This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.4.0-150.176 --------------- linux (4.4.0-150.176) xenial; urgency=medium * linux: 4.4.0-150.176 -proposed tracker (LP: #1830941) * glibc 2.23-0ubuntu11 ADT test failure with linux 4.4.0-149.175 (LP: #1830890) - x86/vdso: Pass --eh-frame-hdr to the linker linux (4.4.0-149.175) xenial; urgency=medium * linux: 4.4.0-149.175 -proposed tracker (LP: #1829209) * disable a.out support (LP: #1818552) - [Config] Disable a.out support * autopkgtests run too often, too much and don't skip enough (LP: #1823056) - [Debian] Set +x on rebuild testcase. - [Debian] Skip rebuild test, for regression-suite deps. - [Debian] Make ubuntu-regression-suite skippable on unbootable kernels. - [Debian] make rebuild use skippable error codes when skipping. - [Debian] Only run regression-suite, if requested to. * Xenial update: 4.4.179 upstream stable release (LP: #1828420) - arm64: debug: Don't propagate UNKNOWN FAR into si_code for debug signals - arm64: debug: Ensure debug handlers check triggering exception level - ext4: cleanup bh release code in ext4_ind_remove_space() - lib/int_sqrt: optimize initial value compute - tty/serial: atmel: Add is_half_duplex helper - mm: mempolicy: make mbind() return -EIO when MPOL_MF_STRICT is specified - i2c: core-smbus: prevent stack corruption on read I2C_BLOCK_DATA - Bluetooth: Fix decrementing reference count twice in releasing socket - tty/serial: atmel: RS485 HD w/DMA: enable RX after TX is stopped - CIFS: fix POSIX lock leak and invalid ptr deref - h8300: use cc-cross-prefix instead of hardcoding h8300-unknown-linux- - tracing: kdb: Fix ftdump to not sleep - gpio: gpio-omap: fix level interrupt idling - sysctl: handle overflow for file-max - enic: fix build warning without CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK - mm/cma.c: cma_declare_contiguous: correct err handling - mm/page_ext.c: fix an imbalance with kmemleak - mm/vmalloc.c: fix kernel BUG at mm/vmalloc.c:512! - mm/slab.c: kmemleak no scan alien caches - ocfs2: fix a panic problem caused by o2cb_ctl - f2fs: do not use mutex lock in atomic context - fs/file.c: initialize init_files.resize_wait - cifs: use correct format characters - dm thin: add sanity checks to thin-pool and external snapshot creation - cifs: Fix NULL pointer dereference of devname - fs: fix guard_bio_eod to check for real EOD errors - tools lib traceevent: Fix buffer overflow in arg_eval - usb: chipidea: Grab the (legacy) USB PHY by phandle first - scsi: core: replace GFP_ATOMIC with GFP_KERNEL in scsi_scan.c - coresight: etm4x: Add support to enable ETMv4.2 - ARM: 8840/1: use a raw_spinlock_t in unwind - mmc: omap: fix the maximum timeout setting - e1000e: Fix -Wformat-truncation warnings - IB/mlx4: Increase the timeout for CM cache - scsi: megaraid_sas: return error when create DMA pool failed - perf test: Fix failure of 'evsel-tp-sched' test on s390 - SoC: imx-sgtl5000: add missing put_device() - media: sh_veu: Correct return type for mem2mem buffer helpers - media: s5p-jpeg: Correct return type for mem2mem buffer helpers - media: s5p-g2d: Correct return type for mem2mem buffer helpers - media: mx2_emmaprp: Correct return type for mem2mem buffer helpers - leds: lp55xx: fix null deref on firmware load failure - kprobes: Prohibit probing on bsearch() - ARM: 8833/1: Ensure that NEON code always compiles with Clang - ALSA: PCM: check if ops are defined before suspending PCM - bcache: fix input overflow to cache set sysfs file io_error_halflife - bcache: fix input overflow to sequential_cutoff - bcache: improve sysfs_strtoul_clamp() - fbdev: fbmem: fix memory access if logo is bigger than the screen - cdrom: Fix race