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[Kamal Mostafa <kamal@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 v3.19.8-ckt11 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 v3.19.8-ckt11 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 were applied from the v3.19.8-ckt11 stable
+ release:
  
-        The following patches are in the v3.19.8-ckt11 stable release:
+ Linux 3.19.8-ckt11
+ megaraid_sas: Make tape drives visible on PERC5 controllers
+ TPM: Avoid reference to potentially freed memory
+ net: fix percpu memory leaks
+ tcp: apply Kern's check on RTTs used for congestion control
+ packet: fix match_fanout_group()
+ mac80211: fix driver RSSI event calculations
+ rtc: ds1307: Fix alarm programming for mcp794xx
+ bonding: fix panic on non-ARPHRD_ETHER enslave failure
+ perf trace: Fix documentation for -i
+ ipv6: fix tunnel error handling
+ tracepoints: Fix documentation of RCU lockdep checks
+ ceph: fix message length computation
+ xprtrdma: Re-arm after missed events
+ sparc/PCI: Add mem64 resource parsing for root bus
+ netfilter: nfnetlink: don't probe module if it exists
+ of/fdt: fix error checking for earlycon address
+ netfilter: nf_nat_redirect: add missing NULL pointer check
+ DT: mmc: sh_mmcif: fix "compatible" property text
+ mfd: twl6040: Fix deferred probe handling for clk32k
+ MIPS: atomic: Fix comment describing atomic64_add_unless's return value.
+ clk: versatile-icst: fix memory leak
+ sunrpc: avoid warning in gss_key_timeout
+ ALSA: bebob: use correct type for __be32 data
+ ALSA: fireworks: use u32 type for be32_to_cpup() macro
+ ALSA: dice: assign converted data to the same type of variable
+ ALSA: dice: correct variable types for __be32 data
+ drm: Fix return value of drm_framebuffer_init()
+ ALSA: fireworks/bebob/oxfw/dice: enable to make as built-in
+ ARM: pxa: remove incorrect __init annotation on pxa27x_set_pwrmode
+ regulator: arizona-ldo1: Fix handling of GPIO 0
+ hsi: omap_ssi_port: Prevent warning if cawake_gpio is not defined.
+ hsi: fix double kfree
+ i2c: img-scb: verify support for requested bit rate
+ i2c: img-scb: Clear line and interrupt status before starting a transfer
+ i2c: img-scb: fix LOW and HIGH period values for the SCL clock
+ i2c: img-scb: use DIV_ROUND_UP to round divisor values
+ i2c: img-scb: do dummy writes before fifo access
+ i2c: img-scb: enable fencing for all versions of the ip
+ ipv4: Fix ip_queue_xmit to pass sk into ip_local_out_sk
+ netfilter: remove dead code
+ devres: fix a for loop bounds check
+ usb: ehci-orion: fix probe for !GENERIC_PHY
+ vivid: Fix iteration in driver removal path
+ tcp: call sk_mark_napi_id() on the child, not the listener
+ dmaengine: dw: convert to __ffs()
+ mwifiex: fix mwifiex_rdeeprom_read()
+ wm831x_power: Use IRQF_ONESHOT to request threaded IRQs
+ crypto: crc32c-pclmul - use .rodata instead of .rotata
+ ALSA: hda/hdmi - apply Skylake fix-ups to Broxton display codec
+ fs/pipe.c: return error code rather than 0 in pipe_write()
+ binfmt_elf: Don't clobber passed executable's file header
+ FS-Cache: Handle a write to the page immediately beyond the EOF marker
+ FS-Cache: Don't override netfs's primary_index if registering failed
+ FS-Cache: Increase reference of parent after registering, netfs success
+ drm/ast: Initialized data needed to map fbdev memory
+ drivers: of: of_reserved_mem: fixup the alignment with CMA setup
+ storvsc: Don't set the SRB_FLAGS_QUEUE_ACTION_ENABLE flag
+ ideapad-laptop: Add Lenovo Yoga 900 to no_hw_rfkill dmi list
+ Btrfs: fix race when listing an inode's xattrs
+ scsi_sysfs: Fix queue_ramp_up_period return code
+ perf: Fix inherited events vs. tracepoint filters
+ ALSA: usb: Add native DSD support for Aune X1S
+ Btrfs: fix race leading to BUG_ON when running delalloc for nodatacow
+ Btrfs: fix race leading to incorrect item deletion when dropping extents
+ parisc: Fixes and cleanups in kernel uapi header files
+ x86/cpu: Call verify_cpu() after having entered long mode too
+ fs, seqfile: always allow oom killer
+ printk: prevent userland from spoofing kernel messages
+ proc: actually make proc_fd_permission() thread-friendly
+ Input: elantech - add Fujitsu Lifebook U745 to force crc_enabled
+ arm64: bpf: fix mod-by-zero case
+ arm64: bpf: fix div-by-zero case
+ memcg: fix thresholds for 32b architectures.
