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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 3.16.7-ckt17 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 3.16.7-ckt17 upstream stable
-        patch set is now available. It should be included in the Ubuntu
-        kernel as well.
+        git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/linux.git
  
-        git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/linux.git
+     TEST CASE: TBD
  
-     TEST CASE: TBD
+        The following patches are in the 3.16.7-ckt17 stable release:
  
-        The following patches are in the 3.16.7-ckt17 stable release:
+ md: use kzalloc() when bitmap is disabled
+ sparc64: Fix userspace FPU register corruptions.
+ ARM: OMAP2+: hwmod: Fix _wait_target_ready() for hwmods without sysc
+ ASoC: pcm1681: Fix setting de-emphasis sampling rate selection
+ iscsi-target: Fix use-after-free during TPG session shutdown
+ iscsi-target: Fix iscsit_start_kthreads failure OOPs
+ iscsi-target: Fix iser explicit logout TX kthread leak
+ ARM: dts: i.MX35: Fix can support.
+ ALSA: hda - Apply fixup for another Toshiba Satellite S50D
+ vhost: actually track log eventfd file
+ arm64/efi: map the entire UEFI vendor string before reading it
+ xfs: remote attribute headers contain an invalid LSN
+ xfs: remote attributes need to be considered data
+ ALSA: hda - Apply a fixup to Dell Vostro 5480
+ ALSA: usb-audio: add dB range mapping for some devices
+ drm/i915: Replace WARN inside I915_READ64_2x32 with retry loop
+ drm/radeon/combios: add some validation of lvds values
+ x86/efi: Use all 64 bit of efi_memmap in setup_e820()
+ ipr: Fix locking for unit attention handling
+ ipr: Fix incorrect trace indexing
+ ipr: Fix invalid array indexing for HRRQ
+ ALSA: hda - Fix MacBook Pro 5,2 quirk
+ x86/xen: Probe target addresses in set_aliased_prot() before the hypercall
+ netfilter: ctnetlink: put back references to master ct and expect objects
+ ipvs: do not use random local source address for tunnels
+ ipvs: fix crash if scheduler is changed
+ ipvs: fix crash with sync protocol v0 and FTP
+ netfilter: nf_conntrack: Support expectations in different zones
+ NFS: Don't revalidate the mapping if both size and change attr are up to date
+ ALSA: hda - fix cs4210_spdif_automute()
+ net/mlx4_core: Fix wrong index in propagating port change event to VFs
+ niu: don't count tx error twice in case of headroom realloc fails
+ avr32: handle NULL as a valid clock object
+ packet: missing dev_put() in packet_do_bind()
+ packet: tpacket_snd(): fix signed/unsigned comparison
+ bridge: mdb: fix delmdb state in the notification
+ net: sched: fix refcount imbalance in actions
+ act_pedit: check binding before calling tcf_hash_release()
+ PCI: Restore PCI_MSIX_FLAGS_BIRMASK definition
+ USB: qcserial/option: make AT URCs work for Sierra Wireless MC7305/MC7355
+ USB: qcserial: Add support for Dell Wireless 5809e 4G Modem
+ nfsd: Drop BUG_ON and ignore SECLABEL on absent filesystem
+ crypto: ixp4xx - Remove bogus BUG_ON on scattered dst buffer
+ USB: sierra: add 1199:68AB device ID
+ rbd: fix copyup completion race
+ md/bitmap: return an error when bitmap superblock is corrupt.
+ md/raid1: extend spinlock to protect raid1_end_read_request against inconsistencies
+ thermal: exynos: Disable the regulator on probe failure
+ MIPS: Fix sched_getaffinity with MT FPAFF enabled
+ MIPS: Malta: Don't reinitialise RTC
+ MIPS: do_mcheck: Fix kernel code dump with EVA
+ MIPS: show_stack: Fix stack trace with EVA
+ MIPS: Flush RPS on kernel entry with EVA
+ xhci: fix off by one error in TRB DMA address boundary check
+ drivers/usb: Delete XHCI command timer if necessary
+ ALSA: fireworks/firewire-lib: add support for recent firmware quirk
+ mm, vmscan: Do not wait for page writeback for GFP_NOFS allocations
+ MIPS: Make set_pte() SMP safe.
+ ipc: modify message queue accounting to not take kernel data structures into account
