I'm announcing the release of the 4.4.270 kernel. All users of the 4.4 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 4.4.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-4.4.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=summary thanks, greg k-h ------------ Makefile | 2 arch/openrisc/kernel/setup.c | 2 drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c | 13 +++- drivers/hwmon/lm80.c | 11 --- drivers/leds/leds-lp5523.c | 2 drivers/md/dm-snap.c | 1 drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_ethtool.c | 3 - drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sunxi.c | 8 +- drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c | 32 +++++++---- drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/base.c | 19 +++--- drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nx.c | 3 - drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 2 drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c | 6 +- drivers/video/console/fbcon.c | 2 drivers/video/console/vgacon.c | 56 +++++++++++--------- drivers/video/fbdev/hgafb.c | 21 ++++--- drivers/video/fbdev/imsttfb.c | 5 - drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c | 22 ++++++- fs/cifs/smb2ops.c | 2 fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c | 6 -- include/linux/console_struct.h | 1 kernel/ptrace.c | 18 ++++++ net/bluetooth/smp.c | 9 +++ sound/firewire/Kconfig | 4 - sound/firewire/bebob/bebob.c | 2 sound/firewire/oxfw/oxfw.c | 1 sound/isa/sb/sb8.c | 4 - sound/usb/midi.c | 4 + 28 files changed, 158 insertions(+), 103 deletions(-) Anirudh Rayabharam (2): net: stmicro: handle clk_prepare() failure during init video: hgafb: correctly handle card detect failure during probe Atul Gopinathan (1): cdrom: gdrom: deallocate struct gdrom_unit fields in remove_gdrom Christophe JAILLET (1): openrisc: Fix a memory leak Du Cheng (1): ethernet: sun: niu: fix missing checks of niu_pci_eeprom_read() Greg Kroah-Hartman (14): Revert "ALSA: sb8: add a check for request_region" Revert "video: hgafb: fix potential NULL pointer dereference" Revert "net: stmicro: fix a missing check of clk_prepare" Revert "leds: lp5523: fix a missing check of return value of lp55xx_read" Revert "hwmon: (lm80) fix a missing check of bus read in lm80 probe" Revert "video: imsttfb: fix potential NULL pointer dereferences" Revert "ecryptfs: replace BUG_ON with error handling code" Revert "gdrom: fix a memory leak bug" cdrom: gdrom: initialize global variable at init time Revert "rtlwifi: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference" Revert "qlcnic: Avoid potential NULL pointer dereference" Revert "niu: fix missing checks of niu_pci_eeprom_read" net: rtlwifi: properly check for alloc_workqueue() failure Linux 4.4.270 Igor Matheus Andrade Torrente (1): video: hgafb: fix potential NULL pointer dereference Jan Beulich (1): xen-pciback: reconfigure also from backend watch handler Luiz Augusto von Dentz (1): Bluetooth: SMP: Fail if remote and local public keys are identical Maciej W. Rozycki (2): vgacon: Record video mode changes with VT_RESIZEX vt: Fix character height handling with VT_RESIZEX Mikulas Patocka (1): dm snapshot: fix crash with transient storage and zero chunk size Oleg Nesterov (1): ptrace: make ptrace() fail if the tracee changed its pid unexpectedly Phillip Potter (1): leds: lp5523: check return value of lp5xx_read and jump to cleanup code Ronnie Sahlberg (1): cifs: fix memory leak in smb2_copychunk_range Takashi Iwai (1): ALSA: usb-audio: Validate MS endpoint descriptors Takashi Sakamoto (1): ALSA: bebob/oxfw: fix Kconfig entry for Mackie d.2 Pro Tetsuo Handa (1): tty: vt: always invoke vc->vc_sw->con_resize callback Tom Seewald (1): qlcnic: Add null check after calling netdev_alloc_skb Zhen Lei (1): scsi: qla2xxx: Fix error return code in qla82xx_write_flash_dword()