condition in cdrom_sysctl_register - ASoC: fsl-asoc-card: fix object reference leaks in fsl_asoc_card_probe - soc: qcom: gsbi: Fix error handling in gsbi_probe() - mt7601u: bump supported EEPROM version - ARM: avoid Cortex-A9 livelock on tight dmb loops - tty: increase the default flip buffer limit to 2*640K - media: mt9m111: set initial frame size other than 0x0 - hwrng: virtio - Avoid repeated init of completion - soc/tegra: fuse: Fix illegal free of IO base address - hpet: Fix missing '=' character in the __setup() code of hpet_mmap_enable - dmaengine: imx-dma: fix warning comparison of distinct pointer types - netfilter: physdev: relax br_netfilter dependency - media: s5p-jpeg: Check for fmt_ver_flag when doing fmt enumeration - regulator: act8865: Fix act8600_sudcdc_voltage_ranges setting - wlcore: Fix memory leak in case wl12xx_fetch_firmware failure - x86/build: Mark per-CPU symbols as absolute explicitly for LLD - dmaengine: tegra: avoid overflow of byte tracking - drm/dp/mst: Configure no_stop_bit correctly for remote i2c xfers - binfmt_elf: switch to new creds when switching to new mm - kbuild: clang: choose GCC_TOOLCHAIN_DIR not on LD - x86/build: Specify elf_i386 linker emulation explicitly for i386 objects - x86: vdso: Use $LD instead of $CC to link - x86/vdso: Drop implicit common-page-size linker flag - lib/string.c: implement a basic bcmp - tty: mark Siemens R3964 line discipline as BROKEN - [Config]: remove CONFIG_R3964 - [Config]: add CONFIG_LDISC_AUTOLOAD=y - tty: ldisc: add sysctl to prevent autoloading of ldiscs - ipv6: Fix dangling pointer when ipv6 fragment - ipv6: sit: reset ip header pointer in ipip6_rcv - net: rds: force to destroy connection if t_sock is NULL in rds_tcp_kill_sock(). - qmi_wwan: add Olicard 600 - sctp: initialize _pad of sockaddr_in before copying to user memory - tcp: Ensure DCTCP reacts to losses - netns: provide pure entropy for net_hash_mix() - net: ethtool: not call vzalloc for zero sized memory request - ip6_tunnel: Match to ARPHRD_TUNNEL6 for dev type - ALSA: seq: Fix OOB-reads from strlcpy - include/linux/bitrev.h: fix constant bitrev - ASoC: fsl_esai: fix channel swap issue when stream starts - block: do not leak memory in bio_copy_user_iov() - genirq: Respect IRQCHIP_SKIP_SET_WAKE in irq_chip_set_wake_parent() - ARM: dts: at91: Fix typo in ISC_D0 on PC9 - arm64: futex: Fix FUTEX_WAKE_OP atomic ops with non-zero result value - xen: Prevent buffer overflow in privcmd ioctl - sched/fair: Do not re-read ->h_load_next during hierarchical load calculation - xtensa: fix return_address - PCI: Add function 1 DMA alias quirk for Marvell 9170 SATA controller - perf/core: Restore mmap record type correctly - ext4: add missing brelse() in add_new_gdb_meta_bg() - ext4: report real fs size after failed resize - ALSA: echoaudio: add a check for ioremap_nocache - ALSA: sb8: add a check for request_region - IB/mlx4: Fix race condition between catas error reset and aliasguid flows - mmc: davinci: remove extraneous __init annotation - ALSA: opl3: fix mismatch between snd_opl3_drum_switch definition and declaration - thermal/int340x_thermal: Add additional UUIDs - thermal/int340x_thermal: fix mode setting - tools/power turbostat: return the exit status of a command - perf top: Fix error handling in cmd_top() - perf evsel: Free evsel->counts in perf_evsel__exit() - perf tests: Fix a memory leak of cpu_map object in the openat_syscall_event_on_all_cpus test - perf tests: Fix a memory leak in test__perf_evsel__tp_sched_test() - x86/hpet: Prevent potential NULL pointer dereference - x86/cpu/cyrix: Use correct macros for Cyrix calls on Geode processors - iommu/vt-d: Check capability before disabling