+ ocfs2: fix BUG in ocfs2_downconvert_thread_do_work()
+ fsnotify: fix oops in fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group_flags()
+ drm/radeon: fix hotplug race at startup
+ rtnetlink: verify IFLA_VF_INFO attributes before passing them to driver
+ net/tipc: initialize security state for new connection socket
+ net: pktgen: fix race between pktgen_thread_worker() and kthread_stop()
+ net: call rcu_read_lock early in process_backlog
+ net: Clone skb before setting peeked flag
+ net: Fix skb csum races when peeking
+ net: Fix skb_set_peeked use-after-free bug
+ ipv6: lock socket in ip6_datagram_connect()
+ bonding: correct the MAC address for "follow" fail_over_mac policy
+ netlink: don't hold mutex in rcu callback when releasing mmapd ring
+ rds: fix an integer overflow test in rds_info_getsockopt()
+ udp: fix dst races with multicast early demux
+ bna: fix interrupts storm caused by erroneous packets
+ net: gso: use feature flag argument in all protocol gso handlers
+ Fix firmware loader uevent buffer NULL pointer dereference
+ qla2xxx: Mark port lost when we receive an RSCN for it.
+ megaraid_sas: use raw_smp_processor_id()
+ 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
+ HID: usbhid: add Chicony/Pixart usb optical mouse that needs QUIRK_ALWAYS_POLL
+ ima: add support for new "euid" policy condition
+ ima: extend "mask" policy matching support
+ mfd: arizona: Fix initialisation of the PM runtime
+ xen-blkfront: don't add indirect pages to list when !feature_persistent
+ xen-blkback: replace work_pending with work_busy in purge_persistent_gnt()
+ regmap: regcache-rbtree: Clean new present bits on present bitmap resize
+ target/iscsi: Fix double free of a TUR followed by a solicited NOPOUT
+ target: REPORT LUNS should return LUN 0 even for dynamic ACLs
+ perf: Fix fasync handling on inherited events
+ KVM: x86: Use adjustment in guest cycles when handling MSR_IA32_TSC_ADJUST
+ x86/ldt: Make modify_ldt synchronous
+ x86/ldt: Correct LDT access in single stepping logic
+ rcu: Provide counterpart to rcu_dereference() for non-RCU situations
+ rcu: Move lockless_dereference() out of rcupdate.h
+ x86/ldt: Correct FPU emulation access to LDT
+ localmodconfig: Use Kbuild files too
+ dm thin metadata: delete btrees when releasing metadata snapshot
+ dm btree: add ref counting ops for the leaves of top level btrees
+ drm/radeon: add new OLAND pci id
+ libiscsi: Fix host busy blocking during connection teardown
+ libfc: Fix fc_exch_recv_req() error path
+ libfc: Fix fc_fcp_cleanup_each_cmd()
+ EDAC, ppc4xx: Access mci->csrows array elements properly
+ crypto: caam - fix memory corruption in ahash_final_ctx
+ drm/vmwgfx: Fix execbuf locking issues
+ mm/hwpoison: fix page refcount of unknown non LRU page
+ ipc,sem: fix use after free on IPC_RMID after a task using same semaphore set exits
+ ipc/sem.c: change memory barrier in sem_lock() to smp_rmb()
+ ipc/sem.c: update/correct memory barriers
+ MIPS: Fix seccomp syscall argument for MIPS64
+ x86/ldt: Further fix FPU emulation
+ SCSI: Fix NULL pointer dereference in runtime PM
+ ALSA: usb-audio: Fix runtime PM unbalance
+ Add factory recertified Crucial M500s to blacklist
+ arm64: KVM: Fix host crash when injecting a fault into a 32bit guest
+ batman-adv: fix kernel crash due to missing NULL checks
+ batman-adv: protect tt_local_entry from concurrent delete events
+ perf: Fix PERF_EVENT_IOC_PERIOD migration race
+ net: Fix RCU splat in af_key
+ ip6_gre: release cached dst on tunnel removal
+ s390/sclp: fix compile error
+ xen/gntdev: convert priv->lock to a mutex
+ xen/gntdevt: Fix race condition in gntdev_release()
+ signalfd: fix information leak in signalfd_copyinfo
+ signal: fix information leak in copy_siginfo_to_user
+ signal: fix information leak in copy_siginfo_from_user32
+ Linux 3.16.7-ckt17
+ 
+ The following patch from 3.16.7-ckt17 was already applied to the LTS
+ Utopic kernel:
+ 
+ sysfs: Create mountpoints with sysfs_create_mount_point