+ mm: slab: only move management objects off-slab for sizes larger than KMALLOC_MIN_SIZE
+ scsi: restart list search after unlock in scsi_remove_target
+ firewire: ohci: fix JMicron JMB38x IT context discovery
+ ALSA: hda - Add Intel Lewisburg device IDs Audio
+ ALSA: hda - Apply pin fixup for HP ProBook 6550b
+ thermal: exynos: Fix unbalanced regulator disable on probe failure
+ KVM: VMX: fix SMEP and SMAP without EPT
+ recordmcount: arm64: Replace the ignored mcount call into nop
+ recordmcount: Fix endianness handling bug for nop_mcount
+ xtensa: fix secondary core boot in SMP
+ mac80211: allow null chandef in tracing
+ nl80211: Fix potential memory leak from parse_acl_data
+ mac80211: fix divide by zero when NOA update
+ megaraid_sas : SMAP restriction--do not access user memory from IOCTL code
+ PCI: spear: Fix dw_pcie_cfg_read/write() usage
+ xtensa: fixes for configs without loop option
+ crypto: algif_hash - Only export and import on sockets with data
+ drm/i915: add quirk to enable backlight on Dell Chromebook 11 (2015)
+ Revert "dm mpath: fix stalls when handling invalid ioctls"
+ mtd: blkdevs: fix potential deadlock + lockdep warnings
+ can: Use correct type in sizeof() in nla_put()
+ arm64: Fix compat register mappings
+ KVM: s390: SCA must not cross page boundaries
+ megaraid_sas: Expose TAPE drives unconditionally
+ MAINTAINERS: Add public mailing list for ARC
+ ALSA: hda - Disable 64bit address for Creative HDA controllers
+ ALSA: hda/realtek - Dell XPS one ALC3260 speaker no sound after resume back
+ ACPI / PM: Fix incorrect wakeup IRQ setting during suspend-to-idle
+ ACPI: Using correct irq when waiting for events
+ ACPI: Use correct IRQ when uninstalling ACPI interrupt handler
+ staging: rtl8712: Add device ID for Sitecom WLA2100
+ USB: qcserial: add Sierra Wireless MC74xx/EM74xx
+ spi: atmel: Fix DMA-setup for transfers with more than 8 bits per word
+ Bluetooth: Fix removing connection parameters when unpairing
+ Bluetooth: ath3k: Add support of AR3012 0cf3:817b device
+ Bluetooth: ath3k: Add new AR3012 0930:021c id
+ Bluetooth: hidp: fix device disconnect on idle timeout
+ [media] media/v4l2-ctrls: fix setting autocluster to manual with VIDIOC_S_CTRL
+ [media] media: vb2 dma-sg: Fully cache synchronise buffers in prepare and finish
+ [media] media: vb2 dma-contig: Fully cache synchronise buffers in prepare and finish
+ spi: dw: explicitly free IRQ handler in dw_spi_remove_host()
+ vTPM: fix memory allocation flag for rtce buffer at kernel boot
+ ext4, jbd2: ensure entering into panic after recording an error in superblock
+ [PATCH] fix calculation of meta_bg descriptor backups
+ ext4: fix potential use after free in __ext4_journal_stop
+ jbd2: fix checkpoint list cleanup
+ Btrfs: fix truncation of compressed and inlined extents
+ iommu/vt-d: Fix ATSR handling for Root-Complex integrated endpoints
+ ARM: common: edma: Fix channel parameter for irq callbacks
+ Btrfs: fix file corruption and data loss after cloning inline extents
+ lockd: create NSM handles per net namespace
+ nfsd: serialize state seqid morphing operations
+ spi: ti-qspi: Fix data corruption seen on r/w stress test
+ usb: dwc3: Add dis_enblslpm_quirk
+ usb: dwc3: Support Synopsys USB 3.1 IP
+ usb: dwc3: pci: Add the PCI Product ID for Synopsys USB 3.1
+ usb: dwc3: pci: Add the Synopsys HAPS AXI Product ID
+ integrity: prevent loading untrusted certificates on the IMA trusted keyring
+ ARM: 8427/1: dma-mapping: add support for offset parameter in dma_mmap()
+ ARM: 8426/1: dma-mapping: add missing range check in dma_mmap()
