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 Linus' tree or in a minimally
backported form of that patch. The v2.6.38.3 upstream stable
patch set is now available. It should be included in the Ubuntu
kernel as well.
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.38.y.git
TEST CASE: TBD
The following patches are in the v2.6.38.3 stable release:
ALSA: hda - Fix SPDIF out regression on ALC889
ALSA: Fix yet another race in disconnection
ALSA: vmalloc buffers should use normal mmap
perf: Better fit max unprivileged mlock pages for tools needs
myri10ge: fix rmmod crash
cciss: fix lost command issue
ath9k: Fix kernel panic in AR2427
sound/oss/opl3: validate voice and channel indexes
mac80211: initialize sta->last_rx in sta_info_alloc
ses: show devices for enclosures with no page 7
ses: Avoid kernel panic when lun 0 is not mapped
PCI/ACPI: Report ASPM support to BIOS if not disabled from command line
eCryptfs: Unlock page in write_begin error path
eCryptfs: ecryptfs_keyring_auth_tok_for_sig() bug fix
crypto: aesni-intel - fixed problem with packets that are not multiple of 64bytes
staging: usbip: bugfixes related to kthread conversion
staging: usbip: bugfix add number of packets for isochronous frames
staging: usbip: bugfix for isochronous packets and optimization
staging: hv: use sync_bitops when interacting with the hypervisor
staging: hv: Fix GARP not sent after Quick Migration
xfs: register the inode cache shrinker before quotachecks
amd64_edac: Fix potential memleak
watchdog: s3c2410_wdt.c: Convert release_resource to release_region/release_mem_region
watchdog: Convert release_resource to release_region/release_mem_region
irda: validate peer name and attribute lengths
irda: prevent heap corruption on invalid nickname
powerpc: Fix accounting of softirq time when idle
nilfs2: fix data loss in mmap page write for hole blocks
ASoC: Explicitly say registerless widgets have no register
ASoC: imx: set watermarks for mx2-dma
ASoC: imx: fix burstsize for DMA
ASoC: Fix CODEC device name for Corgi
ALSA: ens1371: fix Creative Ectiva support
ALSA: hda - HDMI: Fix MCP7x audio infoframe checksums
ALSA: HDA: Fix single internal mic on ALC275 (Sony Vaio VPCSB1C5E)
net: fix ethtool->set_flags not intended -EINVAL return value
drm/radeon/kms: add some new ontario pci ids
drm/radeon/kms: add some sanity checks to obj info record parsingi (v2)
inotify: fix double free/corruption of stuct user
HID: hid-magicmouse: Increase evdev buffer size
perf: Fix task_struct reference leak
perf: Rebase max unprivileged mlock threshold on top of page size
ROSE: prevent heap corruption with bad facilities
Btrfs: Fix uninitialized root flags for subvolumes
x86, mtrr, pat: Fix one cpu getting out of sync during resume
Input: synaptics - fix crash in synaptics_module_init()
ath9k: fix a chip wakeup related crash in ath9k_start
mac80211: fix a crash in minstrel_ht in HT mode with no supported MCS rates
staging: IIO: IMU: ADIS16400: Fix up SPI messages cs_change behavior
staging: IIO: IMU: ADIS16400: Add delay after self test
staging: IIO: IMU: ADIS16400: Fix addresses of GYRO and ACCEL calibration offset
staging: IIO: IMU: ADIS16400: Make sure only enabled scan_elements are pushed into the ring
UBIFS: do not read flash unnecessarily
UBIFS: fix oops on error path in read_pnode
UBIFS: fix debugging failure in dbg_check_space_info
quota: Don't write quota info in dquot_commit()
mm: avoid wrapping vm_pgoff in mremap()
Revert "net/sunrpc: Use static const char arrays"
iwlwifi: accept EEPROM version 0x423 for iwl6000
p54usb: IDs for two new devices
rt2x00: Fix radio off hang issue for PCIE interface
rt2x00: fix cancelling uninitialized work
wl12xx: fix potential buffer overflow in testmode nvs push
media/radio/wl1273: fix build errors
b43: allocate receive buffers big enough for max frame len + offset
Bluetooth: sco: fix information leak to userspace
bridge: netfilter: fix information leak
Bluetooth: bnep: fix buffer overflow
Bluetooth: add support for Apple MacBook Pro 8,2
Treat writes as new when holes span across page boundaries
char/tpm: Fix unitialized usage of data buffer
netfilter: ip_tables: fix infoleak to userspace
netfilter: xtables: fix reentrancy
netfilter: arp_tables: fix infoleak to userspace
netfilter: ipt_CLUSTERIP: fix buffer overflow
ipv6: netfilter: ip6_tables: fix infoleak to userspace
scsi_transport_iscsi: make priv_sess file writeable only by root
mfd: ab8500: world-writable debugfs register-* files
mfd: ab3500: world-writable debugfs register-* files
mfd: ab3100: world-writable debugfs *_priv files
drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1511.c: world-writable sysfs nvram file
drivers/misc/ep93xx_pwm.c: world-writable sysfs files
drivers/leds/leds-lp5523.c: world-writable engine* sysfs files
drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c: world-writable sysfs engine* files
econet: 4 byte infoleak to the network
netfilter: h323: bug in parsing of ASN1 SEQOF field
sound/oss: remove offset from load_patch callbacks
drivers/media/video/tlg2300/pd-video.c: Remove second mutex_unlock in pd_vidioc_s_fmt
acer-wmi: does not set persistence state by rfkill_init_sw_state
Revert "x86: Cleanup highmap after brk is concluded"
Squashfs: Use vmalloc rather than kmalloc for zlib workspace
Squashfs: handle corruption of directory structure
atm/solos-pci: Don't include frame pseudo-header on transmit hex-dump
atm/solos-pci: Don't flap VCs when carrier state changes
ext4: fix a double free in ext4_register_li_request
ext4: fix credits computing for indirect mapped files
nfsd: fix auth_domain reference leak on nlm operations
nfsd4: fix oops on lock failure
Linux 2.6.38.3
Accepted linux into natty-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https:/