protected memory - x86/hw_breakpoints: Make default case in hw_breakpoint_arch_parse() return an error - fix incorrect error code mapping for OBJECTID_NOT_FOUND - ext4: prohibit fstrim in norecovery mode - rsi: improve kernel thread handling to fix kernel panic - 9p: do not trust pdu content for stat item size - 9p locks: add mount option for lock retry interval - f2fs: fix to do sanity check with current segment number - serial: uartps: console_setup() can't be placed to init section - ARM: samsung: Limit SAMSUNG_PM_CHECK config option to non-Exynos platforms - ACPI / SBS: Fix GPE storm on recent MacBookPro's - cifs: fallback to older infolevels on findfirst queryinfo retry - crypto: sha256/arm - fix crash bug in Thumb2 build - crypto: sha512/arm - fix crash bug in Thumb2 build - iommu/dmar: Fix buffer overflow during PCI bus notification - ARM: 8839/1: kprobe: make patch_lock a raw_spinlock_t - appletalk: Fix use-after-free in atalk_proc_exit - lib/div64.c: off by one in shift - include/linux/swap.h: use offsetof() instead of custom __swapoffset macro - tpm/tpm_crb: Avoid unaligned reads in crb_recv() - ovl: fix uid/gid when creating over whiteout - appletalk: Fix compile regression - bonding: fix event handling for stacked bonds - net: atm: Fix potential Spectre v1 vulnerabilities - net: bridge: multicast: use rcu to access port list from br_multicast_start_querier - net: fou: do not use guehdr after iptunnel_pull_offloads in gue_udp_recv - tcp: tcp_grow_window() needs to respect tcp_space() - ipv4: recompile ip options in ipv4_link_failure - ipv4: ensure rcu_read_lock() in ipv4_link_failure() - crypto: crypto4xx - properly set IV after de- and encrypt - modpost: file2alias: go back to simple devtable lookup - modpost: file2alias: check prototype of handler - tpm/tpm_i2c_atmel: Return -E2BIG when the transfer is incomplete - KVM: x86: Don't clear EFER during SMM transitions for 32-bit vCPU - iio/gyro/bmg160: Use millidegrees for temperature scale - iio: ad_sigma_delta: select channel when reading register - iio: adc: at91: disable adc channel interrupt in timeout case - io: accel: kxcjk1013: restore the range after resume. - staging: comedi: vmk80xx: Fix use of uninitialized semaphore - staging: comedi: vmk80xx: Fix possible double-free of ->usb_rx_buf - staging: comedi: ni_usb6501: Fix use of uninitialized mutex - staging: comedi: ni_usb6501: Fix possible double-free of ->usb_rx_buf - ALSA: core: Fix card races between register and disconnect - crypto: x86/poly1305 - fix overflow during partial reduction - arm64: futex: Restore oldval initialization to work around buggy compilers - x86/kprobes: Verify stack frame on kretprobe - kprobes: Mark ftrace mcount handler functions nokprobe - kprobes: Fix error check when reusing optimized probes - mac80211: do not call driver wake_tx_queue op during reconfig - Revert "kbuild: use -Oz instead of -Os when using clang" - sched/fair: Limit sched_cfs_period_timer() loop to avoid hard lockup - device_cgroup: fix RCU imbalance in error case - mm/vmstat.c: fix /proc/vmstat format for CONFIG_DEBUG_TLBFLUSH=y CONFIG_SMP=n - ALSA: info: Fix racy addition/deletion of nodes - Revert "locking/lockdep: Add debug_locks check in __lock_downgrade()" - kernel/sysctl.c: fix out-of-bounds access when setting file-max - Linux 4.4.179 * Xenial update: 4.4.178 upstream stable release (LP: #1826212) - mmc: pxamci: fix enum type confusion - drm/vmwgfx: Don't double-free the mode stored in par->set_mode - udf: Fix crash on IO error during truncate - mips: loongson64: lemote-2f: Add IRQF_NO_SUSPEND to "cascade" irqaction. - MIPS: Fix kernel crash for R6 in jump label branch function - futex: Ensure that futex