+ ARM: tegra: paz00: use con_id's to refer GPIO's in gpiod_lookup table
+ [media] media: v4l2-ctrls: Fix 64bit support in get_ctrl()
+ [media] v4l2-ctrls: arrays are also considered compound controls
+ fs/proc, core/debug: Don't expose absolute kernel addresses via wchan
+ mtd: mtdpart: fix add_mtd_partitions error path
+ net: mvneta: Fix CPU_MAP registers initialisation
+ [media] v4l2-compat-ioctl32: fix alignment for ARM64
+ HID: core: Avoid uninitialized buffer access
+ net: fix a race in dst_release()
+ packet: race condition in packet_bind
+ ipv4: disable BH when changing ip local port range
+ ipv6: clean up dev_snmp6 proc entry when we fail to initialize inet6_dev
+ net: avoid NULL deref in inet_ctl_sock_destroy()
+ sfc: push partner queue for skb->xmit_more
+ sit: fix sit0 percpu double allocations
+ qmi_wwan: fix entry for HP lt4112 LTE/HSPA+ Gobi 4G Module
+ ipmr: fix possible race resulting from improper usage of IP_INC_STATS_BH() in preemptible context.
+ stmmac: Correctly report PTP capabilities.
+ RDS-TCP: Recover correctly from pskb_pull()/pksb_trim() failure in rds_tcp_data_recv
+ macvtap: unbreak receiving of gro skb with frag list
+ qmi_wwan: add Sierra Wireless MC74xx/EM74xx
+ tipc: allow non-linear first fragment buffer
+ irda: precedence bug in irlmp_seq_hb_idx()
+ drm/radeon: fix quirk for MSI R7 370 Armor 2X
+ drm/radeon: add quirk for ASUS R7 370
+ drm/radeon: add quirk for MSI R7 370
+ x86/setup: Fix low identity map for >= 2GB kernel range
+ x86/setup: Extend low identity map to cover whole kernel range

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Title:
  Vivid update to v3.19.8-ckt11 stable release

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in linux source package in Vivid:
  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 v3.19.8-ckt11 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 were applied from the v3.19.8-ckt11
  stable release:

  Linux 3.19.8-ckt11
  megaraid_sas: Make tape drives visible on PERC5 controllers
  TPM: Avoid reference to potentially freed memory
  net: fix percpu memory leaks
  tcp: apply Kern's check on RTTs used for congestion control
  packet: fix match_fanout_group()
  mac80211: fix driver RSSI event calculations
  rtc: ds1307: Fix alarm programming for mcp794xx
  bonding: fix panic on non-ARPHRD_ETHER enslave failure
  perf trace: Fix documentation for -i
  ipv6: fix tunnel error handling
  tracepoints: Fix documentation of RCU lockdep checks
  ceph: fix message length computation
  xprtrdma: Re-arm after missed events
  sparc/PCI: Add mem64 resource parsing for root bus
  netfilter: nfnetlink: don't probe module if it exists
  of/fdt: fix error checking for earlycon address
  netfilter: nf_nat_redirect: add missing NULL pointer check
  DT: mmc: sh_mmcif: fix "compatible" property text
  mfd: twl6040: Fix deferred probe handling for clk32k
  MIPS: atomic: Fix comment describing atomic64_add_unless's return value.
  clk: versatile-icst: fix memory leak
  sunrpc: avoid warning in gss_key_timeout
  ALSA: bebob: use correct type for __be32 data
  ALSA: fireworks: use u32 type for be32_to_cpup() macro
  ALSA: dice: assign converted data to the same type of variable
  ALSA: dice: correct variable types for __be32 data
  drm: Fix return value of drm_framebuffer_init()
  ALSA: fireworks/bebob/oxfw/dice: enable to make as built-in
  ARM: pxa: remove incorrect __init annotation on pxa27x_set_pwrmode
  regulator: arizona-ldo1: Fix handling of GPIO 0
  hsi: omap_ssi_port: Prevent warning if cawake_gpio is not defined.
