linux: 4.15.0-24.26 -proposed tracker

[Khaled El Mously]

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

backports: bug 1776346 (linux-azure), bug 1776347 (linux-azure-edge), bug 1776348 (linux-hwe-edge)
derivatives: bug 1776339 (linux-raspi2), bug 1776340 (linux-oem), bug 1776341 (linux-aws), bug 1776342 (linux-azure), bug 1776344 (linux-gcp), bug 1776345 (linux-kvm)
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boot-testing-requested: true
bugs-spammed: true
phase: Released
proposed-announcement-sent: true
proposed-testing-requested: true

[Taihsiang Ho (tai271828)]

Hardware Certification have begun testing this -proposed kernel.

[Taihsiang Ho (tai271828)]

Hardware Certification have completed testing this -proposed kernel. No regressions were observed, results are available here: http://people.canonical.com/~hwcert/sru-testing/bionic/4.15.0-24.26/bionic-proposed-published.html

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

4.15.0-24.26 - generic
Regression test CMPL, RTB.

Issue to note in amd64:
  monotonic_time - lodygin constantly failed with tsc test (bug 1732620)
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - 27 failed on amaura, 16 failed on harpo, 4 failed on lodygin, 11 failed on michael
  ubuntu_ltp - inotify08 failed with X/X-LTS/X-HWE/A/B kernel (bug 1775784) 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_lxc - lxc-test-usernic.in failed on Bionic (bug 1775809)
  ubuntu_unionmount_overlayfs_suite - File unexpectedly on union layer (bug 1751243)

Issue to note in arm64:
  hwclock - issue for HP m400 (bug 1716603)
  ubuntu_bpf - test_maps failed to build on arm64 (bug 1779119)
  ubuntu_kvm_smoke_test - Unable to boot Xenial cloud image on Bionic ARM64 ThunderX / Azure (bug 1765668)
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - gicv3-ipi and gicv3-active failed on ms10-34-mcdivittB0-kernel, passed on the rest
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls - inotify08 failed with X/X-LTS/X-HWE/A/B kernel (bug 1775784)
  ubuntu_lxc - lxc-test-usernic.in failed on Bionic (bug 1775809)
  ubuntu_unionmount_overlayfs_suite - File unexpectedly on union layer (bug 1751243)

Issue to note in i386:
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls - fcntl36 failed with X/X-LTS/X-HWE/X-EDGE/B i386 kernel (bug 1774396) inotify08 failed with X/X-LTS/X-HWE/A/B kernel (bug 1775784)
  ubuntu_unionmount_overlayfs_suite - File unexpectedly on union layer (bug 1751243)

Issue to note in ppc64le (P9):
  hwclock - adjusted time got a small difference
  ubuntu_bpf - test_maps failed to build on ppc64le (bug 1750793)
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - sprs hang, bug 1740017
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls - inotify08 failed with X/X-LTS/X-HWE/A/B kernel (bug 1775784)
  ubuntu_lxc - lxc-test-usernic.in failed on Bionic (bug 1775809)
  ubuntu_unionmount_overlayfs_suite - File unexpectedly on union layer (bug 1751243)

Issue to note in s390x (Ubuntu on LPAR):
  ubuntu_bpf - failed to build on s390x (bug 1711299)
  ubuntu_bpf_jit - ubuntu_bpf_jit test failed on Bionic s390x (bug 1753941)
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls - inotify08 failed with X/X-LTS/X-HWE/A/B kernel (bug 1775784)
  ubuntu_lxc - lxc-test-usernic.in failed on Bionic (bug 1775809)
  ubuntu_unionmount_overlayfs_suite - File unexpectedly on union layer (bug 1751243)

Issue to note in s390x (zKVM):
  ubuntu_bpf - failed to build on s390x (bug 1711299)
  ubuntu_bpf_jit - ubuntu_bpf_jit test failed on Bionic s390x (bug 1753941)
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - skey failed
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls - inotify08 failed with X/X-LTS/X-HWE/A/B kernel (bug 1775784)
  ubuntu_lxc - lxc-test-usernic.in failed on Bionic (bug 1775809)
  ubuntu_unionmount_overlayfs_suite - File unexpectedly on union layer (bug 1751243)

Issue to note in s390x (zVM):
  ubuntu_bpf - failed to build on s390x (bug 1711299)
  ubuntu_bpf_jit - ubuntu_bpf_jit test failed on Bionic s390x (bug 1753941)
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - skey failed (bug 1778705)
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls - inotify08 failed with X/X-LTS/X-HWE/A/B kernel (bug 1775784)
  ubuntu_lxc - lxc-test-usernic.in failed on Bionic (bug 1775809)
  ubuntu_unionmount_overlayfs_suite - File une...

