xenial/linux-hwe: 4.15.0-68.77~16.04.1 -proposed tracker

Hardware Certification have begun testing this -proposed kernel.

4.15.0-68.77~16.04.1 - lowlatency
Regression test CMPL, RTB.

55 / 58 tests were run, missing: ubuntu_xfstests_btrfs, ubuntu_xfstests_ext4, ubuntu_xfstests_xfs
Issue to note in amd64:
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - apic timeouted (bug 1748103)
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls - fallocate04, fallocate05, fdatasync03, fremovexattr01, fremovexattr02, fsync01, fsync04, msync04, preadv03, preadv03_64, preadv203, preadv203_64, pwritev03, pwritev03_64, sync03, syncfs01, sync_file_range02, copy_file_range01, statx04 (bug 1842266) fsetxattr01, fgetxattr01, fanotify13, fanotify14, lremovexattr01, setxattr01 (bug 1842266) statx05 (bug 1798524)

50 / 53 tests were run, missing: ubuntu_xfstests_btrfs, ubuntu_xfstests_ext4, ubuntu_xfstests_xfs
Issue to note in i386:
  ubuntu_kernel_selftests - reuseport_bpf_numa in net (bug 1812638)
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - unable to build on X/T i386 (bug 1798007)
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls - fallocate04, fallocate05, fdatasync03, fremovexattr01, fremovexattr02, fsync01, fsync04, msync04, preadv03, preadv03_64, preadv203, preadv203_64, pwritev03, pwritev03_64, sync03, syncfs01, sync_file_range02, copy_file_range01, statx04 (bug 1842266) fsetxattr01, fgetxattr01, fanotify13, fanotify14, lremovexattr01, setxattr01 (bug 1842266) statx05 (bug 1798524)

4.15.0-68.77~16.04.1 - generic
Regression test CMPL, RTB.

57 / 58 tests were run, missing: ubuntu_xfstests_ext4
Issue to note in amd64:
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - apic timeouted (bug 1748103)
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls - fallocate04, fallocate05, fdatasync03, fremovexattr01, fremovexattr02, fsync01, fsync04, msync04, preadv03, preadv03_64, preadv203, preadv203_64, pwritev03, pwritev03_64, sync03, syncfs01, sync_file_range02, copy_file_range01, statx04 (bug 1842266) fsetxattr01, fgetxattr01, fanotify13, fanotify14, lremovexattr01, setxattr01 (bug 1842266) statx05 (bug 1798524)
  ubuntu_xfstests_btrfs - generic/175 time out
  ubuntu_xfstests_xfs - generic/438 time out

Issue to note in arm64:
  hwclock - issue for HP m400 (bug 1716603)
  ubuntu_kernel_selftests - cpu-hotplug failed on moonshot (bug 1809701)
  ubuntu_kvm_smoke_test - unable to create KVM with uvtool (bug 1749427)
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - gicv2-ipi (bug 1790825) gicv2-mmio-3p (bug 1828027) gicv2-mmio-up (bug 1828026) gicv2 related test failed on ThunderX (bug 1828153) pmu on starmie (bug 1751000)
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls - fallocate04, fallocate05, fdatasync03, fremovexattr01, fremovexattr02, fsync01, fsync04, msync04, preadv03, preadv03_64, preadv203, preadv203_64, pwritev03, pwritev03_64, sync03, syncfs01, sync_file_range02, copy_file_range01, statx04 (bug 1842266) fsetxattr01, fgetxattr01, fanotify13, fanotify14, lremovexattr01, setxattr01 (bug 1842266) statx05 (bug 1798524)
  ubuntu_qrt_apparmor - repo access issue, passed after re-run
  ubuntu_xfstests_btrfs - geneirc/175 time out
  ubuntu_xfstests_xfs - geneirc/531 time out

50 / 53 tests were run, missing: ubuntu_xfstests_btrfs, ubuntu_xfstests_ext4, ubuntu_xfstests_xfs
Issue to note in i386:
  ubuntu_kernel_selftests - reuseport_bpf_numa in net (bug 1812638)
  ubuntu_kvm_unit_tests - unable to build on X/T i386 (bug 1798007)
  ubuntu_ltp_syscalls...

