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[Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** 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 Linus' tree or in a minimally
+        backported form of that patch. The 3.2.71 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 Linus' tree or in a minimally
-        backported form of that patch. The 3.2.71 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 are in the 3.2.71 stable release:
  
-        The following patches are in the 3.2.71 stable release:
+ hrtimer: Allow concurrent hrtimer_start() for self restarting timers
+ s5h1420: fix a buffer overflow when checking userspace params
+ cx24116: fix a buffer overflow when checking userspace params
+ mtd: fix: avoid race condition when accessing mtd->usecount
+ crypto: talitos - avoid memleak in talitos_alg_alloc()
+ ASoC: wm8737: Fixup setting VMID Impedance control register
+ ASoC: wm8903: Fix define for WM8903_VMID_RES_250K
+ ASoC: wm8955: Fix setting wrong register for WM8955_K_8_0_MASK bits
+ pktgen: adjust spacing in proc file interface output
+ tty/serial: at91: RS485 mode: 0 is valid for delay_rts_after_send
+ drm/radeon: take the mode_config mutex when dealing with hpds (v2)
+ usb: dwc3: gadget: return error if command sent to DEPCMD register fails
+ rcu: Correctly handle non-empty Tiny RCU callback list with none ready
+ mtd: dc21285: use raw spinlock functions for nw_gpio_lock
+ staging: rtl8712: prevent buffer overrun in recvbuf2recvframe
+ usb: core: Fix USB 3.0 devices lost in NOTATTACHED state after a hub port reset
+ staging: vt6655: device_rx_srv check sk_buff is NULL
+ fixing infinite OPEN loop in 4.0 stateid recovery
+ NFS: Fix size of NFSACL SETACL operations
+ SUNRPC: Fix a memory leak in the backchannel code
+ ipr: Increase default adapter init stage change timeout
+ ath3k: Add support of 0489:e076 AR3012 device
+ ath3k: add support of 13d3:3474 AR3012 device
+ ath9k: fix DMA stop sequence for AR9003+
+ cdc-acm: Add support of ATOL FPrint fiscal printers
+ regulator: core: fix constraints output buffer
+ dmaengine: mv_xor: bug fix for racing condition in descriptors cleanup
+ ASoC: wm8960: the enum of "DAC Polarity" should be wm8960_enum[1]
+ ext4: fix race between truncate and __ext4_journalled_writepage()
+ Disable write buffering on Toshiba ToPIC95
+ jbd2: split updating of journal superblock and marking journal empty
+ jbd2: issue cache flush after checkpointing even with internal journal
+ jbd2: use GFP_NOFS in jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail()
+ jbd2: fix ocfs2 corrupt when updating journal superblock fails
+ ideapad: fix software rfkill setting
+ mmc: card: Fixup request missing in mmc_blk_issue_rw_rq
+ nfs: increase size of EXCHANGE_ID name string buffer
+ Bluetooth: ath3k: add support of 04ca:300f AR3012 device
+ ext4: call sync_blockdev() before invalidate_bdev() in put_super()
+ iio: DAC: ad5624r_spi: fix bit shift of output data value
+ ext4: don't retry file block mapping on bigalloc fs with non-extent file
+ watchdog: omap: assert the counter being stopped before reprogramming
+ NET: ROSE: Don't dereference NULL neighbour pointer.
+ bridge: multicast: restore router configuration on port link down/up
+ fs: Fix S_NOSEC handling
+ stmmac: troubleshoot unexpected bits in des0 & des1
+ mm: kmemleak: allow safe memory scanning during kmemleak disabling
