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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 v4.2.8 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 v4.2.8 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 v4.2.8 stable release:
  
-        The following patches are in the v4.2.8 stable release:
+ Linux 4.2.8
+ Btrfs: fix regression running delayed references when using qgroups
+ cobalt: fix Kconfig dependency
+ ALSA: hda/hdmi - apply Skylake fix-ups to Broxton display codec
+ ceph: fix message length computation
+ ocfs2: fix umask ignored issue
+ nfs: if we have no valid attrs, then don't declare the attribute cache valid
+ nfs4: start callback_ident at idr 1
+ debugfs: fix refcount imbalance in start_creating
+ nfsd: eliminate sending duplicate and repeated delegations
+ nfsd: serialize state seqid morphing operations
+ firewire: ohci: fix JMicron JMB38x IT context discovery
+ ext4, jbd2: ensure entering into panic after recording an error in superblock
+ ext4: fix potential use after free in __ext4_journal_stop
+ ext4 crypto: replace some BUG_ON()'s with error checks
+ ext4 crypto: fix memory leak in ext4_bio_write_page()
+ rbd: don't put snap_context twice in rbd_queue_workfn()
+ btrfs: fix signed overflows in btrfs_sync_file
+ Btrfs: fix race when listing an inode's xattrs
+ Btrfs: fix race leading to BUG_ON when running delalloc for nodatacow
+ Btrfs: fix race leading to incorrect item deletion when dropping extents
+ Btrfs: fix regression when running delayed references
+ Btrfs: fix truncation of compressed and inlined extents
+ Btrfs: fix file corruption and data loss after cloning inline extents
+ btrfs: fix resending received snapshot with parent
+ via-rhine: fix VLAN receive handling regression.
+ net_sched: fix qdisc_tree_decrease_qlen() races
+ ipv6: sctp: implement sctp_v6_destroy_sock()
+ net/neighbour: fix crash at dumping device-agnostic proxy entries
+ ipv6: add complete rcu protection around np->opt
+ bpf, array: fix heap out-of-bounds access when updating elements
+ RDS: fix race condition when sending a message on unbound socket
+ ipv6: distinguish frag queues by device for multicast and link-local packets
+ broadcom: fix PHY_ID_BCM5481 entry in the id table
+ net: ip6mr: fix static mfc/dev leaks on table destruction
+ net: ipmr: fix static mfc/dev leaks on table destruction
+ net, scm: fix PaX detected msg_controllen overflow in scm_detach_fds
+ tcp: initialize tp->copied_seq in case of cross SYN connection
+ tcp: fix potential huge kmalloc() calls in TCP_REPAIR
+ tcp: disable Fast Open on timeouts after handshake
+ tcp: md5: fix lockdep annotation
+ net: qmi_wwan: add XS Stick W100-2 from 4G Systems
+ snmp: Remove duplicate OUTMCAST stat increment
+ net: thunder: Check for driver data in nicvf_remove()
+ net: switchdev: fix return code of fdb_dump stub
+ ip_tunnel: disable preemption when updating per-cpu tstats
+ net/mlx4_core: Fix sleeping while holding spinlock at rem_slave_counters
+ sctp: translate host order to network order when setting a hmacid
+ packet: fix tpacket_snd max frame len
+ packet: infer protocol from ethernet header if unset
+ packet: only allow extra vlan len on ethernet devices
+ packet: always probe for transport header
+ packet: do skb_probe_transport_header when we actually have data
+ tools/net: Use include/uapi with __EXPORTED_HEADERS__
+ ipv6: Check rt->dst.from for the DST_NOCACHE route
+ ipv6: Check expire on DST_NOCACHE route
+ ipv6: Avoid creating RTF_CACHE from a rt that is not managed by fib6 tree
+ af-unix: passcred support for sendpage
+ unix: avoid use-after-free in ep_remove_wait_queue
+ af_unix: take receive queue lock while appending new skb
+ af_unix: don't append consumed skbs to sk_receive_queue
+ af-unix: fix use-after-free with concurrent readers while splicing

