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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 3.19.8-ckt10 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 3.19.8-ckt10 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 3.19.8-ckt10 stable release:
  
-        The following patches are in the 3.19.8-ckt10 stable release:
+ isdn_ppp: Add checks for allocation failure in isdn_ppp_open()
+ ppp, slip: Validate VJ compression slot parameters completely
+ [media] media/vivid-osd: fix info leak in ioctl
+ staging/dgnc: fix info leak in ioctl
+ tools lib traceevent: Fix string handling in heterogeneous arch environments
+ perf tools: Fix copying of /proc/kcore
+ m68k: Define asmlinkage_protect
+ UBI: Validate data_size
+ UBI: return ENOSPC if no enough space available
+ drm/radeon: Restore LCD backlight level on resume (>= R5xx)
+ drm/radeon: move bl encoder assignment into bl init
+ drm/radeon: fix dpms when driver backlight control is disabled
+ MIPS: dma-default: Fix 32-bit fall back to GFP_DMA
+ MIPS: CPS: Stop dangling delay slot from has_mt.
+ MIPS: CPS: Don't include MT code in non-MT kernels.
+ MIPS: CPS: #ifdef on CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMP rather than CONFIG_MIPS_MT
+ x86/asm/entry: Create and use a 'TOP_OF_KERNEL_STACK_PADDING' macro
+ x86/process: Add proper bound checks in 64bit get_wchan()
+ drm/qxl: recreate the primary surface when the bo is not primary
+ genirq: Fix race in register_irq_proc()
+ x86/efi: Fix boot crash by mapping EFI memmap entries bottom-up at runtime, instead of top-down
+ KVM: nSVM: Check for NRIPS support before updating control field
+ Use WARN_ON_ONCE for missing X86_FEATURE_NRIPS
+ mm: hugetlbfs: skip shared VMAs when unmapping private pages to satisfy a fault
+ drm/dp/mst: fixup handling hotplug on port removal.
+ drm/dp/mst: drop cancel work sync in the mstb destroy path (v2)
+ x86/kexec: Fix kexec crash in syscall kexec_file_load()
+ x86/mm: Set NX on gap between __ex_table and rodata
+ md/raid0: update queue parameter in a safer location.
+ md/raid0: apply base queue limits *before* disk_stack_limits
+ arm64: ftrace: fix function_graph tracer panic
+ clocksource: Fix abs() usage w/ 64bit values
+ dmaengine: dw: properly read DWC_PARAMS register
+ mm/slab: fix unexpected index mapping result of kmalloc_size(INDEX_NODE+1)
+ regmap: debugfs: Ensure we don't underflow when printing access masks
+ regmap: debugfs: Don't bother actually printing when calculating max length
+ mtd: nand: sunxi: fix OOB handling in ->write_xxx() functions
+ mtd: nand: sunxi: fix sunxi_nand_chips_cleanup()
+ ARM: dts: fix usb pin control for imx-rex dts
+ ASoC: db1200: Fix DAI link format for db1300 and db1550
+ x86/xen: Support kexec/kdump in HVM guests by doing a soft reset
+ x86/xen: Do not clip xen_e820_map to xen_e820_map_entries when sanitizing map
+ s390/boot/decompression: disable floating point in decompressor
+ svcrdma: handle rdma read with a non-zero initial page offset
+ ASoC: sgtl5000: fix wrong register MIC_BIAS_VOLTAGE setup on probe
+ dm: fix AB-BA deadlock in __dm_destroy()
+ [SMB3] Do not fall back to SMBWriteX in set_file_size error cases
+ clk: ti: fix dual-registration of uart4_ick
+ ASoC: dwc: correct irq clear method
+ dm raid: fix round up of default region size
+ ALSA: hda: Add dock support for ThinkPad T550
+ ALSA: hda - Apply SPDIF pin ctl to MacBookPro 12,1
+ USB: Add reset-resume quirk for two Plantronics usb headphones.