+ dell-laptop: Fix allocating & freeing SMI buffer page
+ tracing/filter: Do not WARN on operand count going below zero
+ tracing/filter: Do not allow infix to exceed end of string
+ __bitmap_parselist: fix bug in empty string handling
+ agp/intel: Fix typo in needs_ilk_vtd_wa()
+ Btrfs: use kmem_cache_free when freeing entry in inode cache
+ Btrfs: fix race between caching kthread and returning inode to inode cache
+ crush: fix a bug in tree bucket decode
+ fuse: initialize fc->release before calling it
+ ALSA: usb-audio: Add MIDI support for Steinberg MI2/MI4
+ ACPICA: Tables: Fix an issue that FACS initialization is performed twice
+ fs/buffer.c: support buffer cache allocations with gfp modifiers
+ bufferhead: Add _gfp version for sb_getblk()
+ ext4: avoid deadlocks in the writeback path by using sb_getblk_gfp
+ netfilter: bridge: don't leak skb in error paths
+ KVM: x86: make vapics_in_nmi_mode atomic
+ KVM: x86: properly restore LVT0
+ 9p: forgetting to cancel request on interrupted zero-copy RPC
+ ext4: replace open coded nofail allocation in ext4_free_blocks()
+ dm btree remove: fix bug in redistribute3
+ dm thin: allocate the cell_sort_array dynamically
+ USB: cp210x: add ID for Aruba Networks controllers
+ dm btree: silence lockdep lock inversion in dm_btree_del()
+ s390/sclp: clear upper register halves in _sclp_print_early
+ drm: Check crtc x and y coordinates
+ drm: add a check for x/y in drm_mode_setcrtc
+ rtnetlink: verify IFLA_VF_INFO attributes before passing them to driver
+ mm: avoid setting up anonymous pages into file mapping
+ net: do not process device backlog during unregistration
+ net: call rcu_read_lock early in process_backlog
+ 9p: don't leave a half-initialized inode sitting around
+ s390/process: fix sfpc inline assembly
+ Btrfs: fix file corruption after cloning inline extents
+ rds: rds_ib_device.refcount overflow
+ ata: pmp: add quirk for Marvell 4140 SATA PMP
+ libata: add ATA_HORKAGE_BROKEN_FPDMA_AA quirk for HP 250GB SATA disk VB0250EAVER
+ libata: add ATA_HORKAGE_NOTRIM
+ libata: force disable trim for SuperSSpeed S238
+ libata: increase the timeout when setting transfer mode
+ datagram: Factor out sk queue referencing
+ drm/radeon: Don't flush the GART TLB if rdev->gart.ptr == NULL
+ mac80211: clear subdir_stations when removing debugfs
+ inet: frags: fix defragmented packet's IP header for af_packet
+ usb: dwc3: Reset the transfer resource index on SET_INTERFACE
+ netfilter: nf_conntrack: Support expectations in different zones
+ usb: xhci: Bugfix for NULL pointer deference in xhci_endpoint_init() function
+ xhci: Calculate old endpoints correctly on device reset
+ xhci: report U3 when link is in resume state
+ xhci: do not report PLC when link is in internal resume state
+ usb-storage: ignore ZTE MF 823 card reader in mode 0x1225
+ tile: use free_bootmem_late() for initrd
+ Input: usbtouchscreen - avoid unresponsive TSC-30 touch screen
+ md/raid1: fix test for 'was read error from last working device'.
+ iscsi-target: Fix use-after-free during TPG session shutdown
+ niu: don't count tx error twice in case of headroom realloc fails
+ vhost: actually track log eventfd file
+ ALSA: usb-audio: add dB range mapping for some devices
+ drm/radeon/combios: add some validation of lvds values
+ x86/xen: Probe target addresses in set_aliased_prot() before the hypercall
+ Linux 3.2.71

