Activity log for bug #1926184

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2021-04-26 16:48:04 Tim Gardner bug added bug
2021-04-26 17:00:09 Ubuntu Kernel Bot linux (Ubuntu): status New Incomplete
2021-04-26 17:14:25 Guilherme G. Piccoli linux (Ubuntu): status Incomplete In Progress
2021-04-26 17:14:34 Guilherme G. Piccoli bug task added linux-aws (Ubuntu)
2021-04-26 17:37:06 Tim Gardner nominated for series Ubuntu Bionic
2021-04-26 17:37:06 Tim Gardner bug task added linux (Ubuntu Bionic)
2021-04-26 17:37:06 Tim Gardner bug task added linux-aws (Ubuntu Bionic)
2021-04-26 17:37:06 Tim Gardner nominated for series Ubuntu Groovy
2021-04-26 17:37:06 Tim Gardner bug task added linux (Ubuntu Groovy)
2021-04-26 17:37:06 Tim Gardner bug task added linux-aws (Ubuntu Groovy)
2021-04-26 17:37:06 Tim Gardner nominated for series Ubuntu Hirsute
2021-04-26 17:37:06 Tim Gardner bug task added linux (Ubuntu Hirsute)
2021-04-26 17:37:06 Tim Gardner bug task added linux-aws (Ubuntu Hirsute)
2021-04-26 17:37:06 Tim Gardner nominated for series Ubuntu Focal
2021-04-26 17:37:06 Tim Gardner bug task added linux (Ubuntu Focal)
2021-04-26 17:37:06 Tim Gardner bug task added linux-aws (Ubuntu Focal)
2021-04-26 17:37:38 Guilherme G. Piccoli linux-aws (Ubuntu): status New In Progress
2021-04-26 17:37:49 Guilherme G. Piccoli bug added subscriber Guilherme G. Piccoli
2021-04-26 21:25:58 Guilherme G. Piccoli description SRU Justification [Impact] Out of order reads can fetch a NULL pointer causing a kernel crash. Affects kernels from v4.15 to v5.11. [Fix] commit 84a24bf8c52e66b7ac89ada5e3cfbe72d65c1896 ("locking/qrwlock: Fix ordering in queued_write_lock_slowpath()") [Where problems could occur] This is quite a subtle bug. It is more prevalent on arm64. Regression possibility seems quite low. The worst impact could be a minor performance degradation. [Impact] * Out of order reads can fetch a NULL pointer causing a kernel crash. Affects kernels from v4.15 to v5.11. [Fix] * commit 84a24bf8c52e ("locking/qrwlock: Fix ordering in queued_write_lock_slowpath()") * For Bionic, we also require an additional patch: commit fcfdfe30e324 ("locking/barriers: Introduce smp_cond_load_relaxed() and atomic_cond_read_relaxed()") [Where problems could occur] * This is quite a subtle bug. It is more prevalent on arm64. Regression possibility seems quite low. The worst impact could be a minor performance degradation.
2021-04-26 21:27:21 Guilherme G. Piccoli description [Impact] * Out of order reads can fetch a NULL pointer causing a kernel crash. Affects kernels from v4.15 to v5.11. [Fix] * commit 84a24bf8c52e ("locking/qrwlock: Fix ordering in queued_write_lock_slowpath()") * For Bionic, we also require an additional patch: commit fcfdfe30e324 ("locking/barriers: Introduce smp_cond_load_relaxed() and atomic_cond_read_relaxed()") [Where problems could occur] * This is quite a subtle bug. It is more prevalent on arm64. Regression possibility seems quite low. The worst impact could be a minor performance degradation. [Impact] * Out of order reads can fetch a NULL pointer causing a kernel crash. Affects kernels from v4.15 to v5.11. [Fix] * commit 84a24bf8c52e ("locking/qrwlock: Fix ordering in queued_write_lock_slowpath()") * For Bionic, we also require an additional patch: commit fcfdfe30e324 ("locking/barriers: Introduce smp_cond_load_relaxed() and atomic_cond_read_relaxed()") [Where problems could occur] * This is quite a subtle bug. It is more prevalent on arm64. Regression possibility seems quite low. The worst impact could be a minor performance degradation. * Kernels 4.15 / 5.4 / 5.8 / 5.11 were successfully built and booted with this patch. Also, by using ftrace we could see that the changed function was executed with success multiple times.