+ usb: Add device quirk for Logitech PTZ cameras
+ serial: 8250: add uart_config entry for PORT_RT2880
+ drivers/tty: require read access for controlling terminal
+ staging: speakup: fix speakup-r regression
+ ALSA: synth: Fix conflicting OSS device registration on AWE32
+ arm64: readahead: fault retry breaks mmap file read random detection
+ ASoC: tas2552: Correct the Speaker Driver Playback Volume (PGA_GAIN)
+ ASoC: tas2552: fix dBscale-min declaration
+ sched/core: Fix TASK_DEAD race in finish_task_switch()
+ dm cache: fix NULL pointer when switching from cleaner policy
+ 3w-9xxx: don't unmap bounce buffered commands
+ workqueue: make sure delayed work run in local cpu
+ drm/radeon: add pm sysfs files late
+ cxl: Fix number of allocated pages in SPA
+ crypto: sparc - initialize blkcipher.ivsize
+ drm: Fix locking for sysfs dpms file
+ drm/nouveau/fbcon: take runpm reference when userspace has an open fd
+ crypto: ahash - ensure statesize is non-zero
+ dm thin: fix missing pool reference count decrement in pool_ctr error path
+ btrfs: check unsupported filters in balance arguments
+ btrfs: fix use after free iterating extrefs
+ drm/dp/mst: make mst i2c transfer code more robust.
+ i2c: rcar: enable RuntimePM before registering to the core
+ i2c: s3c2410: enable RuntimePM before registering to the core
+ i2c: designware-platdrv: enable RuntimePM before registering to the core
+ memcg: convert threshold to bytes
+ i2c: designware: Do not use parameters from ACPI on Dell Inspiron 7348
+ pinctrl: imx25: ensure that a pin with id i is at position i in the info array
+ l2tp: protect tunnel->del_work by ref_count
+ af_unix: Convert the unix_sk macro to an inline function for type safety
+ af_unix: return data from multiple SKBs on recv() with MSG_PEEK flag
+ net/unix: fix logic about sk_peek_offset
+ skbuff: Fix skb checksum flag on skb pull
+ skbuff: Fix skb checksum partial check.
+ net: add pfmemalloc check in sk_add_backlog()
+ ppp: don't override sk->sk_state in pppoe_flush_dev()
+ ovs: do not allocate memory from offline numa node
+ ethtool: Use kcalloc instead of kmalloc for ethtool_get_strings
+ netlink: Trim skb to alloc size to avoid MSG_TRUNC
+ ath9k: declare required extra tx headroom
+ iio: accel: sca3000: memory corruption in sca3000_read_first_n_hw_rb()
+ iwlwifi: dvm: fix D3 firmware PN programming
+ iwlwifi: mvm: fix D3 firmware PN programming
+ iwlwifi: mvm: clear csa countdown when AP is stopped
+ iwlwifi: fix firmware filename for 3160
+ iwlwifi: mvm: init card correctly on ctkill exit check
+ ARM: orion: Fix DSA platform device after mvmdio conversion
+ xen-blkfront: check for null drvdata in blkback_changed (XenbusStateClosing)
+ iio: mxs-lradc: Fix temperature offset
+ ARM: dts: Fix audio card detection on Peach boards
+ ALSA: hda - Fix inverted internal mic on Lenovo G50-80
+ drm/i915: Flush pipecontrol post-sync writes
+ drm/i915: Restore lost DPLL register write on gen2-4
+ drm/i915: Deny wrapping an userptr into a framebuffer
+ iommu/vt-d: fix range computation when making room for large pages
+ x86/efi: Fix multiple GOP device support
+ ASoC: Add info callback for SX_TLV controls
+ xhci: don't finish a TD if we get a short transfer event mid TD
+ xhci: handle no ping response error properly
+ xhci: Add spurious wakeup quirk for LynxPoint-LP controllers
+ ASoC: wm8904: Correct number of EQ registers
+ drm: fix mutex leak in drm_dp_get_mst_branch_device
+ drm/nouveau/gem: return only valid domain when there's only one
+ powerpc/rtas: Validate rtas.entry before calling enter_rtas()
+ [media] si2168: Bounds check firmware
+ mm: make sendfile(2) killable
+ fault-inject: fix inverted interval/probability values in printk
