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[Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@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 v4.4.14 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 v4.4.14 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 v4.4.14 stable release shall be
+ applied:
  
-        The following patches from the v4.4.14 stable release shall be
- applied:
+ scsi_lib: correctly retry failed zero length REQ_TYPE_FS commands
+ scsi: Add QEMU CD-ROM to VPD Inquiry Blacklist
+ netlink: Fix dump skb leak/double free
+ tipc: fix nametable publication field in nl compat
+ switchdev: pass pointer to fib_info instead of copy
+ tuntap: correctly wake up process during uninit
+ bpf: Use mount_nodev not mount_ns to mount the bpf filesystem
+ udp: prevent skbs lingering in tunnel socket queues
+ uapi glibc compat: fix compilation when !__USE_MISC in glibc
+ bpf, inode: disallow userns mounts
+ sfc: on MC reset, clear PIO buffer linkage in TXQs
+ team: don't call netdev_change_features under team->lock
+ vxlan: Accept user specified MTU value when create new vxlan link
+ tcp: record TLP and ER timer stats in v6 stats
+ bridge: Don't insert unnecessary local fdb entry on changing mac address
+ l2tp: fix configuration passed to setup_udp_tunnel_sock()
+ ipv6: Skip XFRM lookup if dst_entry in socket cache is valid
+ vxlan: Relax MTU constraints
+ geneve: Relax MTU constraints
+ vxlan, gre, geneve: Set a large MTU on ovs-created tunnel devices
+ KVM: x86: fix OOPS after invalid KVM_SET_DEBUGREGS
+ KVM: irqfd: fix NULL pointer dereference in kvm_irq_map_gsi
+ ALSA: hda - Add PCI ID for Kabylake
+ ALSA: hda - Fix headset mic detection problem for Dell machine
+ ALSA: hda/realtek - ALC256 speaker noise issue
+ ALSA: hda/realtek - Add support for new codecs ALC700/ALC701/ALC703
+ ALSA: hda/realtek: Add T560 docking unit fixup
+ ARM: fix PTRACE_SETVFPREGS on SMP systems
+ gpio: bcm-kona: fix bcm_kona_gpio_reset() warnings
+ s390/bpf: fix recache skb->data/hlen for skb_vlan_push/pop
+ s390/bpf: reduce maximum program size to 64 KB
+ irqchip/gic-v3: Fix ICC_SGI1R_EL1.INTID decoding mask
+ crypto: public_key: select CRYPTO_AKCIPHER
+ crypto: ccp - Fix AES XTS error for request sizes above 4096
+ arm64: Provide "model name" in /proc/cpuinfo for PER_LINUX32 tasks
+ arm64: mm: always take dirty state from new pte in ptep_set_access_flags
+ powerpc/pseries/eeh: Handle RTAS delay requests in configure_bridge
+ powerpc: Fix definition of SIAR and SDAR registers
+ powerpc: Use privileged SPR number for MMCR2
+ powerpc/pseries: Add POWER8NVL support to ibm,client-architecture-support call
+ pinctrl: mediatek: fix dual-edge code defect
+ parisc: Fix pagefault crash in unaligned __get_user() call
+ memcg: add RCU locking around css_for_each_descendant_pre() in memcg_offline_kmem()
+ wext: Fix 32 bit iwpriv compatibility issue with 64 bit Kernel
+ x86/entry/traps: Don't force in_interrupt() to return true in IST handlers
+ fix d_walk()/non-delayed __d_free() race
+ sparc: Fix system call tracing register handling.
+ sparc64: Fix bootup regressions on some Kconfig combinations.
+ sparc64: Fix numa node distance initialization
+ sparc64: Fix sparc64_set_context stack handling.
+ sparc/PCI: Fix for panic while enabling SR-IOV
+ sparc64: Reduce TLB flushes during hugepte changes
+ sparc64: Take ctx_alloc_lock properly in hugetlb_setup().
+ sparc: Harden signal return frame checks.
+ sparc64: Fix return from trap window fill crashes.
+ MIPS: Fix 64k page support for 32 bit kernels.
+ crypto: qat - fix adf_ctl_drv.c:undefined reference to adf_init_pf_wq
+ drm/core: Do not preserve framebuffer on rmfb, v4.
+ Linux 4.4.14

