linux: 3.13.0-142.191 -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

backports: 1746901
derivatives:
-- swm properties --
boot-testing-requested: true
phase: Released
proposed-announcement-sent: true
proposed-testing-requested: true

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

3.13.0-142.191 - generic
Regression test CMPL.

Issue to note in amd64:
  ubuntu_kvm_smoke_test - uvt-kvm wait issue, bug 1732883
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - 40 failed on amaura, 39 failed on pepe

Issue to note in arm64:
  hwclock - issue for HP m400, bug 1716603
  libhugetlbfs - noresv-preserve-resv-page failed (bug 1747823), chunk-overcommit failed (bug 1747828), shmoverride_linked timed out (bug 1739560)
  ubuntu_cts_kernel - lp1262692 failed, bug for iproute2, bug 1715376
  ubuntu_kvm_smoke_test - uvt-kvm wait issue, bug 1732883
  ubuntu_qrt_apparmor - test_old_trusty_regression_testsuite failed to build, bug 1699987
  ubuntu_qrt_kernel_security - 021 (bug 1747847), 022 (bug 1747847), 050 (bug 1684776), 060 (bug 1712038), 072 (bug 1747850, bug 1747852), 075 (bug 1712007), 082 (bug 1747853), 140 (bug 1747855) failed

Issue to note in i386:
  ubuntu_kvm_smoke_test - uvt-kvm wait issue, bug 1732883
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - 15 failed on pepe (vmexit*, msr, realmode, syscall, tsc, hyperv_clock)

Issue to note in ppc64le:
  ubuntu_cts_kernel - lp1262692 failed, bug for iproute2, bug 1715376
  ubuntu_kvm_smoke_test - uvtool issue, bug 1732338

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

No bug was marked as verification needed in this cycle.

[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/trusty/3.13.0-142.191/trusty-proposed-published.html

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.13.0-142.191

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linux (3.13.0-142.191) trusty; urgency=medium

  * linux: 3.13.0-142.191 -proposed tracker (LP: #1746900)

  * CVE-2017-17806
    - crypto: hmac - require that the underlying hash algorithm is unkeyed

  * CVE-2017-18017
    - netfilter: xt_TCPMSS: add more sanity tests on tcph->doff

  * CVE-2017-17450
    - netfilter: xt_osf: Add missing permission checks

  * CVE-2018-5344
    - loop: fix concurrent lo_open/lo_release

  * CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre v2 embargoed) // CVE-2017-5753 (Spectre v1 embargoed)
    - x86/asm/msr: Make wrmsrl_safe() a function

  * CVE-2017-1000407
    - KVM: VMX: remove I/O port 0x80 bypass on Intel hosts

  * CVE-2017-0861
    - ALSA: pcm: prevent UAF in snd_pcm_info

  * CVE-2017-14051
    - scsi: qla2xxx: Fix an integer overflow in sysfs code

  * CVE-2017-15868
    - Bluetooth: bnep: bnep_add_connection() should verify that it's dealing with
      l2cap socket

  * CVE-2018-5333
    - RDS: null pointer dereference in rds_atomic_free_op

  * powerpc: flush L1D on return to use (LP: #1742772) // CVE-2017-5754
    (Meltdown)
    - SAUCE: powerpc: Prevent Meltdown attack with L1-D$ flush
    - SAUCE: powerpc: Remove dead code in sycall entry
    - SAUCE: rfi-flush: Add barriers to the fallback L1D flushing
    - SAUCE: rfi-flush: Fallback flush add load dependency
    - SAUCE: rfi-flush: Fix the 32-bit KVM build
    - SAUCE: rfi-flush: Fix some RFI conversions in the KVM code
    - SAUCE: rfi-flush: Make the fallback robust against memory corruption
    - SAUCE: powerpc/kernel: Does not use sync
    - SAUCE: rfi-flush: Factor out init_fallback_flush()
    - SAUCE: rfi-flush: Make setup_rfi_flush() not __init
    - SAUCE: rfi-flush: Move the logic to avoid a redo into the sysfs code
    - SAUCE: rfi-flush: Make it possible to call setup_rfi_flush() again
    - SAUCE: rfi-flush: Call setup_rfi_flush() after LPM migration
    - SAUCE: rfi-flush: Fix fallback on distros using bootmem
    - SAUCE: rfi-flush: fix package build error (unused variable limit)
    - SAUCE: rfi-flush: Fix kernel package build using bootmem
    - SAUCE: rfi-flush: Move rfi_flush_fallback_area to end of paca
    - SAUCE: rfi-flush: Fix rename of pseries_setup_rfi_flush()
    - SAUCE: rfi-flush: Mark DEBUG_RFI as BROKEN
    - SAUCE: rfi-flush: Switch to new linear fallback flush
    - SAUCE: powerpc/kernel: Remove unused variable
    - SAUCE: powerpc/kernel: Fix typo on variable
    - SAUCE: powerpc/kernel: Fix instructions usage
    - SAUCE: powerpc/kernel: Define PACA_L1D_FLUSH_SIZE
    - SAUCE: rfi-flush: Fix for kernel crash.

  * upload urgency should be medium by default (LP: #1745338)
    - [Packaging] update urgency to medium by default

  * CVE-2017-12190
    - fix unbalanced page refcounting in bio_map_user_iov
    - more bio_map_user_iov() leak fixes

  * CVE-2017-15274
    - KEYS: fix dereferencing NULL payload with nonzero length

  * CVE-2017-14140
    - Sanitize 'move_pages()' permission checks

  * CVE-2017-15115
    - sctp: do not peel off an assoc from one netns to another one

  * CVE-2017-14489
    - scsi: scsi_transport_iscsi: fix the issue that iscsi_if_r...

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

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