+ rbd: fix double free on rbd_dev->header_name
+ rbd: don't leak parent_spec in rbd_dev_probe_parent()
+ rbd: prevent kernel stack blow up on rbd map
+ dm btree remove: fix a bug when rebalancing nodes after removal
+ dm btree: fix leak of bufio-backed block in btree_split_beneath error path
+ bpf: fix panic in SO_GET_FILTER with native ebpf programs
+ ARM: dts: am57xx-beagle-x15: set VDD_SD to always-on
+ IB/cm: Fix rb-tree duplicate free and use-after-free
+ module: Fix locking in symbol_put_addr()
+ PCI: Prevent out of bounds access in numa_node override
+ ovl: use O_LARGEFILE in ovl_copy_up()
+ ovl: fix dentry reference leak
+ crypto: api - Only abort operations on fatal signal
+ md/raid1: submit_bio_wait() returns 0 on success
+ md/raid10: submit_bio_wait() returns 0 on success
+ iommu/amd: Don't clear DTE flags when modifying it
+ i2c: mv64xxx: really allow I2C offloading
+ drm/radeon: don't try to recreate sysfs entries on resume
+ mvsas: Fix NULL pointer dereference in mvs_slot_task_free
+ arm64: compat: fix stxr failure case in SWP emulation
+ Revert "ARM64: unwind: Fix PC calculation"
+ rbd: require stable pages if message data CRCs are enabled
+ md/raid5: fix locking in handle_stripe_clean_event()
+ Revert "md: allow a partially recovered device to be hot-added to an array."
+ net/mlx4: Copy/set only sizeof struct mlx4_eqe bytes
+ ipv6: Fix IPsec pre-encap fragmentation check
+ ipv6: gre: support SIT encapsulation
+ ppp: fix pppoe_dev deletion condition in pppoe_release()
+ Linux 3.19.8-ckt10
+ 
+ The following patches from 3.19.8-ckt10 were already present in the
+ Vivid kernel:
+ 
+ Initialize msg/shm IPC objects before doing ipc_addid()
+ tty: fix stall caused by missing memory barrier in drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+ arm64: errata: use KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE for erratum #843419
+ iwlwifi: pci: add a few more PCI subvendor IDs for the 7265 series

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       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Trusty update to 3.19.8-ckt10 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 3.19.8-ckt10 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 3.19.8-ckt10 stable release:

  isdn_ppp: Add checks for allocation failure in isdn_ppp_open()
  ppp, slip: Validate VJ compression slot parameters completely
  [media] media/vivid-osd: fix info leak in ioctl
  staging/dgnc: fix info leak in ioctl
  tools lib traceevent: Fix string handling in heterogeneous arch environments
  perf tools: Fix copying of /proc/kcore
  m68k: Define asmlinkage_protect
  UBI: Validate data_size
  UBI: return ENOSPC if no enough space available
  drm/radeon: Restore LCD backlight level on resume (>= R5xx)
  drm/radeon: move bl encoder assignment into bl init
  drm/radeon: fix dpms when driver backlight control is disabled
  MIPS: dma-default: Fix 32-bit fall back to GFP_DMA
  MIPS: CPS: Stop dangling delay slot from has_mt.
  MIPS: CPS: Don't include MT code in non-MT kernels.
  MIPS: CPS: #ifdef on CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMP rather than CONFIG_MIPS_MT
  x86/asm/entry: Create and use a 'TOP_OF_KERNEL_STACK_PADDING' macro
  x86/process: Add proper bound checks in 64bit get_wchan()
  drm/qxl: recreate the primary surface when the bo is not primary
  genirq: Fix race in register_irq_proc()
  x86/efi: Fix boot crash by mapping EFI memmap entries bottom-up at runtime, instead of top-down
  KVM: nSVM: Check for NRIPS support before updating control field
  Use WARN_ON_ONCE for missing X86_FEATURE_NRIPS
  mm: hugetlbfs: skip shared VMAs when unmapping private pages to satisfy a fault
  drm/dp/mst: fixup handling hotplug on port removal.
