This is the start of the review cycle for the Linux 3.8.13.28 stable kernel. ** NOTE: This will be the last Linux 3.8.y.z extended stable version ** to be released and supported by me and the Ubuntu Kernel team. This version contains 13 new patches, summarized below. The new patches are posted as replies to this message and also available in this git branch: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;h=linux-3.8.y-review;a=shortlog git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/linux.git linux-3.8.y-review The review period for version 3.8.13.28 will be open for the next three days. To report a problem, please reply to the relevant follow-up patch message. For more information about the Linux 3.8.y.z extended stable kernel version, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable . -Kamal -- arch/x86/include/asm/ptrace.h | 16 +++++++ arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S | 13 +++-- drivers/target/target_core_rd.c | 2 +- fs/namespace.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++--- include/linux/mount.h | 9 +++- include/linux/ptrace.h | 3 ++ mm/shmem.c | 104 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c | 4 +- net/sctp/associola.c | 2 +- 9 files changed, 185 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) Andy Lutomirski (1): x86_32, entry: Do syscall exit work on badsys (CVE-2014-4508) Eric W. Biederman (4): mnt: Only change user settable mount flags in remount mnt: Move the test for MNT_LOCK_READONLY from change_mount_flags into do_remount mnt: Correct permission checks in do_remount mnt: Change the default remount atime from relatime to the existing value Hugh Dickins (3): shmem: fix faulting into a hole while it's punched shmem: fix faulting into a hole, not taking i_mutex shmem: fix splicing from a hole while it's punched Nicholas Bellinger (1): target: Explicitly clear ramdisk_mcp backend pages Sasha Levin (1): net/l2tp: don't fall back on UDP [get|set]sockopt Sven Wegener (1): x86_32, entry: Store badsys error code in %eax Tejun Heo (1): ptrace,x86: force IRET path after a ptrace_stop() Xufeng Zhang (1): sctp: Fix sk_ack_backlog wrap-around problem -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html