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Title:
  Wily update to v4.2.8 stable release

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in linux source package in Wily:
  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 v4.2.8 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 v4.2.8 stable release:

  Linux 4.2.8
  Btrfs: fix regression running delayed references when using qgroups
  cobalt: fix Kconfig dependency
  ALSA: hda/hdmi - apply Skylake fix-ups to Broxton display codec
  ceph: fix message length computation
  ocfs2: fix umask ignored issue
  nfs: if we have no valid attrs, then don't declare the attribute cache valid
  nfs4: start callback_ident at idr 1
  debugfs: fix refcount imbalance in start_creating
  nfsd: eliminate sending duplicate and repeated delegations
  nfsd: serialize state seqid morphing operations
  firewire: ohci: fix JMicron JMB38x IT context discovery
  ext4, jbd2: ensure entering into panic after recording an error in superblock
  ext4: fix potential use after free in __ext4_journal_stop
  ext4 crypto: replace some BUG_ON()'s with error checks
  ext4 crypto: fix memory leak in ext4_bio_write_page()
  rbd: don't put snap_context twice in rbd_queue_workfn()
  btrfs: fix signed overflows in btrfs_sync_file
  Btrfs: fix race when listing an inode's xattrs
  Btrfs: fix race leading to BUG_ON when running delalloc for nodatacow
  Btrfs: fix race leading to incorrect item deletion when dropping extents
  Btrfs: fix regression when running delayed references
  Btrfs: fix truncation of compressed and inlined extents
  Btrfs: fix file corruption and data loss after cloning inline extents
  btrfs: fix resending received snapshot with parent
  via-rhine: fix VLAN receive handling regression.
  net_sched: fix qdisc_tree_decrease_qlen() races
  ipv6: sctp: implement sctp_v6_destroy_sock()
  net/neighbour: fix crash at dumping device-agnostic proxy entries
  ipv6: add complete rcu protection around np->opt
  bpf, array: fix heap out-of-bounds access when updating elements
  RDS: fix race condition when sending a message on unbound socket
  ipv6: distinguish frag queues by device for multicast and link-local packets
  broadcom: fix PHY_ID_BCM5481 entry in the id table
  net: ip6mr: fix static mfc/dev leaks on table destruction
  net: ipmr: fix static mfc/dev leaks on table destruction
  net, scm: fix PaX detected msg_controllen overflow in scm_detach_fds
  tcp: initialize tp->copied_seq in case of cross SYN connection
  tcp: fix potential huge kmalloc() calls in TCP_REPAIR
  tcp: disable Fast Open on timeouts after handshake
  tcp: md5: fix lockdep annotation
  net: qmi_wwan: add XS Stick W100-2 from 4G Systems
  snmp: Remove duplicate OUTMCAST stat increment
  net: thunder: Check for driver data in nicvf_remove()
  net: switchdev: fix return code of fdb_dump stub
  ip_tunnel: disable preemption when updating per-cpu tstats
  net/mlx4_core: Fix sleeping while holding spinlock at rem_slave_counters
  sctp: translate host order to network order when setting a hmacid
  packet: fix tpacket_snd max frame len
  packet: infer protocol from ethernet header if unset
  packet: only allow extra vlan len on ethernet devices
  packet: always probe for transport header
  packet: do skb_probe_transport_header when we actually have data
  tools/net: Use include/uapi with __EXPORTED_HEADERS__
  ipv6: Check rt->dst.from for the DST_NOCACHE route
  ipv6: Check expire on DST_NOCACHE route
  ipv6: Avoid creating RTF_CACHE from a rt that is not managed by fib6 tree
  af-unix: passcred support for sendpage
  unix: avoid use-after-free in ep_remove_wait_queue
  af_unix: take receive queue lock while appending new skb
  af_unix: don't append consumed skbs to sk_receive_queue
  af-unix: fix use-after-free with concurrent readers while splicing

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