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Title:
  Precise update to 3.2.71 stable release

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux source package in Precise:
  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 Linus' tree or in a minimally
         backported form of that patch. The 3.2.71 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 are in the 3.2.71 stable release:

  hrtimer: Allow concurrent hrtimer_start() for self restarting timers
  s5h1420: fix a buffer overflow when checking userspace params
  cx24116: fix a buffer overflow when checking userspace params
  mtd: fix: avoid race condition when accessing mtd->usecount
  crypto: talitos - avoid memleak in talitos_alg_alloc()
  ASoC: wm8737: Fixup setting VMID Impedance control register
  ASoC: wm8903: Fix define for WM8903_VMID_RES_250K
  ASoC: wm8955: Fix setting wrong register for WM8955_K_8_0_MASK bits
  pktgen: adjust spacing in proc file interface output
  tty/serial: at91: RS485 mode: 0 is valid for delay_rts_after_send
  drm/radeon: take the mode_config mutex when dealing with hpds (v2)
  usb: dwc3: gadget: return error if command sent to DEPCMD register fails
  rcu: Correctly handle non-empty Tiny RCU callback list with none ready
  mtd: dc21285: use raw spinlock functions for nw_gpio_lock
  staging: rtl8712: prevent buffer overrun in recvbuf2recvframe
  usb: core: Fix USB 3.0 devices lost in NOTATTACHED state after a hub port reset
  staging: vt6655: device_rx_srv check sk_buff is NULL
  fixing infinite OPEN loop in 4.0 stateid recovery
  NFS: Fix size of NFSACL SETACL operations
  SUNRPC: Fix a memory leak in the backchannel code
  ipr: Increase default adapter init stage change timeout
  ath3k: Add support of 0489:e076 AR3012 device
  ath3k: add support of 13d3:3474 AR3012 device
  ath9k: fix DMA stop sequence for AR9003+
  cdc-acm: Add support of ATOL FPrint fiscal printers
  regulator: core: fix constraints output buffer
  dmaengine: mv_xor: bug fix for racing condition in descriptors cleanup
  ASoC: wm8960: the enum of "DAC Polarity" should be wm8960_enum[1]
  ext4: fix race between truncate and __ext4_journalled_writepage()
  Disable write buffering on Toshiba ToPIC95
  jbd2: split updating of journal superblock and marking journal empty
  jbd2: issue cache flush after checkpointing even with internal journal
  jbd2: use GFP_NOFS in jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail()
  jbd2: fix ocfs2 corrupt when updating journal superblock fails
  ideapad: fix software rfkill setting
  mmc: card: Fixup request missing in mmc_blk_issue_rw_rq
  nfs: increase size of EXCHANGE_ID name string buffer
  Bluetooth: ath3k: add support of 04ca:300f AR3012 device
  ext4: call sync_blockdev() before invalidate_bdev() in put_super()
  iio: DAC: ad5624r_spi: fix bit shift of output data value
  ext4: don't retry file block mapping on bigalloc fs with non-extent file
  watchdog: omap: assert the counter being stopped before reprogramming
  NET: ROSE: Don't dereference NULL neighbour pointer.
  bridge: multicast: restore router configuration on port link down/up
  fs: Fix S_NOSEC handling
  stmmac: troubleshoot unexpected bits in des0 & des1
  mm: kmemleak: allow safe memory scanning during kmemleak disabling
  dell-laptop: Fix allocating & freeing SMI buffer page
  tracing/filter: Do not WARN on operand count going below zero
  tracing/filter: Do not allow infix to exceed end of string
  __bitmap_parselist: fix bug in empty string handling
  agp/intel: Fix typo in needs_ilk_vtd_wa()
  Btrfs: use kmem_cache_free when freeing entry in inode cache
  Btrfs: fix race between caching kthread and returning inode to inode cache
  crush: fix a bug in tree bucket decode
  fuse: initialize fc->release before calling it
  ALSA: usb-audio: Add MIDI support for Steinberg MI2/MI4
  ACPICA: Tables: Fix an issue that FACS initialization is performed twice
  fs/buffer.c: support buffer cache allocations with gfp modifiers
  bufferhead: Add _gfp version for sb_getblk()
  ext4: avoid deadlocks in the writeback path by using sb_getblk_gfp
  netfilter: bridge: don't leak skb in error paths
  KVM: x86: make vapics_in_nmi_mode atomic
  KVM: x86: properly restore LVT0
  9p: forgetting to cancel request on interrupted zero-copy RPC
  ext4: replace open coded nofail allocation in ext4_free_blocks()
  dm btree remove: fix bug in redistribute3
  dm thin: allocate the cell_sort_array dynamically
  USB: cp210x: add ID for Aruba Networks controllers
  dm btree: silence lockdep lock inversion in dm_btree_del()
  s390/sclp: clear upper register halves in _sclp_print_early
  drm: Check crtc x and y coordinates
  drm: add a check for x/y in drm_mode_setcrtc
  rtnetlink: verify IFLA_VF_INFO attributes before passing them to driver
  mm: avoid setting up anonymous pages into file mapping
  net: do not process device backlog during unregistration
  net: call rcu_read_lock early in process_backlog
  9p: don't leave a half-initialized inode sitting around
  s390/process: fix sfpc inline assembly
  Btrfs: fix file corruption after cloning inline extents
  rds: rds_ib_device.refcount overflow
  ata: pmp: add quirk for Marvell 4140 SATA PMP
  libata: add ATA_HORKAGE_BROKEN_FPDMA_AA quirk for HP 250GB SATA disk VB0250EAVER
  libata: add ATA_HORKAGE_NOTRIM
  libata: force disable trim for SuperSSpeed S238
  libata: increase the timeout when setting transfer mode
  datagram: Factor out sk queue referencing
  drm/radeon: Don't flush the GART TLB if rdev->gart.ptr == NULL
  mac80211: clear subdir_stations when removing debugfs
  inet: frags: fix defragmented packet's IP header for af_packet
  usb: dwc3: Reset the transfer resource index on SET_INTERFACE
  netfilter: nf_conntrack: Support expectations in different zones
  usb: xhci: Bugfix for NULL pointer deference in xhci_endpoint_init() function
  xhci: Calculate old endpoints correctly on device reset
  xhci: report U3 when link is in resume state
  xhci: do not report PLC when link is in internal resume state
  usb-storage: ignore ZTE MF 823 card reader in mode 0x1225
  tile: use free_bootmem_late() for initrd
  Input: usbtouchscreen - avoid unresponsive TSC-30 touch screen
  md/raid1: fix test for 'was read error from last working device'.
  iscsi-target: Fix use-after-free during TPG session shutdown
  niu: don't count tx error twice in case of headroom realloc fails
  vhost: actually track log eventfd file
  ALSA: usb-audio: add dB range mapping for some devices
  drm/radeon/combios: add some validation of lvds values
  x86/xen: Probe target addresses in set_aliased_prot() before the hypercall
  Linux 3.2.71

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