Kernel deb testing completes, no regressions found. Ready for Updates. Results here: https://trello.com/c/tiQTdPie/228-xenial-hwe-linux-image-4150-68-generic-4150-687716041

This bug was fixed in the package linux-hwe - 4.15.0-69.78~16.04.1

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linux-hwe (4.15.0-69.78~16.04.1) xenial; urgency=medium

  [ Ubuntu: 4.15.0-69.78 ]

  * KVM NULL pointer deref (LP: #1851205)
    - KVM: nVMX: handle page fault in vmread fix
  * CVE-2018-12207
    - KVM: MMU: drop vcpu param in gpte_access
    - kvm: Convert kvm_lock to a mutex
    - kvm: x86: Do not release the page inside mmu_set_spte()
    - KVM: x86: make FNAME(fetch) and __direct_map more similar
    - KVM: x86: remove now unneeded hugepage gfn adjustment
    - KVM: x86: change kvm_mmu_page_get_gfn BUG_ON to WARN_ON
    - KVM: x86: add tracepoints around __direct_map and FNAME(fetch)
    - kvm: x86, powerpc: do not allow clearing largepages debugfs entry
    - SAUCE: KVM: vmx, svm: always run with EFER.NXE=1 when shadow paging is
      active
    - SAUCE: x86: Add ITLB_MULTIHIT bug infrastructure
    - SAUCE: kvm: mmu: ITLB_MULTIHIT mitigation
    - SAUCE: kvm: Add helper function for creating VM worker threads
    - SAUCE: kvm: x86: mmu: Recovery of shattered NX large pages
    - SAUCE: cpu/speculation: Uninline and export CPU mitigations helpers
    - SAUCE: kvm: x86: mmu: Apply global mitigations knob to ITLB_MULTIHIT
  * CVE-2019-11135
    - KVM: x86: use Intel speculation bugs and features as derived in generic x86
      code
    - x86/msr: Add the IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR
    - x86/cpu: Add a helper function x86_read_arch_cap_msr()
    - x86/cpu: Add a "tsx=" cmdline option with TSX disabled by default
    - x86/speculation/taa: Add mitigation for TSX Async Abort
    - x86/speculation/taa: Add sysfs reporting for TSX Async Abort
    - kvm/x86: Export MDS_NO=0 to guests when TSX is enabled
    - x86/tsx: Add "auto" option to the tsx= cmdline parameter
    - x86/speculation/taa: Add documentation for TSX Async Abort
    - x86/tsx: Add config options to set tsx=on|off|auto
    - SAUCE: x86/speculation/taa: Call tsx_init()
    - SAUCE: x86/cpu: Include cpu header from bugs.c
    - [Config] Disable TSX by default when possible
  * CVE-2019-0154
    - SAUCE: drm/i915: Lower RM timeout to avoid DSI hard hangs
    - SAUCE: drm/i915/gen8+: Add RC6 CTX corruption WA
  * CVE-2019-0155
    - drm/i915/gtt: Add read only pages to gen8_pte_encode
    - drm/i915/gtt: Read-only pages for insert_entries on bdw+
    - drm/i915/gtt: Disable read-only support under GVT
    - drm/i915: Prevent writing into a read-only object via a GGTT mmap
    - drm/i915/cmdparser: Check reg_table_count before derefencing.
    - drm/i915/cmdparser: Do not check past the cmd length.
    - drm/i915: Silence smatch for cmdparser
    - drm/i915: Move engine->needs_cmd_parser to engine->flags
    - SAUCE: drm/i915: Rename gen7 cmdparser tables
    - SAUCE: drm/i915: Disable Secure Batches for gen6+
    - SAUCE: drm/i915: Remove Master tables from cmdparser
    - SAUCE: drm/i915: Add support for mandatory cmdparsing
    - SAUCE: drm/i915: Support ro ppgtt mapped cmdparser shadow buffers
    - SAUCE: drm/i915: Allow parsing of unsized batches
    - SAUCE: drm/i915: Add gen9 BCS cmdparsing
    - SAUCE: drm/i915/cmdparser: Use explicit goto for error paths
    - SAUCE: drm/i915/cmdparser: Add support...