** 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 v4.4.59 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 v4.4.59 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 v4.4.59 stable release shall be + applied: - The following patches from the v4.4.59 stable release shall be - applied: + xfrm: policy: init locks early + xfrm_user: validate XFRM_MSG_NEWAE XFRMA_REPLAY_ESN_VAL replay_window + xfrm_user: validate XFRM_MSG_NEWAE incoming ESN size harder + virtio_balloon: init 1st buffer in stats vq + pinctrl: qcom: Don't clear status bit on irq_unmask + c6x/ptrace: Remove useless PTRACE_SETREGSET implementation + h8300/ptrace: Fix incorrect register transfer count + mips/ptrace: Preserve previous registers for short regset write + sparc/ptrace: Preserve previous registers for short regset write + metag/ptrace: Preserve previous registers for short regset write + metag/ptrace: Provide default TXSTATUS for short NT_PRSTATUS + metag/ptrace: Reject partial NT_METAG_RPIPE writes + fscrypt: remove broken support for detecting keyring key revocation + sched/rt: Add a missing rescheduling point + Linux 4.4.59
-- 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/1678960 Title: Xenial update to v4.4.59 stable release Status in linux package in Ubuntu: New Status in linux source package in Xenial: 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 v4.4.59 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 v4.4.59 stable release shall be applied: xfrm: policy: init locks early xfrm_user: validate XFRM_MSG_NEWAE XFRMA_REPLAY_ESN_VAL replay_window xfrm_user: validate XFRM_MSG_NEWAE incoming ESN size harder virtio_balloon: init 1st buffer in stats vq pinctrl: qcom: Don't clear status bit on irq_unmask c6x/ptrace: Remove useless PTRACE_SETREGSET implementation h8300/ptrace: Fix incorrect register transfer count mips/ptrace: Preserve previous registers for short regset write sparc/ptrace: Preserve previous registers for short regset write metag/ptrace: Preserve previous registers for short regset write metag/ptrace: Provide default TXSTATUS for short NT_PRSTATUS metag/ptrace: Reject partial NT_METAG_RPIPE writes fscrypt: remove broken support for detecting keyring key revocation sched/rt: Add a missing rescheduling point Linux 4.4.59 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1678960/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