2021-04-27 18:16:09 Kelsey Steele linux-aws (Ubuntu Bionic): status New Fix Committed
2021-04-28 10:12:40 Ubuntu Kernel Bot tags verification-needed-bionic
2021-04-28 22:08:46 Kelsey Steele linux-aws (Ubuntu Focal): status New Fix Committed
2021-05-01 02:49:20 Launchpad Janitor linux (Ubuntu Bionic): status New Confirmed
2021-05-01 02:49:20 Launchpad Janitor linux (Ubuntu Focal): status New Confirmed
2021-05-01 02:49:20 Launchpad Janitor linux (Ubuntu Groovy): status New Confirmed
2021-05-01 02:49:20 Launchpad Janitor linux-aws (Ubuntu Groovy): status New Confirmed
2021-05-01 02:49:20 Launchpad Janitor linux (Ubuntu Hirsute): status New Confirmed
2021-05-01 02:49:20 Launchpad Janitor linux-aws (Ubuntu Hirsute): status New Confirmed
2021-05-01 02:49:54 Ali Saidi bug added subscriber Ali Saidi
2021-05-03 15:59:48 Launchpad Janitor linux-aws (Ubuntu Bionic): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2021-05-03 16:01:06 Launchpad Janitor linux-aws (Ubuntu Focal): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2021-05-04 15:49:34 Stefan Bader linux (Ubuntu Hirsute): importance Undecided Medium
2021-05-04 15:49:34 Stefan Bader linux (Ubuntu Hirsute): status Confirmed Fix Committed
2021-05-04 15:50:34 Stefan Bader linux (Ubuntu Groovy): importance Undecided Medium
2021-05-04 15:50:34 Stefan Bader linux (Ubuntu Groovy): status Confirmed Fix Committed
2021-05-04 15:51:19 Stefan Bader linux (Ubuntu Focal): importance Undecided Medium
2021-05-04 15:51:19 Stefan Bader linux (Ubuntu Focal): status Confirmed Fix Committed
2021-05-04 15:52:22 Stefan Bader linux (Ubuntu Bionic): importance Undecided Medium
2021-05-04 15:52:22 Stefan Bader linux (Ubuntu Bionic): status Confirmed Fix Committed
2021-05-13 09:57:49 Ubuntu Kernel Bot tags verification-needed-bionic verification-needed-bionic verification-needed-focal
2021-05-13 10:20:36 Ubuntu Kernel Bot tags verification-needed-bionic verification-needed-focal verification-needed-bionic verification-needed-focal verification-needed-hirsute
2021-05-13 10:48:02 Ubuntu Kernel Bot tags verification-needed-bionic verification-needed-focal verification-needed-hirsute verification-needed-bionic verification-needed-focal verification-needed-groovy verification-needed-hirsute
2021-05-24 19:12:03 Tim Gardner tags verification-needed-bionic verification-needed-focal verification-needed-groovy verification-needed-hirsute verification-done-bionic verification-done-focal verification-done-groovy verification-done-hirsute
2021-06-01 10:37:03 Launchpad Janitor linux (Ubuntu Hirsute): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2021-06-01 10:38:26 Launchpad Janitor linux-aws (Ubuntu Hirsute): status Confirmed Fix Released
2021-06-02 19:29:02 Launchpad Janitor linux (Ubuntu Bionic): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2021-06-02 20:09:42 Launchpad Janitor linux (Ubuntu Focal): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2021-06-03 18:21:49 Launchpad Janitor linux (Ubuntu Groovy): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2021-06-03 18:23:23 Launchpad Janitor linux-aws (Ubuntu Groovy): status Confirmed Fix Released
2021-06-07 15:34:10 Launchpad Janitor linux (Ubuntu): status In Progress Fix Released
2021-06-07 15:34:43 Launchpad Janitor linux-aws (Ubuntu): status In Progress Fix Released