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Title:
  Trusty update to 3.16.7-ckt17 stable release

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in linux source package in Trusty:
  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 3.16.7-ckt17 upstream stable
         patch set is now available. It should be included in the Ubuntu
         kernel as well.

         git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/linux.git

      TEST CASE: TBD

         The following patches are in the 3.16.7-ckt17 stable release:

  md: use kzalloc() when bitmap is disabled
  sparc64: Fix userspace FPU register corruptions.
  ARM: OMAP2+: hwmod: Fix _wait_target_ready() for hwmods without sysc
  ASoC: pcm1681: Fix setting de-emphasis sampling rate selection
  iscsi-target: Fix use-after-free during TPG session shutdown
  iscsi-target: Fix iscsit_start_kthreads failure OOPs
  iscsi-target: Fix iser explicit logout TX kthread leak
  ARM: dts: i.MX35: Fix can support.
  ALSA: hda - Apply fixup for another Toshiba Satellite S50D
  vhost: actually track log eventfd file
  arm64/efi: map the entire UEFI vendor string before reading it
  xfs: remote attribute headers contain an invalid LSN
  xfs: remote attributes need to be considered data
  ALSA: hda - Apply a fixup to Dell Vostro 5480
  ALSA: usb-audio: add dB range mapping for some devices
  drm/i915: Replace WARN inside I915_READ64_2x32 with retry loop
  drm/radeon/combios: add some validation of lvds values
  x86/efi: Use all 64 bit of efi_memmap in setup_e820()
  ipr: Fix locking for unit attention handling
  ipr: Fix incorrect trace indexing
  ipr: Fix invalid array indexing for HRRQ
  ALSA: hda - Fix MacBook Pro 5,2 quirk
  x86/xen: Probe target addresses in set_aliased_prot() before the hypercall
  netfilter: ctnetlink: put back references to master ct and expect objects
  ipvs: do not use random local source address for tunnels
  ipvs: fix crash if scheduler is changed
  ipvs: fix crash with sync protocol v0 and FTP
  netfilter: nf_conntrack: Support expectations in different zones
  NFS: Don't revalidate the mapping if both size and change attr are up to date
  ALSA: hda - fix cs4210_spdif_automute()
  net/mlx4_core: Fix wrong index in propagating port change event to VFs
  niu: don't count tx error twice in case of headroom realloc fails
  avr32: handle NULL as a valid clock object
  packet: missing dev_put() in packet_do_bind()
  packet: tpacket_snd(): fix signed/unsigned comparison
  bridge: mdb: fix delmdb state in the notification
  net: sched: fix refcount imbalance in actions
  act_pedit: check binding before calling tcf_hash_release()
  PCI: Restore PCI_MSIX_FLAGS_BIRMASK definition
  USB: qcserial/option: make AT URCs work for Sierra Wireless MC7305/MC7355
  USB: qcserial: Add support for Dell Wireless 5809e 4G Modem
  nfsd: Drop BUG_ON and ignore SECLABEL on absent filesystem
  crypto: ixp4xx - Remove bogus BUG_ON on scattered dst buffer
  USB: sierra: add 1199:68AB device ID
  rbd: fix copyup completion race
  md/bitmap: return an error when bitmap superblock is corrupt.
  md/raid1: extend spinlock to protect raid1_end_read_request against inconsistencies
  thermal: exynos: Disable the regulator on probe failure
  MIPS: Fix sched_getaffinity with MT FPAFF enabled
  MIPS: Malta: Don't reinitialise RTC
  MIPS: do_mcheck: Fix kernel code dump with EVA
  MIPS: show_stack: Fix stack trace with EVA
  MIPS: Flush RPS on kernel entry with EVA
  xhci: fix off by one error in TRB DMA address boundary check
  drivers/usb: Delete XHCI command timer if necessary
  ALSA: fireworks/firewire-lib: add support for recent firmware quirk
  mm, vmscan: Do not wait for page writeback for GFP_NOFS allocations
  MIPS: Make set_pte() SMP safe.
  ipc: modify message queue accounting to not take kernel data structures into account
  ocfs2: fix BUG in ocfs2_downconvert_thread_do_work()
