Public bug reported:
SRU justification:
Impact: Several bug fixes and updates to get in sync with upstream
stable. This update features one vmware fix that we were asked to pick
up on the kerne-team mailing list, replaces one patch that was carried
as SAUCE patch, as well as a few fixes to previous stable releases.
Fix:
* Fix page writeback thinko, causing Berkeley DB slowdown
* iwlwifi: scan correct setting of valid rx_chains
* kernel-doc: fix syscall wrapper processing
* lockd: fix regression in lockd's handling of blocked locks
* nbd: fix I/O hang on disconnected nbds
* parport: parport_serial, don't bind netmos ibm 0299
* powerpc: Fix swapcontext system for VSX + old ucontext size
* powerpc/fsl-booke: Fix mapping functions to use phys_addr_t(1)
* syscall define: fix uml compile bug
* w1: w1 temp calculation overflow fix
* write-back: fix nr_to_write counter
* writeback: fix break condition
* x86, vmi: put a missing paravirt_release_pmd in pgd_dtor(2)
* zd1211rw: adding 0ace:0xa211 as a ZD1211 device
* zd1211rw: treat MAXIM_NEW_RF(0x08) as UW2453_RF(0x09) for TP-Link WN322/422G
* sctp: Fix crc32c calculations on big-endian arhes.
* sctp: Correctly start rtx timer on new packet transmissions.
* sctp: Properly timestamp outgoing data chunks for rtx purposes
* drivers/net/skfp: if !capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN): inverted logic
* ipv4: fix infinite retry loop in IP-Config
* ipv6: Disallow rediculious flowlabel option sizes.
* ipv6: Copy cork options in ip6_append_data
* net: 4 bytes kernel memory disclosure in SO_BSDCOMPAT gsopt try #2
* net: packet socket packet_lookup_frame fix
* sky2: fix hard hang with netconsoling and iface going up
* sungem: Soft lockup in sungem on Netra AC200 when switching interface up
* tun: Add some missing TUN compat ioctl translations.
* tun: Fix unicast filter overflow
* udp: Fix UDP short packet false positive
* udp: increments sk_drops in __udp_queue_rcv_skb()
* virtio_net: Fix MAX_PACKET_LEN to support 802.1Q VLANs
* net: Fix frag_list handling in skb_seq_read
* net: Fix OOPS in skb_seq_read().
* packet: Avoid lock_sock in mmap handler
* tcp: splice as many packets as possible at once
* tcp: Fix length tcp_splice_data_recv passes to skb_splice_bits.
* sparc: Enable syscall wrappers for 64-bit (CVE-2009-0029)
* sparc64: Annotate sparc64 specific syscalls with SYSCALL_DEFINEx()
* netfilter: fix tuple inversion for Node information request
* netfilter: xt_sctp: sctp chunk mapping doesn't work
* bluetooth hid: enable quirk handling for Apple Wireless Keyboards in 2.6.27
* Revert "UBUNTU: SAUCE: Add back in lost commit for Apple BT Wireless
Keyboard"
* HID: adjust report descriptor fixup for MS 1028 receiver
* libata: fix EH device failure handling
* ide/libata: fix ata_id_is_cfa() (take 4)
* x86: fixup config space size of CPU functions for AMD family 11h
* mac80211: fix a buffer overrun in station debug code
* ALSA: mtpav - Fix initial value for input hwport
* net: Fix data corruption when splicing from sockets.
* Linux 2.6.27.18
(1) Would bump the ABI for ports(powerpc)
(2) This patch was requested on the kernel-team mailing list
** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Medium
Assignee: Stefan Bader (stefan-bader-canonical)
Status: In Progress
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
Assignee: (unassigned) => Stefan Bader (stefan-bader-canonical)
Status: New => In Progress
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[Intrepid] Update kernel to Linux 2.6.27.18
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/330902
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