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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 v3.8.13.25 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 v3.8.13.25 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 v3.8.13.25 stable release:
+        The following patches are in the v3.8.13.25 stable release:
+ Linux 3.8.13.25
+ mm: rmap: fix use-after-free in __put_anon_vma
+ target: Fix alua_access_state attribute OOPs for un-configured devices
+ ALSA: hda/realtek - Fix COEF widget NID for ALC260 replacer fixup
+ ALSA: hda/realtek - Correction of fixup codes for PB V7900 laptop
+ xhci: delete endpoints from bandwidth list before freeing whole device
+ md: always set MD_RECOVERY_INTR when aborting a reshape or other "resync".
+ USB: serial: option: add support for Novatel E371 PCIe card
+ USB: ftdi_sio: add NovaTech OrionLXm product ID
+ USB: io_ti: fix firmware download on big-endian machines (part 2)
+ USB: Avoid runtime suspend loops for HCDs that can't handle suspend/resume
+ Staging: speakup: Move pasting into a work item
+ powerpc: Fix 64 bit builds with binutils 2.24
+ Input: synaptics - T540p - unify with other LEN0034 models
+ ARM: 8051/1: put_user: fix possible data corruption in put_user
+ ALSA: hda - Fix onboard audio on Intel H97/Z97 chipsets
+ sched/deadline: Change sched_getparam() behaviour vs SCHED_DEADLINE
+ ARM: imx: fix error handling in ipu device registration
+ futex: Prevent attaching to kernel threads
+ futex: Add another early deadlock detection check
+ Input: synaptics - add min/max quirk for the ThinkPad W540
+ ARM: OMAP3: clock: Back-propagate rate change from cam_mclk to dpll4_m5 on all OMAP3 platforms
+ mm/memory-failure.c: fix memory leak by race between poison and unpoison
+ hwpoison, hugetlb: lock_page/unlock_page does not match for handling a free hugepage
+ dma: mv_xor: Flush descriptors before activating a channel
+ nfsd4: warn on finding lockowner without stateid's
+ nfsd4: remove lockowner when removing lock stateid
+ can: peak_pci: prevent use after free at netdev removal
+ drm/radeon: avoid segfault on device open when accel is not working.
+ drm/radeon: handle non-VGA class pci devices with ATRM
+ drm/radeon: also try GART for CPU accessed buffers
+ perf: Prevent false warning in perf_swevent_add
+ perf: Limit perf_event_attr::sample_period to 63 bits
+ net: cpsw: fix null dereference at probe
+ sched: Use CPUPRI_NR_PRIORITIES instead of MAX_RT_PRIO in cpupri check
+ sched: Sanitize irq accounting madness
+ libceph: fix corruption when using page_count 0 page in rbd
+ PCI: shpchp: Check bridge's secondary (not primary) bus speed
+ x86-64, modify_ldt: Make support for 16-bit segments a runtime option
+ dm crypt: fix cpu hotplug crash by removing per-cpu structure
+ i2c: rcar: bail out on zero length transfers
+ i2c: s3c2410: resume race fix
+ i2c: designware: Mask all interrupts during i2c controller enable
+ x86, mm, hugetlb: Add missing TLB page invalidation for hugetlb_cow()
+ [media] V4L2: fix VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS in 64- / 32-bit compatibility mode
+ [media] V4L2: ov7670: fix a wrong index, potentially Oopsing the kernel from user-space
+ ASoC: wm8962: Update register CLASS_D_CONTROL_1 to be non-volatile
+ iommu/amd: Fix interrupt remapping for aliased devices
+ hwmon: (emc1403) Support full range of known chip revision numbers
+ hwmon: (emc1403) fix inverted store_hyst()
+ hrtimer: Set expiry time before switch_hrtimer_base()
+ mm, thp: close race between mremap() and split_huge_page()
+ ARM: dts: i.MX53: Fix ipu register space size
+ NFSD: Call ->set_acl with a NULL ACL structure if no entries
+ ACPI / blacklist: Add dmi_enable_osi_linux quirk for Asus EEE PC 1015PX
+ genirq: Provide irq_force_affinity fallback for non-SMP
+ NFSd: call rpc_destroy_wait_queue() from free_client()
+ md: avoid possible spinning md thread at shutdown.