  drm/dp/mst: drop cancel work sync in the mstb destroy path (v2)
  x86/kexec: Fix kexec crash in syscall kexec_file_load()
  x86/mm: Set NX on gap between __ex_table and rodata
  md/raid0: update queue parameter in a safer location.
  md/raid0: apply base queue limits *before* disk_stack_limits
  arm64: ftrace: fix function_graph tracer panic
  clocksource: Fix abs() usage w/ 64bit values
  dmaengine: dw: properly read DWC_PARAMS register
  mm/slab: fix unexpected index mapping result of kmalloc_size(INDEX_NODE+1)
  regmap: debugfs: Ensure we don't underflow when printing access masks
  regmap: debugfs: Don't bother actually printing when calculating max length
  mtd: nand: sunxi: fix OOB handling in ->write_xxx() functions
  mtd: nand: sunxi: fix sunxi_nand_chips_cleanup()
  ARM: dts: fix usb pin control for imx-rex dts
  ASoC: db1200: Fix DAI link format for db1300 and db1550
  x86/xen: Support kexec/kdump in HVM guests by doing a soft reset
  x86/xen: Do not clip xen_e820_map to xen_e820_map_entries when sanitizing map
  s390/boot/decompression: disable floating point in decompressor
  svcrdma: handle rdma read with a non-zero initial page offset
  ASoC: sgtl5000: fix wrong register MIC_BIAS_VOLTAGE setup on probe
  dm: fix AB-BA deadlock in __dm_destroy()
  [SMB3] Do not fall back to SMBWriteX in set_file_size error cases
  clk: ti: fix dual-registration of uart4_ick
  ASoC: dwc: correct irq clear method
  dm raid: fix round up of default region size
  ALSA: hda: Add dock support for ThinkPad T550
  ALSA: hda - Apply SPDIF pin ctl to MacBookPro 12,1
  USB: Add reset-resume quirk for two Plantronics usb headphones.
  usb: Add device quirk for Logitech PTZ cameras
  serial: 8250: add uart_config entry for PORT_RT2880
  drivers/tty: require read access for controlling terminal
  staging: speakup: fix speakup-r regression
  ALSA: synth: Fix conflicting OSS device registration on AWE32
  arm64: readahead: fault retry breaks mmap file read random detection
  ASoC: tas2552: Correct the Speaker Driver Playback Volume (PGA_GAIN)
  ASoC: tas2552: fix dBscale-min declaration
  sched/core: Fix TASK_DEAD race in finish_task_switch()
  dm cache: fix NULL pointer when switching from cleaner policy
  3w-9xxx: don't unmap bounce buffered commands
  workqueue: make sure delayed work run in local cpu
  drm/radeon: add pm sysfs files late
  cxl: Fix number of allocated pages in SPA
  crypto: sparc - initialize blkcipher.ivsize
  drm: Fix locking for sysfs dpms file
  drm/nouveau/fbcon: take runpm reference when userspace has an open fd
  crypto: ahash - ensure statesize is non-zero
  dm thin: fix missing pool reference count decrement in pool_ctr error path
  btrfs: check unsupported filters in balance arguments
  btrfs: fix use after free iterating extrefs
  drm/dp/mst: make mst i2c transfer code more robust.
  i2c: rcar: enable RuntimePM before registering to the core
  i2c: s3c2410: enable RuntimePM before registering to the core
  i2c: designware-platdrv: enable RuntimePM before registering to the core
  memcg: convert threshold to bytes
  i2c: designware: Do not use parameters from ACPI on Dell Inspiron 7348
  pinctrl: imx25: ensure that a pin with id i is at position i in the info array
  l2tp: protect tunnel->del_work by ref_count
  af_unix: Convert the unix_sk macro to an inline function for type safety
  af_unix: return data from multiple SKBs on recv() with MSG_PEEK flag
  net/unix: fix logic about sk_peek_offset
  skbuff: Fix skb checksum flag on skb pull
  skbuff: Fix skb checksum partial check.
