linux-gcp: 4.13.0-1010.14 -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
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boot-testing-requested: true
kernel-stable-master-bug: 1746903
phase: Promoted to proposed
proposed-announcement-sent: true
proposed-testing-requested: true

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

4.13.0-1010.14 - gcp
Regression test CMPL.

Issue to note in gcp:
  libhugetlbfs - 1 failed (brk_near_huge), 1 killed by signal, 3 bad configuration
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - test disabled
  ubuntu_lxc - lxc-test-ubuntu (Failed to start networking in ubuntu-cloud container)

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

No bug was tagged with verification-needed in this cycle.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-gcp - 4.13.0-1011.15

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linux-gcp (4.13.0-1011.15) xenial; urgency=medium

  * linux-gcp: 4.13.0-1011.15 -proposed tracker (LP: #1748478)

  [ Ubuntu: 4.13.0-35.39 ]

  * linux: 4.13.0-35.39 -proposed tracker (LP: #1748743)
  * CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre v2 Intel)
    - Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: turn off IBPB when full retpoline is present"
    - SAUCE: turn off IBRS when full retpoline is present
    - [Packaging] retpoline files must be sorted
    - [Packaging] pull in retpoline files

  [ Ubuntu: 4.13.0-34.37 ]

  * linux: 4.13.0-34.37 -proposed tracker (LP: #1748475)
  * libata: apply MAX_SEC_1024 to all LITEON EP1 series devices (LP: #1743053)
    - libata: apply MAX_SEC_1024 to all LITEON EP1 series devices
  * KVM patches for s390x to provide facility bits 81 (ppa15) and 82 (bpb)
    (LP: #1747090)
    - KVM: s390: wire up bpb feature
  * artful 4.13 i386 kernels crash after memory hotplug remove (LP: #1747069)
    - Revert "mm, memory_hotplug: do not associate hotadded memory to zones
      until online"
  * CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre v2 Intel)
    - x86/feature: Enable the x86 feature to control Speculation
    - x86/feature: Report presence of IBPB and IBRS control
    - x86/enter: MACROS to set/clear IBRS and set IBPB
    - x86/enter: Use IBRS on syscall and interrupts
    - x86/idle: Disable IBRS entering idle and enable it on wakeup
    - x86/idle: Disable IBRS when offlining cpu and re-enable on wakeup
    - x86/mm: Set IBPB upon context switch
    - x86/mm: Only set IBPB when the new thread cannot ptrace current thread
    - x86/entry: Stuff RSB for entry to kernel for non-SMEP platform
    - x86/kvm: add MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL and MSR_IA32_PRED_CMD to kvm
    - x86/kvm: Set IBPB when switching VM
    - x86/kvm: Toggle IBRS on VM entry and exit
    - x86/spec_ctrl: Add sysctl knobs to enable/disable SPEC_CTRL feature
    - x86/spec_ctrl: Add lock to serialize changes to ibrs and ibpb control
    - x86/cpu/AMD: Add speculative control support for AMD
    - x86/microcode: Extend post microcode reload to support IBPB feature
    - KVM: SVM: Do not intercept new speculative control MSRs
    - x86/svm: Set IBRS value on VM entry and exit
    - x86/svm: Set IBPB when running a different VCPU
    - KVM: x86: Add speculative control CPUID support for guests
    - SAUCE: turn off IBPB when full retpoline is present
  * Artful 4.13 fixes for tun (LP: #1748846)
    - tun: call dev_get_valid_name() before register_netdevice()
    - tun: allow positive return values on dev_get_valid_name() call
    - tun/tap: sanitize TUNSETSNDBUF input
  * boot failure on AMD Raven + WestonXT (LP: #1742759)
    - SAUCE: drm/amdgpu: add atpx quirk handling (v2)

linux-gcp (4.13.0-1010.14) xenial; urgency=medium

  * linux-gcp: 4.13.0-1010.14 -proposed tracker (LP: #1746905)
  * CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre v2 retpoline)
    - [Config] enable CONFIG_RETPOLINE for gcp kernel

  [ Ubuntu: 4.13.0-33.36 ]

  * linux: 4.13.0-33.36 -proposed tracker (LP: #1746903)
  * starting VMs causing retpoline4 to reboot (LP: #1747507) // CVE-2017-5715
    (Spectre v2 retpoline)
    - x86/retpoline: Fill RSB on context switch for affected CPUs...