[Xenial SRU] Fix modprobe of test_bpf
Stefan Bader
stefan.bader at canonical.com
Fri Apr 20 14:14:26 UTC 2018
[SRU Justification]
Impact: One of the self-tests which is run by test_bpf will always fail
when JIT is turned on, causing the module load to fail.
Fix: Picking two patches from upstream will fix this.
Testcase: sudo modprobe test_bpf
Risk of regression: Minimal, this modifies only a test module, no impact
on normal operation.
Note about Artful: right now there is no change to introduce
CONFIG_BPF_JIT_ALWAYS_ON. But I beleive it was something considered
to be security relevant. Which means those two patches might become
relevant at some time.
-Stefan
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