  hsi: fix double kfree
  i2c: img-scb: verify support for requested bit rate
  i2c: img-scb: Clear line and interrupt status before starting a transfer
  i2c: img-scb: fix LOW and HIGH period values for the SCL clock
  i2c: img-scb: use DIV_ROUND_UP to round divisor values
  i2c: img-scb: do dummy writes before fifo access
  i2c: img-scb: enable fencing for all versions of the ip
  ipv4: Fix ip_queue_xmit to pass sk into ip_local_out_sk
  netfilter: remove dead code
  devres: fix a for loop bounds check
  usb: ehci-orion: fix probe for !GENERIC_PHY
  vivid: Fix iteration in driver removal path
  tcp: call sk_mark_napi_id() on the child, not the listener
  dmaengine: dw: convert to __ffs()
  mwifiex: fix mwifiex_rdeeprom_read()
  wm831x_power: Use IRQF_ONESHOT to request threaded IRQs
  crypto: crc32c-pclmul - use .rodata instead of .rotata
  ALSA: hda/hdmi - apply Skylake fix-ups to Broxton display codec
  fs/pipe.c: return error code rather than 0 in pipe_write()
  binfmt_elf: Don't clobber passed executable's file header
  FS-Cache: Handle a write to the page immediately beyond the EOF marker
  FS-Cache: Don't override netfs's primary_index if registering failed
  FS-Cache: Increase reference of parent after registering, netfs success
  drm/ast: Initialized data needed to map fbdev memory
  drivers: of: of_reserved_mem: fixup the alignment with CMA setup
  storvsc: Don't set the SRB_FLAGS_QUEUE_ACTION_ENABLE flag
  ideapad-laptop: Add Lenovo Yoga 900 to no_hw_rfkill dmi list
  Btrfs: fix race when listing an inode's xattrs
  scsi_sysfs: Fix queue_ramp_up_period return code
  perf: Fix inherited events vs. tracepoint filters
  ALSA: usb: Add native DSD support for Aune X1S
  Btrfs: fix race leading to BUG_ON when running delalloc for nodatacow
  Btrfs: fix race leading to incorrect item deletion when dropping extents
  parisc: Fixes and cleanups in kernel uapi header files
  x86/cpu: Call verify_cpu() after having entered long mode too
  fs, seqfile: always allow oom killer
  printk: prevent userland from spoofing kernel messages
  proc: actually make proc_fd_permission() thread-friendly
  Input: elantech - add Fujitsu Lifebook U745 to force crc_enabled
  arm64: bpf: fix mod-by-zero case
  arm64: bpf: fix div-by-zero case
  memcg: fix thresholds for 32b architectures.
  mm: slab: only move management objects off-slab for sizes larger than KMALLOC_MIN_SIZE
  scsi: restart list search after unlock in scsi_remove_target
  firewire: ohci: fix JMicron JMB38x IT context discovery
  ALSA: hda - Add Intel Lewisburg device IDs Audio
  ALSA: hda - Apply pin fixup for HP ProBook 6550b
  thermal: exynos: Fix unbalanced regulator disable on probe failure
  KVM: VMX: fix SMEP and SMAP without EPT
  recordmcount: arm64: Replace the ignored mcount call into nop
  recordmcount: Fix endianness handling bug for nop_mcount
  xtensa: fix secondary core boot in SMP
  mac80211: allow null chandef in tracing
  nl80211: Fix potential memory leak from parse_acl_data
  mac80211: fix divide by zero when NOA update
  megaraid_sas : SMAP restriction--do not access user memory from IOCTL code
  PCI: spear: Fix dw_pcie_cfg_read/write() usage
  xtensa: fixes for configs without loop option
  crypto: algif_hash - Only export and import on sockets with data
  drm/i915: add quirk to enable backlight on Dell Chromebook 11 (2015)
  Revert "dm mpath: fix stalls when handling invalid ioctls"
  mtd: blkdevs: fix potential deadlock + lockdep warnings
  can: Use correct type in sizeof() in nla_put()
  arm64: Fix compat register mappings
  KVM: s390: SCA must not cross page boundaries
  megaraid_sas: Expose TAPE drives unconditionally
  MAINTAINERS: Add public mailing list for ARC
  ALSA: hda - Disable 64bit address for Creative HDA controllers
