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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 a mainline/stable Linux tree or
+        a minimally backported form of that patch. The 3.2.78 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 a mainline/stable Linux tree or
-        a minimally backported form of that patch. The 3.2.78 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 from the 3.2.78 stable release shall be
+ applied:
  
-        The following patches from the 3.2.78 stable release shall be
- applied:
+ KVM: vmx: fix MPX detection
+ hrtimer: Handle remaining time proper for TIME_LOW_RES
+ timerfd: Handle relative timers with CONFIG_TIME_LOW_RES proper
+ posix-timers: Handle relative timers with CONFIG_TIME_LOW_RES proper
+ itimers: Handle relative timers with CONFIG_TIME_LOW_RES proper
+ usb: cdc-acm: send zero packet for intel 7260 modem
+ cdc-acm:exclude Samsung phone 04e8:685d
+ af_unix: fix struct pid memory leak
+ pptp: fix illegal memory access caused by multiple bind()s
+ sctp: allow setting SCTP_SACK_IMMEDIATELY by the application
+ USB: cp210x: add ID for IAI USB to RS485 adaptor
+ USB: visor: fix null-deref at probe
+ USB: serial: visor: fix crash on detecting device without write_urbs
+ USB: serial: option: Adding support for Telit LE922
+ ALSA: seq: Fix incorrect sanity check at snd_seq_oss_synth_cleanup()
+ ALSA: seq: Degrade the error message for too many opens
+ USB: serial: ftdi_sio: add support for Yaesu SCU-18 cable
+ PCI/AER: Flush workqueue on device remove to avoid use-after-free
+ libata: disable forced PORTS_IMPL for >= AHCI 1.3
+ virtio_pci: fix use after free on release
+ rfkill: fix rfkill_fop_read wait_event usage
+ perf annotate browser: Fix behaviour of Shift-Tab with nothing focussed
+ SCSI: fix crashes in sd and sr runtime PM
+ tty: Fix unsafe ldisc reference via ioctl(TIOCGETD)
+ crypto: shash - Fix has_key setting
+ ALSA: dummy: Disable switching timer backend via sysfs
+ drm/vmwgfx: respect 'nomodeset'
+ x86/mm/pat: Avoid truncation when converting cpa->numpages to address
+ crypto: algif_hash - wait for crypto_ahash_init() to complete
+ intel_scu_ipcutil: underflow in scu_reg_access()
+ ALSA: seq: Fix race at closing in virmidi driver
+ ALSA: rawmidi: Remove kernel WARNING for NULL user-space buffer check
+ ALSA: pcm: Fix potential deadlock in OSS emulation
+ ALSA: seq: Fix yet another races among ALSA timer accesses
+ ALSA: timer: Fix link corruption due to double start or stop
+ libata: fix sff host state machine locking while polling
+ ALSA: rawmidi: Make snd_rawmidi_transmit() race-free
+ ALSA: rawmidi: Fix race at copying & updating the position
+ ALSA: seq: Fix lockdep warnings due to double mutex locks
+ Revert "xhci: don't finish a TD if we get a short-transfer event mid TD"
+ usb: xhci: apply XHCI_PME_STUCK_QUIRK to Intel Broxton-M platforms
+ xhci: Fix list corruption in urb dequeue at host removal
+ tda1004x: only update the frontend properties if locked
+ ALSA: timer: Fix leftover link at closing
+ saa7134-alsa: Only frees registered sound cards
+ scsi_dh_rdac: always retry MODE SELECT on command lock violation
+ mm, vmstat: fix wrong WQ sleep when memory reclaim doesn't make any progress
+ ocfs2/dlm: clear refmap bit of recovery lock while doing local recovery cleanup
+ crypto: user - lock crypto_alg_list on alg dump
+ crypto: algif_skcipher - Do not dereference ctx without socket lock
+ klist: fix starting point removed bug in klist iterators
+ ALSA: dummy: Implement timer backend switching more safely
+ ALSA: timer: Fix wrong instance passed to slave callbacks
+ ARM: 8517/1: ICST: avoid arithmetic overflow in icst_hz()
+ sctp: translate network order to host order when users get a hmacid
+ ALSA: timer: Fix race between stop and interrupt
+ ALSA: timer: Fix race at concurrent reads
+ ahci: Intel DNV device IDs SATA
+ ARM: 8519/1: ICST: try other dividends than 1
+ btrfs: properly set the termination value of ctx->pos in readdir
+ ALSA: usb-audio: avoid freeing umidi object twice
+ unix: properly account for FDs passed over unix sockets
+ unix: correctly track in-flight fds in sending process user_struct
+ pipe: limit the per-user amount of pages allocated in pipes
+ iw_cxgb3: Fix incorrectly returning error on success
+ pipe: Fix buffer offset after partially failed read
+ sched: fix __sched_setscheduler() vs load balancing race
+ Linux 3.2.78

