nic-modules
  * Nvidia fails after switching its mode (LP: #1778658)
    - PCI: Restore config space on runtime resume despite being unbound
  * Kernel error "task zfs:pid blocked for more than 120 seconds" (LP: #1781364)
    - SAUCE: (noup) zfs to 0.7.5-1ubuntu16.3
  * CVE-2018-12232
    - PATCH 1/1] socket: cl...