+ [media] media-device: fix infoleak in ioctl media_enum_entities()
+ crypto: caam - add allocation failure handling in SPRINTFCAT macro
+ [media] fc2580: fix tuning failure on 32-bit arch
+ percpu: make pcpu_alloc_chunk() use pcpu_mem_free() instead of kfree()

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Title:
  Precise update to v3.8.13.25 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 Linus' tree or in a minimally
         backported form of that patch. The v3.8.13.25 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 v3.8.13.25 stable release:
  Linux 3.8.13.25
  mm: rmap: fix use-after-free in __put_anon_vma
  target: Fix alua_access_state attribute OOPs for un-configured devices
  ALSA: hda/realtek - Fix COEF widget NID for ALC260 replacer fixup
  ALSA: hda/realtek - Correction of fixup codes for PB V7900 laptop
  xhci: delete endpoints from bandwidth list before freeing whole device
  md: always set MD_RECOVERY_INTR when aborting a reshape or other "resync".
  USB: serial: option: add support for Novatel E371 PCIe card
  USB: ftdi_sio: add NovaTech OrionLXm product ID
  USB: io_ti: fix firmware download on big-endian machines (part 2)
  USB: Avoid runtime suspend loops for HCDs that can't handle suspend/resume
  Staging: speakup: Move pasting into a work item
  powerpc: Fix 64 bit builds with binutils 2.24
  Input: synaptics - T540p - unify with other LEN0034 models
  ARM: 8051/1: put_user: fix possible data corruption in put_user
  ALSA: hda - Fix onboard audio on Intel H97/Z97 chipsets
  sched/deadline: Change sched_getparam() behaviour vs SCHED_DEADLINE
  ARM: imx: fix error handling in ipu device registration
  futex: Prevent attaching to kernel threads
  futex: Add another early deadlock detection check
  Input: synaptics - add min/max quirk for the ThinkPad W540
  ARM: OMAP3: clock: Back-propagate rate change from cam_mclk to dpll4_m5 on all OMAP3 platforms
  mm/memory-failure.c: fix memory leak by race between poison and unpoison
  hwpoison, hugetlb: lock_page/unlock_page does not match for handling a free hugepage
  dma: mv_xor: Flush descriptors before activating a channel
  nfsd4: warn on finding lockowner without stateid's
  nfsd4: remove lockowner when removing lock stateid
  can: peak_pci: prevent use after free at netdev removal
  drm/radeon: avoid segfault on device open when accel is not working.
  drm/radeon: handle non-VGA class pci devices with ATRM
  drm/radeon: also try GART for CPU accessed buffers
  perf: Prevent false warning in perf_swevent_add
  perf: Limit perf_event_attr::sample_period to 63 bits
  net: cpsw: fix null dereference at probe
  sched: Use CPUPRI_NR_PRIORITIES instead of MAX_RT_PRIO in cpupri check
  sched: Sanitize irq accounting madness
  libceph: fix corruption when using page_count 0 page in rbd
  PCI: shpchp: Check bridge's secondary (not primary) bus speed
  x86-64, modify_ldt: Make support for 16-bit segments a runtime option
  dm crypt: fix cpu hotplug crash by removing per-cpu structure
  i2c: rcar: bail out on zero length transfers
  i2c: s3c2410: resume race fix
  i2c: designware: Mask all interrupts during i2c controller enable
  x86, mm, hugetlb: Add missing TLB page invalidation for hugetlb_cow()
  [media] V4L2: fix VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS in 64- / 32-bit compatibility mode
  [media] V4L2: ov7670: fix a wrong index, potentially Oopsing the kernel from user-space
  ASoC: wm8962: Update register CLASS_D_CONTROL_1 to be non-volatile
  iommu/amd: Fix interrupt remapping for aliased devices
  hwmon: (emc1403) Support full range of known chip revision numbers
  hwmon: (emc1403) fix inverted store_hyst()
  hrtimer: Set expiry time before switch_hrtimer_base()
  mm, thp: close race between mremap() and split_huge_page()
  ARM: dts: i.MX53: Fix ipu register space size
  NFSD: Call ->set_acl with a NULL ACL structure if no entries
  ACPI / blacklist: Add dmi_enable_osi_linux quirk for Asus EEE PC 1015PX
  genirq: Provide irq_force_affinity fallback for non-SMP
  NFSd: call rpc_destroy_wait_queue() from free_client()
  md: avoid possible spinning md thread at shutdown.
  [media] media-device: fix infoleak in ioctl media_enum_entities()
  crypto: caam - add allocation failure handling in SPRINTFCAT macro
  [media] fc2580: fix tuning failure on 32-bit arch
  percpu: make pcpu_alloc_chunk() use pcpu_mem_free() instead of kfree()

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