** 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 4.8.8 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 4.8.8 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 4.8.8 stable release shall be + applied: - The following patches from the 4.8.8 stable release shall be - applied: + net: fec: set mac address unconditionally + net: pktgen: fix pkt_size + net/sched: act_vlan: Push skb->data to mac_header prior calling skb_vlan_*() functions + net: Add netdev all_adj_list refcnt propagation to fix panic + packet: call fanout_release, while UNREGISTERING a netdev + netlink: do not enter direct reclaim from netlink_dump() + drivers/ptp: Fix kernel memory disclosure + net_sched: reorder pernet ops and act ops registrations + ipv6: tcp: restore IP6CB for pktoptions skbs + net: phy: Trigger state machine on state change and not polling. + ip6_tunnel: fix ip6_tnl_lookup + ipv6: correctly add local routes when lo goes up + IB/ipoib: move back IB LL address into the hard header + net/mlx4_en: fixup xdp tx irq to match rx + net: pktgen: remove rcu locking in pktgen_change_name() + bridge: multicast: restore perm router ports on multicast enable + switchdev: Execute bridge ndos only for bridge ports + rtnetlink: Add rtnexthop offload flag to compare mask + net: core: Correctly iterate over lower adjacency list + net: add recursion limit to GRO + ipv4: disable BH in set_ping_group_range() + ipv4: use the right lock for ping_group_range + net: fec: Call swap_buffer() prior to IP header alignment + net: sctp, forbid negative length + sctp: fix the panic caused by route update + udp: fix IP_CHECKSUM handling + netvsc: fix incorrect receive checksum offloading + macsec: Fix header length if SCI is added if explicitly disabled + net: ipv6: Do not consider link state for nexthop validation + net sched filters: fix notification of filter delete with proper handle + sctp: validate chunk len before actually using it + ip6_tunnel: Update skb->protocol to ETH_P_IPV6 in ip6_tnl_xmit() + packet: on direct_xmit, limit tso and csum to supported devices + arch/powerpc: Update parameters for csum_tcpudp_magic & csum_tcpudp_nofold + usb: dwc3: gadget: properly account queued requests + scsi: megaraid_sas: Fix data integrity failure for JBOD (passthrough) devices + scsi: megaraid_sas: fix macro MEGASAS_IS_LOGICAL to avoid regression + Linux 4.8.8
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