address is aligned in handle_futex_death() - ext4: fix NULL pointer dereference while journal is aborted - ext4: fix data corruption caused by unaligned direct AIO - ext4: brelse all indirect buffer in ext4_ind_remove_space() - mmc: tmio_mmc_core: don't claim spurious interrupts - media: v4l2-ctrls.c/uvc: zero v4l2_event - locking/lockdep: Add debug_locks check in __lock_downgrade() - ALSA: hda - Record the current power state before suspend/resume calls - ALSA: hda - Enforces runtime_resume after S3 and S4 for each codec - mmc: pwrseq_simple: Make reset-gpios optional to match doc - mmc: debugfs: Add a restriction to mmc debugfs clock setting - mmc: make MAN_BKOPS_EN message a debug - mmc: sanitize 'bus width' in debug output - mmc: core: shut up "voltage-ranges unspecified" pr_info() - usb: dwc3: gadget: Fix suspend/resume during device mode - arm64: mm: Add trace_irqflags annotations to do_debug_exception() - mmc: core: fix using wrong io voltage if mmc_select_hs200 fails - mm/rmap: replace BUG_ON(anon_vma->degree) with VM_WARN_ON - extcon: usb-gpio: Don't miss event during suspend/resume - kbuild: setlocalversion: print error to STDERR - usb: gadget: composite: fix dereference after null check coverify warning - usb: gadget: Add the gserial port checking in gs_start_tx() - tcp/dccp: drop SYN packets if accept queue is full - serial: sprd: adjust TIMEOUT to a big value - Hang/soft lockup in d_invalidate with simultaneous calls - arm64: traps: disable irq in die() - usb: renesas_usbhs: gadget: fix unused-but-set-variable warning - serial: sprd: clear timeout interrupt only rather than all interrupts - lib/int_sqrt: optimize small argument - USB: core: only clean up what we allocated - rtc: Fix overflow when converting time64_t to rtc_time - ath10k: avoid possible string overflow - mmc: block: Allow more than 8 partitions per card - arm64: fix COMPAT_SHMLBA definition for large pages - efi: stub: define DISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING for all architectures - ARM: 8458/1: bL_switcher: add GIC dependency - ARM: 8494/1: mm: Enable PXN when running non-LPAE kernel on LPAE processor - android: unconditionally remove callbacks in sync_fence_free() - vmstat: make vmstat_updater deferrable again and shut down on idle - hid-sensor-hub.c: fix wrong do_div() usage - arm64: hide __efistub_ aliases from kallsyms - perf: Synchronously free aux pages in case of allocation failure - net: diag: support v4mapped sockets in inet_diag_find_one_icsk() - Revert "mmc: block: don't use parameter prefix if built as module" - writeback: initialize inode members that track writeback history - coresight: fixing lockdep error - coresight: coresight_unregister() function cleanup - coresight: release reference taken by 'bus_find_device()' - coresight: remove csdev's link from topology - stm class: Fix locking in unbinding policy path - stm class: Fix link list locking - stm class: Prevent user-controllable allocations - stm class: Support devices with multiple instances - stm class: Fix unlocking braino in the error path - stm class: Guard output assignment against concurrency - stm class: Fix unbalanced module/device refcounting - stm class: Fix a race in unlinking - coresight: "DEVICE_ATTR_RO" should defined as static. - coresight: etm4x: Check every parameter used by dma_xx_coherent. - asm-generic: Fix local variable shadow in __set_fixmap_offset - staging: ashmem: Avoid deadlock with mmap/shrink - staging: ashmem: Add missing include - staging: ion: Set minimum carveout heap allocation order to PAGE_SHIFT - staging: goldfish: audio: fix compiliation on arm - ARM: 8510/1: rework ARM_CPU_SUSPEND dependencies - arm64/kernel: fix