  net: add pfmemalloc check in sk_add_backlog()
  ppp: don't override sk->sk_state in pppoe_flush_dev()
  ovs: do not allocate memory from offline numa node
  ethtool: Use kcalloc instead of kmalloc for ethtool_get_strings
  netlink: Trim skb to alloc size to avoid MSG_TRUNC
  ath9k: declare required extra tx headroom
  iio: accel: sca3000: memory corruption in sca3000_read_first_n_hw_rb()
  iwlwifi: dvm: fix D3 firmware PN programming
  iwlwifi: mvm: fix D3 firmware PN programming
  iwlwifi: mvm: clear csa countdown when AP is stopped
  iwlwifi: fix firmware filename for 3160
  iwlwifi: mvm: init card correctly on ctkill exit check
  ARM: orion: Fix DSA platform device after mvmdio conversion
  xen-blkfront: check for null drvdata in blkback_changed (XenbusStateClosing)
  iio: mxs-lradc: Fix temperature offset
  ARM: dts: Fix audio card detection on Peach boards
  ALSA: hda - Fix inverted internal mic on Lenovo G50-80
  drm/i915: Flush pipecontrol post-sync writes
  drm/i915: Restore lost DPLL register write on gen2-4
  drm/i915: Deny wrapping an userptr into a framebuffer
  iommu/vt-d: fix range computation when making room for large pages
  x86/efi: Fix multiple GOP device support
  ASoC: Add info callback for SX_TLV controls
  xhci: don't finish a TD if we get a short transfer event mid TD
  xhci: handle no ping response error properly
  xhci: Add spurious wakeup quirk for LynxPoint-LP controllers
  ASoC: wm8904: Correct number of EQ registers
  drm: fix mutex leak in drm_dp_get_mst_branch_device
  drm/nouveau/gem: return only valid domain when there's only one
  powerpc/rtas: Validate rtas.entry before calling enter_rtas()
  [media] si2168: Bounds check firmware
  mm: make sendfile(2) killable
  fault-inject: fix inverted interval/probability values in printk
  rbd: fix double free on rbd_dev->header_name
  rbd: don't leak parent_spec in rbd_dev_probe_parent()
  rbd: prevent kernel stack blow up on rbd map
  dm btree remove: fix a bug when rebalancing nodes after removal
  dm btree: fix leak of bufio-backed block in btree_split_beneath error path
  bpf: fix panic in SO_GET_FILTER with native ebpf programs
  ARM: dts: am57xx-beagle-x15: set VDD_SD to always-on
  IB/cm: Fix rb-tree duplicate free and use-after-free
  module: Fix locking in symbol_put_addr()
  PCI: Prevent out of bounds access in numa_node override
  ovl: use O_LARGEFILE in ovl_copy_up()
  ovl: fix dentry reference leak
  crypto: api - Only abort operations on fatal signal
  md/raid1: submit_bio_wait() returns 0 on success
  md/raid10: submit_bio_wait() returns 0 on success
  iommu/amd: Don't clear DTE flags when modifying it
  i2c: mv64xxx: really allow I2C offloading
  drm/radeon: don't try to recreate sysfs entries on resume
  mvsas: Fix NULL pointer dereference in mvs_slot_task_free
  arm64: compat: fix stxr failure case in SWP emulation
  Revert "ARM64: unwind: Fix PC calculation"
  rbd: require stable pages if message data CRCs are enabled
  md/raid5: fix locking in handle_stripe_clean_event()
  Revert "md: allow a partially recovered device to be hot-added to an array."
  net/mlx4: Copy/set only sizeof struct mlx4_eqe bytes
  ipv6: Fix IPsec pre-encap fragmentation check
  ipv6: gre: support SIT encapsulation
  ppp: fix pppoe_dev deletion condition in pppoe_release()
  Linux 3.19.8-ckt10

  The following patches from 3.19.8-ckt10 were already present in the
  Vivid kernel:

  Initialize msg/shm IPC objects before doing ipc_addid()
  tty: fix stall caused by missing memory barrier in drivers/tty/n_tty.c
  arm64: errata: use KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE for erratum #843419
  iwlwifi: pci: add a few more PCI subvendor IDs for the 7265 series

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