** 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 4.4.63 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 4.4.63 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 4.4.63 stable release shall be - applied: + The following patches from the 4.4.63 stable release shall be applied: + * cgroup, kthread: close race window where new kthreads can be migrated to + non-root cgroups + * thp: fix MADV_DONTNEED vs clear soft dirty race + * drm/nouveau/mpeg: mthd returns true on success now + * drm/nouveau/mmu/nv4a: use nv04 mmu rather than the nv44 one + * CIFS: store results of cifs_reopen_file to avoid infinite wait + * Input: xpad - add support for Razer Wildcat gamepad + * perf/x86: Avoid exposing wrong/stale data in intel_pmu_lbr_read_32() + * x86/vdso: Ensure vdso32_enabled gets set to valid values only + * x86/vdso: Plug race between mapping and ELF header setup + * acpi, nfit, libnvdimm: fix interleave set cookie calculation (64-bit + comparison) + * iscsi-target: Fix TMR reference leak during session shutdown + * iscsi-target: Drop work-around for legacy GlobalSAN initiator + * scsi: sr: Sanity check returned mode data + * scsi: sd: Consider max_xfer_blocks if opt_xfer_blocks is unusable + * scsi: sd: Fix capacity calculation with 32-bit sector_t + * xen, fbfront: fix connecting to backend + * libnvdimm: fix reconfig_mutex, mmap_sem, and jbd2_handle lockdep splat + * irqchip/irq-imx-gpcv2: Fix spinlock initialization + * ftrace: Fix removing of second function probe + * char: Drop bogus dependency of DEVPORT on !M68K + * char: lack of bool string made CONFIG_DEVPORT always on + * Revert "MIPS: Lantiq: Fix cascaded IRQ setup" + * kvm: fix page struct leak in handle_vmon + * zram: do not use copy_page with non-page aligned address + * powerpc: Disable HFSCR[TM] if TM is not supported + * crypto: ahash - Fix EINPROGRESS notification callback + * ath9k: fix NULL pointer dereference + * dvb-usb-v2: avoid use-after-free + * ext4: fix inode checksum calculation problem if i_extra_size is small + * platform/x86: acer-wmi: setup accelerometer when machine has appropriate + notify event + * rtc: tegra: Implement clock handling + * mm: Tighten x86 /dev/mem with zeroing reads + * dvb-usb: don't use stack for firmware load + * dvb-usb-firmware: don't do DMA on stack + * virtio-console: avoid DMA from stack + * pegasus: Use heap buffers for all register access + * rtl8150: Use heap buffers for all register access + * catc: Combine failure cleanup code in catc_probe() + * catc: Use heap buffer for memory size test + * tty/serial: atmel: RS485 half duplex w/DMA: enable RX after TX is done + * net: ipv6: check route protocol when deleting routes + * MIPS: fix Select HAVE_IRQ_EXIT_ON_IRQ_STACK patch. + * Linux 4.4.63
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