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Title:
  Xenial update to v4.4.14 stable release

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in linux source package in Xenial:
  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 v4.4.14 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 v4.4.14 stable release shall be
  applied:

  scsi_lib: correctly retry failed zero length REQ_TYPE_FS commands
  scsi: Add QEMU CD-ROM to VPD Inquiry Blacklist
  netlink: Fix dump skb leak/double free
  tipc: fix nametable publication field in nl compat
  switchdev: pass pointer to fib_info instead of copy
  tuntap: correctly wake up process during uninit
  bpf: Use mount_nodev not mount_ns to mount the bpf filesystem
  udp: prevent skbs lingering in tunnel socket queues
  uapi glibc compat: fix compilation when !__USE_MISC in glibc
  bpf, inode: disallow userns mounts
  sfc: on MC reset, clear PIO buffer linkage in TXQs
  team: don't call netdev_change_features under team->lock
  vxlan: Accept user specified MTU value when create new vxlan link
  tcp: record TLP and ER timer stats in v6 stats
  bridge: Don't insert unnecessary local fdb entry on changing mac address
  l2tp: fix configuration passed to setup_udp_tunnel_sock()
  ipv6: Skip XFRM lookup if dst_entry in socket cache is valid
  vxlan: Relax MTU constraints
  geneve: Relax MTU constraints
  vxlan, gre, geneve: Set a large MTU on ovs-created tunnel devices
  KVM: x86: fix OOPS after invalid KVM_SET_DEBUGREGS
  KVM: irqfd: fix NULL pointer dereference in kvm_irq_map_gsi
  ALSA: hda - Add PCI ID for Kabylake
  ALSA: hda - Fix headset mic detection problem for Dell machine
  ALSA: hda/realtek - ALC256 speaker noise issue
  ALSA: hda/realtek - Add support for new codecs ALC700/ALC701/ALC703
  ALSA: hda/realtek: Add T560 docking unit fixup
  ARM: fix PTRACE_SETVFPREGS on SMP systems
  gpio: bcm-kona: fix bcm_kona_gpio_reset() warnings
  s390/bpf: fix recache skb->data/hlen for skb_vlan_push/pop
  s390/bpf: reduce maximum program size to 64 KB
  irqchip/gic-v3: Fix ICC_SGI1R_EL1.INTID decoding mask
  crypto: public_key: select CRYPTO_AKCIPHER
  crypto: ccp - Fix AES XTS error for request sizes above 4096
  arm64: Provide "model name" in /proc/cpuinfo for PER_LINUX32 tasks
  arm64: mm: always take dirty state from new pte in ptep_set_access_flags
  powerpc/pseries/eeh: Handle RTAS delay requests in configure_bridge
  powerpc: Fix definition of SIAR and SDAR registers
  powerpc: Use privileged SPR number for MMCR2
  powerpc/pseries: Add POWER8NVL support to ibm,client-architecture-support call
  pinctrl: mediatek: fix dual-edge code defect
  parisc: Fix pagefault crash in unaligned __get_user() call
  memcg: add RCU locking around css_for_each_descendant_pre() in memcg_offline_kmem()
  wext: Fix 32 bit iwpriv compatibility issue with 64 bit Kernel
  x86/entry/traps: Don't force in_interrupt() to return true in IST handlers
  fix d_walk()/non-delayed __d_free() race
  sparc: Fix system call tracing register handling.
  sparc64: Fix bootup regressions on some Kconfig combinations.
  sparc64: Fix numa node distance initialization
  sparc64: Fix sparc64_set_context stack handling.
  sparc/PCI: Fix for panic while enabling SR-IOV
  sparc64: Reduce TLB flushes during hugepte changes
  sparc64: Take ctx_alloc_lock properly in hugetlb_setup().
  sparc: Harden signal return frame checks.
  sparc64: Fix return from trap window fill crashes.
  MIPS: Fix 64k page support for 32 bit kernels.
  crypto: qat - fix adf_ctl_drv.c:undefined reference to adf_init_pf_wq
  drm/core: Do not preserve framebuffer on rmfb, v4.
  Linux 4.4.14

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