[Kleber Sacilotto de Souza (kleber-souza)]

Setting verification-testing to 'Fix Released'. The remaining non-verified fixes have low regression potential.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.15.0-24.26

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linux (4.15.0-24.26) bionic; urgency=medium

  * linux: 4.15.0-24.26 -proposed tracker (LP: #1776338)

  * Bionic update: upstream stable patchset 2018-06-06 (LP: #1775483)
    - drm: bridge: dw-hdmi: Fix overflow workaround for Amlogic Meson GX SoCs
    - i40e: Fix attach VF to VM issue
    - tpm: cmd_ready command can be issued only after granting locality
    - tpm: tpm-interface: fix tpm_transmit/_cmd kdoc
    - tpm: add retry logic
    - Revert "ath10k: send (re)assoc peer command when NSS changed"
    - bonding: do not set slave_dev npinfo before slave_enable_netpoll in
      bond_enslave
    - ipv6: add RTA_TABLE and RTA_PREFSRC to rtm_ipv6_policy
    - ipv6: sr: fix NULL pointer dereference in seg6_do_srh_encap()- v4 pkts
    - KEYS: DNS: limit the length of option strings
    - l2tp: check sockaddr length in pppol2tp_connect()
    - net: validate attribute sizes in neigh_dump_table()
    - llc: delete timers synchronously in llc_sk_free()
    - tcp: don't read out-of-bounds opsize
    - net: af_packet: fix race in PACKET_{R|T}X_RING
    - tcp: md5: reject TCP_MD5SIG or TCP_MD5SIG_EXT on established sockets
    - net: fix deadlock while clearing neighbor proxy table
    - team: avoid adding twice the same option to the event list
    - net/smc: fix shutdown in state SMC_LISTEN
    - team: fix netconsole setup over team
    - packet: fix bitfield update race
    - tipc: add policy for TIPC_NLA_NET_ADDR
    - pppoe: check sockaddr length in pppoe_connect()
    - vlan: Fix reading memory beyond skb->tail in skb_vlan_tagged_multi
    - amd-xgbe: Add pre/post auto-negotiation phy hooks
    - sctp: do not check port in sctp_inet6_cmp_addr
    - amd-xgbe: Improve KR auto-negotiation and training
    - strparser: Do not call mod_delayed_work with a timeout of LONG_MAX
    - amd-xgbe: Only use the SFP supported transceiver signals
    - strparser: Fix incorrect strp->need_bytes value.
    - net: sched: ife: signal not finding metaid
    - tcp: clear tp->packets_out when purging write queue
    - net: sched: ife: handle malformed tlv length
    - net: sched: ife: check on metadata length
    - llc: hold llc_sap before release_sock()
    - llc: fix NULL pointer deref for SOCK_ZAPPED
    - net: ethernet: ti: cpsw: fix tx vlan priority mapping
    - virtio_net: split out ctrl buffer
    - virtio_net: fix adding vids on big-endian
    - KVM: s390: force bp isolation for VSIE
    - s390: correct module section names for expoline code revert
    - microblaze: Setup dependencies for ASM optimized lib functions
    - commoncap: Handle memory allocation failure.
    - scsi: mptsas: Disable WRITE SAME
    - cdrom: information leak in cdrom_ioctl_media_changed()
    - m68k/mac: Don't remap SWIM MMIO region
    - block/swim: Check drive type
    - block/swim: Don't log an error message for an invalid ioctl
    - block/swim: Remove extra put_disk() call from error path
    - block/swim: Rename macros to avoid inconsistent inverted logic
    - block/swim: Select appropriate drive on device open
    - block/swim: Fix array bounds check
    - block/swim: Fix IO error at end of medium
    -...

[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 - 4.15.0-29.31

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linux (4.15.0-29.31) bionic; urgency=medium

  * 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

linux (4.15.0-28.30) bionic; urgency=medium

  * 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 (4.15.0-27.29) bionic; urgency=medium

  * 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 (4.15.0-26.28) bionic; urgency=medium

  * 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 (4.15.0-25.27) bionic; urgency=medium

  * linux: 4.15.0-25.27 -proposed tracker (LP: #1779354)

  * hisi_sas_v3_hw: internal task abort: timeout and not done. (LP: #1777736)
    - scsi: hisi_sas: Update a couple of register settings for v3 hw

  * hisi_sas: Add missing PHY spinlock init (LP: #1777734)
    - scsi: hisi_sas: Add missing PHY spinlock init

  * hisi_sas: improve read performance by pre-allocating slot DMA buffers
    (LP: #1777727)
    - scsi: hisi_sas: use dma_zalloc_cohe...