This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.4.273 release. There are 34 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please let me know. Responses should be made by Wed, 16 Jun 2021 10:26:30 +0000. Anything received after that time might be too late. The whole patch series can be found in one patch at: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/stable-review/patch-4.4.273-rc1.gz or in the git tree and branch at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-4.4.y and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 4.4.273-rc1 Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> ftrace: Do not blindly read the ip address in ftrace_bug() Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx> scsi: core: Only put parent device if host state differs from SHOST_CREATED Dai Ngo <dai.ngo@xxxxxxxxxx> NFSv4: nfs4_proc_set_acl needs to restore NFS_CAP_UIDGID_NOMAP on error. Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> kvm: fix previous commit for 32-bit builds Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxxxxx> perf session: Correct buffer copying when peeking events Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> NFS: Fix a potential NULL dereference in nfs_get_client() Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx> perf: Fix data race between pin_count increment/decrement Linyu Yuan <linyyuan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> usb: gadget: eem: fix wrong eem header operation Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> USB: serial: quatech2: fix control-request directions Alexandre GRIVEAUX <agriveaux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> USB: serial: omninet: add device id for Zyxel Omni 56K Plus George McCollister <george.mccollister@xxxxxxxxx> USB: serial: ftdi_sio: add NovaTech OrionMX product ID Marian-Cristian Rotariu <marian.c.rotariu@xxxxxxxxx> usb: dwc3: ep0: fix NULL pointer exception Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@xxxxxxxxxx> USB: f_ncm: ncm_bitrate (speed) is unsigned Alexander Kuznetsov <wwfq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> cgroup1: don't allow '\n' in renaming Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> btrfs: return value from btrfs_mark_extent_written() in case of error Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> kvm: avoid speculation-based attacks from out-of-range memslot accesses Chris Packham <chris.packham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> i2c: mpc: implement erratum A-004447 workaround Chris Packham <chris.packham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> i2c: mpc: Make use of i2c_recover_bus() Chris Packham <chris.packham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> powerpc/fsl: set fsl,i2c-erratum-a004447 flag for P1010 i2c controllers Chris Packham <chris.packham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> powerpc/fsl: set fsl,i2c-erratum-a004447 flag for P2041 i2c controllers Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> bnx2x: Fix missing error code in bnx2x_iov_init_one() Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@xxxxxxxxxxx> MIPS: Fix kernel hang under FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER and PREEMPT_TRACER Saubhik Mukherjee <saubhik.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxx> net: appletalk: cops: Fix data race in cops_probe1 Zong Li <zong.li@xxxxxxxxxx> net: macb: ensure the device is available before accessing GEMGXL control registers Dmitry Bogdanov <d.bogdanov@xxxxxxxxx> scsi: target: qla2xxx: Wait for stop_phase1 at WWN removal Matt Wang <wwentao@xxxxxxxxxx> scsi: vmw_pvscsi: Set correct residual data length Zheyu Ma <zheyuma97@xxxxxxxxx> net/qla3xxx: fix schedule while atomic in ql_sem_spinlock Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> net: mdiobus: get rid of a BUG_ON() Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> netlink: disable IRQs for netlink_lock_table() Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> bonding: init notify_work earlier to avoid uninitialized use Zheyu Ma <zheyuma97@xxxxxxxxx> isdn: mISDN: netjet: Fix crash in nj_probe: Zou Wei <zou_wei@xxxxxxxxxx> ASoC: sti-sas: add missing MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE Jeimon <jjjinmeng.zhou@xxxxxxxxx> net/nfc/rawsock.c: fix a permission check bug Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> proc: Track /proc/$pid/attr/ opener mm_struct ------------- Diffstat: Makefile | 4 +- arch/mips/lib/mips-atomic.c | 12 +-- arch/powerpc/boot/dts/fsl/p1010si-post.dtsi | 8 ++ arch/powerpc/boot/dts/fsl/p2041si-post.dtsi | 16 ++++ drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mpc.c | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++- drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/netjet.c | 1 - drivers/net/appletalk/cops.c | 4 +- drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c | 4 +- drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c | 3 + drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c | 2 +- drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c | 3 +- drivers/scsi/hosts.c | 2 +- drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c | 2 + drivers/scsi/vmw_pvscsi.c | 8 +- drivers/usb/dwc3/ep0.c | 3 + drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_eem.c | 4 +- drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ncm.c | 2 +- drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c | 1 + drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio_ids.h | 1 + drivers/usb/serial/omninet.c | 2 + drivers/usb/serial/quatech2.c | 6 +- fs/btrfs/file.c | 4 +- fs/nfs/client.c | 2 +- fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c | 8 ++ fs/proc/base.c | 9 ++- include/linux/kvm_host.h | 11 ++- kernel/cgroup.c | 4 + kernel/events/core.c | 2 + kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 8 +- net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 6 +- net/nfc/rawsock.c | 2 +- sound/soc/codecs/sti-sas.c | 1 + tools/perf/util/session.c | 1 + 34 files changed, 209 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)