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Title:
  Precise update to 3.2.78 stable release

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  New
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 a mainline/stable Linux tree or
         a minimally backported form of that patch. The 3.2.78 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 from the 3.2.78 stable release shall be
  applied:

  KVM: vmx: fix MPX detection
  hrtimer: Handle remaining time proper for TIME_LOW_RES
  timerfd: Handle relative timers with CONFIG_TIME_LOW_RES proper
  posix-timers: Handle relative timers with CONFIG_TIME_LOW_RES proper
  itimers: Handle relative timers with CONFIG_TIME_LOW_RES proper
  usb: cdc-acm: send zero packet for intel 7260 modem
  cdc-acm:exclude Samsung phone 04e8:685d
  af_unix: fix struct pid memory leak
  pptp: fix illegal memory access caused by multiple bind()s
  sctp: allow setting SCTP_SACK_IMMEDIATELY by the application
  USB: cp210x: add ID for IAI USB to RS485 adaptor
  USB: visor: fix null-deref at probe
  USB: serial: visor: fix crash on detecting device without write_urbs
  USB: serial: option: Adding support for Telit LE922
  ALSA: seq: Fix incorrect sanity check at snd_seq_oss_synth_cleanup()
  ALSA: seq: Degrade the error message for too many opens
  USB: serial: ftdi_sio: add support for Yaesu SCU-18 cable
  PCI/AER: Flush workqueue on device remove to avoid use-after-free
  libata: disable forced PORTS_IMPL for >= AHCI 1.3
  virtio_pci: fix use after free on release
  rfkill: fix rfkill_fop_read wait_event usage
  perf annotate browser: Fix behaviour of Shift-Tab with nothing focussed
  SCSI: fix crashes in sd and sr runtime PM
  tty: Fix unsafe ldisc reference via ioctl(TIOCGETD)
  crypto: shash - Fix has_key setting
  ALSA: dummy: Disable switching timer backend via sysfs
  drm/vmwgfx: respect 'nomodeset'
  x86/mm/pat: Avoid truncation when converting cpa->numpages to address
  crypto: algif_hash - wait for crypto_ahash_init() to complete
  intel_scu_ipcutil: underflow in scu_reg_access()
  ALSA: seq: Fix race at closing in virmidi driver
  ALSA: rawmidi: Remove kernel WARNING for NULL user-space buffer check
  ALSA: pcm: Fix potential deadlock in OSS emulation
  ALSA: seq: Fix yet another races among ALSA timer accesses
  ALSA: timer: Fix link corruption due to double start or stop
  libata: fix sff host state machine locking while polling
  ALSA: rawmidi: Make snd_rawmidi_transmit() race-free
  ALSA: rawmidi: Fix race at copying & updating the position
  ALSA: seq: Fix lockdep warnings due to double mutex locks
  Revert "xhci: don't finish a TD if we get a short-transfer event mid TD"
  usb: xhci: apply XHCI_PME_STUCK_QUIRK to Intel Broxton-M platforms
  xhci: Fix list corruption in urb dequeue at host removal
  tda1004x: only update the frontend properties if locked
  ALSA: timer: Fix leftover link at closing
  saa7134-alsa: Only frees registered sound cards
  scsi_dh_rdac: always retry MODE SELECT on command lock violation
  mm, vmstat: fix wrong WQ sleep when memory reclaim doesn't make any progress
  ocfs2/dlm: clear refmap bit of recovery lock while doing local recovery cleanup
  crypto: user - lock crypto_alg_list on alg dump
  crypto: algif_skcipher - Do not dereference ctx without socket lock
  klist: fix starting point removed bug in klist iterators
  ALSA: dummy: Implement timer backend switching more safely
  ALSA: timer: Fix wrong instance passed to slave callbacks
  ARM: 8517/1: ICST: avoid arithmetic overflow in icst_hz()
  sctp: translate network order to host order when users get a hmacid
  ALSA: timer: Fix race between stop and interrupt
  ALSA: timer: Fix race at concurrent reads
  ahci: Intel DNV device IDs SATA
  ARM: 8519/1: ICST: try other dividends than 1
  btrfs: properly set the termination value of ctx->pos in readdir
  ALSA: usb-audio: avoid freeing umidi object twice
  unix: properly account for FDs passed over unix sockets
  unix: correctly track in-flight fds in sending process user_struct
  pipe: limit the per-user amount of pages allocated in pipes
  iw_cxgb3: Fix incorrectly returning error on success
  pipe: Fix buffer offset after partially failed read
  sched: fix __sched_setscheduler() vs load balancing race
  Linux 3.2.78

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