enable CONFIG_SND_SOC_INTEL_BYT_CHT_NOCODEC_MACH easily confuse users

Bug #1732627 reported by Hui Wang
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linux (Ubuntu)
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Critical
Hui Wang
Artful
Fix Released
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Bug Description

The author of this config (<email address hidden>)
suggested that we should disable this config from ubuntu artful
kernel, he said, "this is really for test environments or platforms
with a connector. I don't think it should be enabled by default
(better to fail the probe rather than get questions from users that
they have no sound)."

I also investigated this issue on my own, if our kernel is running on
a platform which has a codec and the codec is supported by the
existing driver, enabling this config will not bring side effect;
if the platform has a codec but the codec is not supported by existing
driver yet, the driver will fallback to this NOCODEC_MACH if this
config is enabled, and snd-soc-sst-byt-cht-nocodec.ko will be loaded
into the kernel, then user is easily confused that the kernel driver
is loaded but I can't hear sound from the codec.

CVE References

Hui Wang (hui.wang)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Critical
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Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot) wrote : Missing required logs.

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. While running an Ubuntu kernel (not a mainline or third-party kernel) please enter the following command in a terminal window:

apport-collect 1732627

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
Hui Wang (hui.wang)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Fix Committed
Stefan Bader (smb)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Artful):
importance: Undecided → Critical
status: New → Fix Committed
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Khaled El Mously (kmously) wrote :

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-artful' to 'verification-done-artful'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-artful' to 'verification-failed-artful'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

tags: added: verification-needed-artful
Hui Wang (hui.wang)
tags: added: verification-done-artful
removed: verification-needed-artful
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
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This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.13.0-19.22

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linux (4.13.0-19.22) artful; urgency=low

  * linux: 4.13.0-19.22 -proposed tracker (LP: #1736118)

  * CVE-2017-1000405
    - mm, thp: Do not make page table dirty unconditionally in touch_p[mu]d()

linux (4.13.0-18.21) artful; urgency=low

  * linux: 4.13.0-18.21 -proposed tracker (LP: #1733530)

  * NVMe timeout is too short (LP: #1729119)
    - nvme: update timeout module parameter type

  * CPU call trace on AMD Raven Ridge after S3 (LP: #1732894)
    - x86/mce/AMD: Allow any CPU to initialize the smca_banks array

  * Set PANIC_TIMEOUT=10 on Power Systems (LP: #1730660)
    - [Config]: Set PANIC_TIMEOUT=10 on ppc64el

  * Cannot pair BLE remote devices when using combo BT SoC (LP: #1731467)
    - Bluetooth: increase timeout for le auto connections

  * enable CONFIG_SND_SOC_INTEL_BYT_CHT_NOCODEC_MACH easily confuse users
    (LP: #1732627)
    - [Config] CONFIG_SND_SOC_INTEL_BYT_CHT_NOCODEC_MACH=n

  * Plantronics P610 does not support sample rate reading (LP: #1719853)
    - ALSA: usb-audio: Add sample rate quirk for Plantronics P610

  * Allow drivers to use Relaxed Ordering on capable root ports (LP: #1721365)
    - Revert commit 1a8b6d76dc5b ("net:add one common config...")
    - net: ixgbe: Use new PCI_DEV_FLAGS_NO_RELAXED_ORDERING flag

  * support GICv3 ITS save/restore & migration (LP: #1710019)
    - KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-its: Fix return value for device table restore

  * Device hotplugging with MPT SAS cannot work for VMWare ESXi (LP: #1730852)
    - scsi: mptsas: Fixup device hotplug for VMWare ESXi

  * Artful update to 4.13.13 stable release (LP: #1732726)
    - netfilter: nat: Revert "netfilter: nat: convert nat bysrc hash to
      rhashtable"
    - netfilter: nft_set_hash: disable fast_ops for 2-len keys
    - workqueue: Fix NULL pointer dereference
    - crypto: ccm - preserve the IV buffer
    - crypto: x86/sha1-mb - fix panic due to unaligned access
    - crypto: x86/sha256-mb - fix panic due to unaligned access
    - KEYS: fix NULL pointer dereference during ASN.1 parsing [ver #2]
    - ACPI / PM: Blacklist Low Power S0 Idle _DSM for Dell XPS13 9360
    - ARM: 8720/1: ensure dump_instr() checks addr_limit
    - ALSA: timer: Limit max instances per timer
    - ALSA: usb-audio: support new Amanero Combo384 firmware version
    - ALSA: hda - fix headset mic problem for Dell machines with alc274
    - ALSA: seq: Fix OSS sysex delivery in OSS emulation
    - ALSA: seq: Avoid invalid lockdep class warning
    - MIPS: Fix CM region target definitions
    - MIPS: BMIPS: Fix missing cbr address
    - MIPS: AR7: Defer registration of GPIO
    - MIPS: AR7: Ensure that serial ports are properly set up
    - KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Fix exclusion between HPT resizing and other HPT
      updates
    - Input: elan_i2c - add ELAN060C to the ACPI table
    - rbd: use GFP_NOIO for parent stat and data requests
    - drm/vmwgfx: Fix Ubuntu 17.10 Wayland black screen issue
    - Revert "x86: CPU: Fix up "cpu MHz" in /proc/cpuinfo"
    - can: sun4i: handle overrun in RX FIFO
    - can: peak: Add support for new PCIe/M2 CAN FD interfaces
    - can: ifi: Fix transmitter del...

Changed in linux (Ubuntu Artful):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Hui Wang (hui.wang)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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