incorrect EL0 check in inv_entry macro - mac80211: fix "warning: ‘target_metric’ may be used uninitialized" - perf/ring_buffer: Refuse to begin AUX transaction after rb->aux_mmap_count drops - arm64: kernel: Include _AC definition in page.h - PM / Hibernate: Call flush_icache_range() on pages restored in-place - stm class: Do not leak the chrdev in error path - stm class: Fix stm device initialization order - ipv6: fix endianness error in icmpv6_err - usb: gadget: configfs: add mutex lock before unregister gadget - usb: gadget: rndis: free response queue during REMOTE_NDIS_RESET_MSG - cpu/hotplug: Handle unbalanced hotplug enable/disable - video: fbdev: Set pixclock = 0 in goldfishfb - arm64: kconfig: drop CONFIG_RTC_LIB dependency - mmc: mmc: fix switch timeout issue caused by jiffies precision - cfg80211: size various nl80211 messages correctly - stmmac: copy unicast mac address to MAC registers - dccp: do not use ipv6 header for ipv4 flow - mISDN: hfcpci: Test both vendor & device ID for Digium HFC4S - net/packet: Set __GFP_NOWARN upon allocation in alloc_pg_vec - net: rose: fix a possible stack overflow - Add hlist_add_tail_rcu() (Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net) - packets: Always register packet sk in the same order - tcp: do not use ipv6 header for ipv4 flow - vxlan: Don't call gro_cells_destroy() before device is unregistered - sctp: get sctphdr by offset in sctp_compute_cksum - mac8390: Fix mmio access size probe - btrfs: remove WARN_ON in log_dir_items - ARM: imx6q: cpuidle: fix bug that CPU might not wake up at expected time - ALSA: compress: add support for 32bit calls in a 64bit kernel - ALSA: pcm: Fix possible OOB access in PCM oss plugins - ALSA: pcm: Don't suspend stream in unrecoverable PCM state - scsi: sd: Fix a race between closing an sd device and sd I/O - scsi: zfcp: fix rport unblock if deleted SCSI devices on Scsi_Host - scsi: zfcp: fix scsi_eh host reset with port_forced ERP for non-NPIV FCP devices - tty: atmel_serial: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference - staging: vt6655: Remove vif check from vnt_interrupt - staging: vt6655: Fix interrupt race condition on device start up. - serial: max310x: Fix to avoid potential NULL pointer dereference - serial: sh-sci: Fix setting SCSCR_TIE while transferring data - USB: serial: cp210x: add new device id - USB: serial: ftdi_sio: add additional NovaTech products - USB: serial: mos7720: fix mos_parport refcount imbalance on error path - USB: serial: option: set driver_info for SIM5218 and compatibles - USB: serial: option: add Olicard 600 - Disable kgdboc failed by echo space to /sys/module/kgdboc/parameters/kgdboc - fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c: fix NULL pointer dereference in put_links - gpio: adnp: Fix testing wrong value in adnp_gpio_direction_input - perf intel-pt: Fix TSC slip - x86/smp: Enforce CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU when SMP=y - KVM: Reject device ioctls from processes other than the VM's creator - xhci: Fix port resume done detection for SS ports with LPM enabled - Revert "USB: core: only clean up what we allocated" - arm64: support keyctl() system call in 32-bit mode - coresight: removing bind/unbind options from sysfs - stm class: Hide STM-specific options if STM is disabled - Linux 4.4.178 * Kprobe event string type argument failed in ftrace from ubuntu_kernel_selftests on B/C i386 (LP: #1825780) - selftests/ftrace: Fix kprobe string testcase to not probe notrace function * False positive test result in run_netsocktests from net in ubuntu_kernel_selftest (LP: #1825777) - selftests/net: correct the return value for run_netsocktests -- Khalid Elmously