linux: 2.6.32-45.99 -proposed tracker

All builds are complete, packages in this bug can be copied to -proposed.

Derivative packages from packages here can be worked on, the following tracking bugs were opened for them:
linux-ec2 - bug 1068278

Copied to -proposed and overrides mangled.

All SRUs verified; moving to testing.

no regressions observed. There was a weird parted error in the runs -- which caused all SFX tests to fail as a consequence --: "stack smashing detected".

No CVEs in changelog.
NOTE: CVE-2011-4077 has its initial patch reverted and replaced with the upstream version of the patch.

Hardware Certification have been working on testing this kernel. Apologies for the late status change.

Hardware Certification have completed testing this kernel on 31/43 systems. The 12 remaining ones are servers which are still inaccesible. The systems which returned results exhibit no regressions.

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 2.6.32-45.99

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linux (2.6.32-45.99) lucid-proposed; urgency=low

  [Luis Henriques]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1067331

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * SAUCE: omnibook: Expose PWD for standalone builds
    - LP: #505420

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Revert "xfs: Fix possible memory corruption in xfs_readlink,
    CVE-2011-4077"
    - LP: #1064480
  * UBUNTU SAUCE: apparmor: fix IRQ stack overflow
    - LP: #1056078
  * net/9p: fix virtio transport to correctly update status on connect
    - LP: #676823
  * 9p: Fix the kernel crash on a failed mount
    - LP: #676823
  * netxen: support for GbE port settings
    - LP: #1064480
  * Fix sparc build with newer tools.
    - LP: #1064480
  * powerpc/pmac: Fix SMP kernels on pre-core99 UP machines
    - LP: #1064480
  * Bluetooth: btusb: fix bInterval for high/super speed isochronous
    endpoints
    - LP: #1064480
  * fix pgd_lock deadlock
    - LP: #1064480
  * futex: Fix uninterruptible loop due to gate_area
    - LP: #1064480
  * time: Improve sanity checking of timekeeping inputs
    - LP: #1064480
  * time: Avoid making adjustments if we haven't accumulated anything
    - LP: #1064480
  * time: Move ktime_t overflow checking into timespec_valid_strict
    - LP: #1064480
  * drm/i915: Attempt to fix watermark setup on 85x (v2)
    - LP: #1064480
  * ioat2: kill pending flag
    - LP: #1064480
  * usb: Fix deadlock in hid_reset when Dell iDRAC is reset
    - LP: #1064480
  * oprofile: use KM_NMI slot for kmap_atomic
    - LP: #1064480
  * tty_audit: fix tty_audit_add_data live lock on audit disabled
    - LP: #1064480
  * bonding: 802.3ad - fix agg_device_up
    - LP: #1064480
  * usbnet: increase URB reference count before usb_unlink_urb
    - LP: #1064480
  * usbnet: don't clear urb->dev in tx_complete
    - LP: #1064480
  * sched: Fix signed unsigned comparison in check_preempt_tick()
    - LP: #1064480
  * x86/PCI: amd: factor out MMCONFIG discovery
    - LP: #1064480
  * PNP: fix "work around Dell 1536/1546 BIOS MMCONFIG bug that breaks USB"
    - LP: #1064480
  * KVM: x86: disallow multiple KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP
    - LP: #1064480
  * KVM: ia64: fix build due to typo
    - LP: #1064480
  * xfs: Fix possible memory corruption in xfs_readlink
    - LP: #1064480
  * xfs: Fix missing xfs_iunlock() on error recovery path in xfs_readlink()
    - LP: #1064480
  * dl2k: use standard #defines from mii.h.
    - LP: #1064480
  * tcp: Don't change unlocked socket state in tcp_v4_err().
    - LP: #1064480
  * x86: Derandom delay_tsc for 64 bit
    - LP: #1064480
  * ipsec: be careful of non existing mac headers
    - LP: #1064480
  * block, sx8: fix pointer math issue getting fw version
    - LP: #1064480
  * nilfs2: fix NULL pointer dereference in nilfs_load_super_block()
    - LP: #1064480
  * USB: ftdi_sio: fix problem when the manufacture is a NULL string
    - LP: #1064480
  * ntp: Fix integer overflow when setting time
    - LP: #1064480
  * SUNRPC: We must not use list_for_each_entry_safe() in rpc_wake_up()
    - LP: #1064480
  * ext4: check for zero length extent
    - LP: #1064480
  * xfs: Fix oops on IO error during xlog_recover_pr...

Released to -updates.

The package has been published and the bug is being set to Fix Released