  fsnotify: fix oops in fsnotify_clear_marks_by_group_flags()
  drm/radeon: fix hotplug race at startup
  rtnetlink: verify IFLA_VF_INFO attributes before passing them to driver
  net/tipc: initialize security state for new connection socket
  net: pktgen: fix race between pktgen_thread_worker() and kthread_stop()
  net: call rcu_read_lock early in process_backlog
  net: Clone skb before setting peeked flag
  net: Fix skb csum races when peeking
  net: Fix skb_set_peeked use-after-free bug
  ipv6: lock socket in ip6_datagram_connect()
  bonding: correct the MAC address for "follow" fail_over_mac policy
  netlink: don't hold mutex in rcu callback when releasing mmapd ring
  rds: fix an integer overflow test in rds_info_getsockopt()
  udp: fix dst races with multicast early demux
  bna: fix interrupts storm caused by erroneous packets
  net: gso: use feature flag argument in all protocol gso handlers
  Fix firmware loader uevent buffer NULL pointer dereference
  qla2xxx: Mark port lost when we receive an RSCN for it.
  megaraid_sas: use raw_smp_processor_id()
  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
  HID: usbhid: add Chicony/Pixart usb optical mouse that needs QUIRK_ALWAYS_POLL
  ima: add support for new "euid" policy condition
  ima: extend "mask" policy matching support
  mfd: arizona: Fix initialisation of the PM runtime
  xen-blkfront: don't add indirect pages to list when !feature_persistent
  xen-blkback: replace work_pending with work_busy in purge_persistent_gnt()
  regmap: regcache-rbtree: Clean new present bits on present bitmap resize
  target/iscsi: Fix double free of a TUR followed by a solicited NOPOUT
  target: REPORT LUNS should return LUN 0 even for dynamic ACLs
  perf: Fix fasync handling on inherited events
  KVM: x86: Use adjustment in guest cycles when handling MSR_IA32_TSC_ADJUST
  x86/ldt: Make modify_ldt synchronous
  x86/ldt: Correct LDT access in single stepping logic
  rcu: Provide counterpart to rcu_dereference() for non-RCU situations
  rcu: Move lockless_dereference() out of rcupdate.h
  x86/ldt: Correct FPU emulation access to LDT
  localmodconfig: Use Kbuild files too
  dm thin metadata: delete btrees when releasing metadata snapshot
  dm btree: add ref counting ops for the leaves of top level btrees
  drm/radeon: add new OLAND pci id
  libiscsi: Fix host busy blocking during connection teardown
  libfc: Fix fc_exch_recv_req() error path
  libfc: Fix fc_fcp_cleanup_each_cmd()
  EDAC, ppc4xx: Access mci->csrows array elements properly
  crypto: caam - fix memory corruption in ahash_final_ctx
  drm/vmwgfx: Fix execbuf locking issues
  mm/hwpoison: fix page refcount of unknown non LRU page
  ipc,sem: fix use after free on IPC_RMID after a task using same semaphore set exits
  ipc/sem.c: change memory barrier in sem_lock() to smp_rmb()
  ipc/sem.c: update/correct memory barriers
  MIPS: Fix seccomp syscall argument for MIPS64
  x86/ldt: Further fix FPU emulation
  SCSI: Fix NULL pointer dereference in runtime PM
  ALSA: usb-audio: Fix runtime PM unbalance
  Add factory recertified Crucial M500s to blacklist
  arm64: KVM: Fix host crash when injecting a fault into a 32bit guest
  batman-adv: fix kernel crash due to missing NULL checks
  batman-adv: protect tt_local_entry from concurrent delete events
  perf: Fix PERF_EVENT_IOC_PERIOD migration race
  net: Fix RCU splat in af_key
  ip6_gre: release cached dst on tunnel removal
  s390/sclp: fix compile error
  xen/gntdev: convert priv->lock to a mutex
  xen/gntdevt: Fix race condition in gntdev_release()
  signalfd: fix information leak in signalfd_copyinfo
  signal: fix information leak in copy_siginfo_to_user
  signal: fix information leak in copy_siginfo_from_user32
  Linux 3.16.7-ckt17

  The following patch from 3.16.7-ckt17 was already applied to the LTS
  Utopic kernel:

  sysfs: Create mountpoints with sysfs_create_mount_point

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