** Description changed: + SRU Justification - SRU Justification + Impact: + The upstream process for stable tree updates is quite similar + in scope to the Ubuntu SRU process, e.g., each patch has to + demonstrably fix a bug, and each patch is vetted by upstream + by originating either directly from a mainline/stable Linux tree or + a minimally backported form of that patch. The 4.4.99 upstream stable + patch set is now available. It should be included in the Ubuntu + kernel as well. - Impact: - The upstream process for stable tree updates is quite similar - in scope to the Ubuntu SRU process, e.g., each patch has to - demonstrably fix a bug, and each patch is vetted by upstream - by originating either directly from a mainline/stable Linux tree or - a minimally backported form of that patch. The 4.4.99 upstream stable - patch set is now available. It should be included in the Ubuntu - kernel as well. + git://git.kernel.org/ - git://git.kernel.org/ + TEST CASE: TBD - TEST CASE: TBD - - The following patches from the 4.4.99 stable release shall be - applied: + The following patches from the 4.4.99 stable release shall be applied: + * mac80211: accept key reinstall without changing anything + * mac80211: use constant time comparison with keys + * mac80211: don't compare TKIP TX MIC key in reinstall prevention + * usb: usbtest: fix NULL pointer dereference + * Input: ims-psu - check if CDC union descriptor is sane + * ALSA: seq: Cancel pending autoload work at unbinding device + * tun/tap: sanitize TUNSETSNDBUF input + * tcp: fix tcp_mtu_probe() vs highest_sack + * l2tp: check ps->sock before running pppol2tp_session_ioctl() + * tun: call dev_get_valid_name() before register_netdevice() + * sctp: add the missing sock_owned_by_user check in sctp_icmp_redirect + * packet: avoid panic in packet_getsockopt() + * ipv6: flowlabel: do not leave opt->tot_len with garbage + * net/unix: don't show information about sockets from other namespaces + * ip6_gre: only increase err_count for some certain type icmpv6 in ip6gre_err + * tun: allow positive return values on dev_get_valid_name() call + * sctp: reset owner sk for data chunks on out queues when migrating a sock + * ppp: fix race in ppp device destruction + * ipip: only increase err_count for some certain type icmp in ipip_err + * tcp/dccp: fix ireq->opt races + * tcp/dccp: fix lockdep splat in inet_csk_route_req() + * tcp/dccp: fix other lockdep splats accessing ireq_opt + * security/keys: add CONFIG_KEYS_COMPAT to Kconfig + * tipc: fix link attribute propagation bug + * brcmfmac: remove setting IBSS mode when stopping AP + * target/iscsi: Fix iSCSI task reassignment handling + * target: Fix node_acl demo-mode + uncached dynamic shutdown regression + * misc: panel: properly restore atomic counter on error path + * Linux 4.4.99
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1744636 Title: Xenial update to 4.4.99 stable release Status in linux package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: SRU Justification Impact: The upstream process for stable tree updates is quite similar in scope to the Ubuntu SRU process, e.g., each patch has to demonstrably fix a bug, and each patch is vetted by upstream by originating either directly from a mainline/stable Linux tree or a minimally backported form of that patch. The 4.4.99 upstream stable patch set is now available. It should be included in the Ubuntu kernel as well. git://git.kernel.org/ TEST CASE: TBD The following patches from the 4.4.99 stable release shall be applied: * mac80211: accept key reinstall without changing anything * mac80211: use constant time comparison with keys * mac80211: don't compare TKIP TX MIC key in reinstall prevention * usb: usbtest: fix NULL pointer dereference * Input: ims-psu - check if CDC union descriptor is sane * ALSA: seq: Cancel pending autoload work at unbinding device * tun/tap: sanitize TUNSETSNDBUF input * tcp: fix tcp_mtu_probe() vs highest_sack * l2tp: check ps->sock before running pppol2tp_session_ioctl() * tun: call dev_get_valid_name() before register_netdevice() * sctp: add the missing sock_owned_by_user check in sctp_icmp_redirect * packet: avoid panic in packet_getsockopt() * ipv6: flowlabel: do not leave opt->tot_len with garbage * net/unix: don't show information about sockets from other namespaces * ip6_gre: only increase err_count for some certain type icmpv6 in ip6gre_err * tun: allow positive return values on dev_get_valid_name() call * sctp: reset owner sk for data chunks on out queues when migrating a sock * ppp: fix race in ppp device destruction * ipip: only increase err_count for some certain type icmp in ipip_err * tcp/dccp: fix ireq->opt races * tcp/dccp: fix lockdep splat in inet_csk_route_req() * tcp/dccp: fix other lockdep splats accessing ireq_opt * security/keys: add CONFIG_KEYS_COMPAT to Kconfig * tipc: fix link attribute propagation bug * brcmfmac: remove setting IBSS mode when stopping AP * target/iscsi: Fix iSCSI task reassignment handling * target: Fix node_acl demo-mode + uncached dynamic shutdown regression * misc: panel: properly restore atomic counter on error path * Linux 4.4.99 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1744636/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