  ALSA: hda/realtek - Dell XPS one ALC3260 speaker no sound after resume back
  ACPI / PM: Fix incorrect wakeup IRQ setting during suspend-to-idle
  ACPI: Using correct irq when waiting for events
  ACPI: Use correct IRQ when uninstalling ACPI interrupt handler
  staging: rtl8712: Add device ID for Sitecom WLA2100
  USB: qcserial: add Sierra Wireless MC74xx/EM74xx
  spi: atmel: Fix DMA-setup for transfers with more than 8 bits per word
  Bluetooth: Fix removing connection parameters when unpairing
  Bluetooth: ath3k: Add support of AR3012 0cf3:817b device
  Bluetooth: ath3k: Add new AR3012 0930:021c id
  Bluetooth: hidp: fix device disconnect on idle timeout
  [media] media/v4l2-ctrls: fix setting autocluster to manual with VIDIOC_S_CTRL
  [media] media: vb2 dma-sg: Fully cache synchronise buffers in prepare and finish
  [media] media: vb2 dma-contig: Fully cache synchronise buffers in prepare and finish
  spi: dw: explicitly free IRQ handler in dw_spi_remove_host()
  vTPM: fix memory allocation flag for rtce buffer at kernel boot
  ext4, jbd2: ensure entering into panic after recording an error in superblock
  [PATCH] fix calculation of meta_bg descriptor backups
  ext4: fix potential use after free in __ext4_journal_stop
  jbd2: fix checkpoint list cleanup
  Btrfs: fix truncation of compressed and inlined extents
  iommu/vt-d: Fix ATSR handling for Root-Complex integrated endpoints
  ARM: common: edma: Fix channel parameter for irq callbacks
  Btrfs: fix file corruption and data loss after cloning inline extents
  lockd: create NSM handles per net namespace
  nfsd: serialize state seqid morphing operations
  spi: ti-qspi: Fix data corruption seen on r/w stress test
  usb: dwc3: Add dis_enblslpm_quirk
  usb: dwc3: Support Synopsys USB 3.1 IP
  usb: dwc3: pci: Add the PCI Product ID for Synopsys USB 3.1
  usb: dwc3: pci: Add the Synopsys HAPS AXI Product ID
  integrity: prevent loading untrusted certificates on the IMA trusted keyring
  ARM: 8427/1: dma-mapping: add support for offset parameter in dma_mmap()
  ARM: 8426/1: dma-mapping: add missing range check in dma_mmap()
  ARM: tegra: paz00: use con_id's to refer GPIO's in gpiod_lookup table
  [media] media: v4l2-ctrls: Fix 64bit support in get_ctrl()
  [media] v4l2-ctrls: arrays are also considered compound controls
  fs/proc, core/debug: Don't expose absolute kernel addresses via wchan
  mtd: mtdpart: fix add_mtd_partitions error path
  net: mvneta: Fix CPU_MAP registers initialisation
  [media] v4l2-compat-ioctl32: fix alignment for ARM64
  HID: core: Avoid uninitialized buffer access
  net: fix a race in dst_release()
  packet: race condition in packet_bind
  ipv4: disable BH when changing ip local port range
  ipv6: clean up dev_snmp6 proc entry when we fail to initialize inet6_dev
  net: avoid NULL deref in inet_ctl_sock_destroy()
  sfc: push partner queue for skb->xmit_more
  sit: fix sit0 percpu double allocations
  qmi_wwan: fix entry for HP lt4112 LTE/HSPA+ Gobi 4G Module
  ipmr: fix possible race resulting from improper usage of IP_INC_STATS_BH() in preemptible context.
  stmmac: Correctly report PTP capabilities.
  RDS-TCP: Recover correctly from pskb_pull()/pksb_trim() failure in rds_tcp_data_recv
  macvtap: unbreak receiving of gro skb with frag list
  qmi_wwan: add Sierra Wireless MC74xx/EM74xx
  tipc: allow non-linear first fragment buffer
  irda: precedence bug in irlmp_seq_hb_idx()
  drm/radeon: fix quirk for MSI R7 370 Armor 2X
  drm/radeon: add quirk for ASUS R7 370
  drm/radeon: add quirk for MSI R7 370
  x86/setup: Fix low identity map for >= 2GB kernel range
  x86/setup: Extend low identity map to cover whole kernel range

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