[ubuntu/questing-proposed] linux-oracle 6.17.0-1001.1 (Accepted)

Andy Whitcroft apw at canonical.com
Tue Sep 16 15:20:30 UTC 2025


linux-oracle (6.17.0-1001.1) questing; urgency=medium

  * questing/linux-oracle: 6.17.0-1001.1 -proposed tracker (LP: #2122647)

  * Packaging resync (LP: #1786013)
    - [Packaging] resync git-ubuntu-log
    - [Packaging] update variants
    - [Packaging] debian.oracle/dkms-versions -- update from kernel-versions
      (main/d2025.08.14)

  * Miscellaneous Ubuntu changes
    - [Config] updateconfigs after rebase to 6.17

  [ Ubuntu: 6.17.0-4.4 ]

  * questing/linux: 6.17.0-4.4 -proposed tracker (LP: #2122321)
  * [SRU] Do not instantiate SPD5118 sensors on i801 SMBus controllers
    (LP: #2114963)
    - SAUCE: i2c: i801: Do not instantiate spd5118 under SPD Write Disable
  * initramfs-tools: autopkgtest fails on arm64 with Possible missing firmware
    /lib/firmware/apple/dfrmtfw-*.bin for built-in driver apple_z2
    (LP: #2115758)
    - [Config] Set TOUCHSCREEN_APPLE_Z2=m (arm64)
  * Support TDX host in questing (LP: #2121873)
    - SAUCE: x86/kexec: Consolidate relocate_kernel() function parameters
    - SAUCE: x86/sme: Use percpu boolean to control WBINVD during kexec
    - SAUCE: x86/virt/tdx: Mark memory cache state incoherent when making
      SEAMCALL
    - SAUCE: x86/kexec: Disable kexec/kdump on platforms with TDX partial
      write erratum
    - SAUCE: x86/virt/tdx: Remove the !KEXEC_CORE dependency
    - SAUCE: x86/virt/tdx: Update the kexec section in the TDX documentation
    - SAUCE: KVM: TDX: Explicitly do WBINVD when no more TDX SEAMCALLs
    - [Config] enable TDX host support
  * minimal kernel lacks modules for blk disk in arm64 openstack environments
    where config_drive is required (LP: #2118499)
    - [Config] Enable SYM53C8XX_2 on arm64
  * Miscellaneous Ubuntu changes
    - [Config] Re-enable Rust support, and make sure it doesn't get disabled
      by accident
    - [Config] updateconfigs for v6.17-rc5 rebase

  [ Ubuntu: 6.17.0-3.3 ]

  * questing/linux: 6.17.0-3.3 -proposed tracker (LP: #2121512)
  *  Enable Xilinx PS UART configs (LP: #2121337)
    - [Config] Enable Xilinx PS UART configs
  * Packaging resync (LP: #1786013)
    - [Packaging] update variants
    - [Packaging] debian.master/dkms-versions -- update from kernel-versions
      (main/d2025.08.25)
  * Plucky/Questing fails to boot on (older) Macs (LP: #2105402)
    - SAUCE: hack: efi/libstub: enable t14s boot failure hack only on arm64
  * Miscellaneous Ubuntu changes
    - [Packaging] Fix linux-modules Description, add dependency on wireless-
      regdb from old -extra
    - [Packaging] Fix arch list for bpftool build-dep

  [ Ubuntu: 6.17.0-2.2 ]

  * questing/linux: 6.17.0-2.2 -proposed tracker (LP: #2121374)
  * Packaging resync (LP: #1786013)
    - [Packaging] debian.master/dkms-versions -- update from kernel-versions
      (main/d2025.08.25)
  * enable Mediatek media platform drivers on arm64 (LP: #2116138)
    - [Config] enable mediatek media platform drivers
  * update apparmor and LSM stacking patch set (LP: #2028253)
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [1/38]: Stacking: Audit: Create audit_stamp
      structure
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [2/38]: Stacking: Audit: Allow multiple records in
      an audit_buffer
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [3/38]: Stacking: LSM: security_lsmblob_to_secctx
      module selection
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [4/38]: Stacking: Audit: Add record for multiple
      task security contexts
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [5/38]: Stacking: Audit: multiple subject lsm
      values for netlabel
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [6/38]: Stacking: Audit: Add record for multiple
      object contexts
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [7/38]: Stacking: LSM: Single calls in secid hooks
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [8/38]: Stacking: LSM: Exclusive secmark usage
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [9/38]: Stacking: Audit: Call only the first of the
      audit rule hooks
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [10/38]: Stacking: AppArmor: Remove the exclusive
      flag
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [11/38]: Revert "apparmor: fix dbus permission
      queries to v9 ABI"
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [12/38]: Revert "apparmor: gate make fine grained
      unix mediation behind v9 abi"
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [13/38]: apparmor: net: patch to provide
      compatibility with v2.x net rules
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [14/38]: apparmor: net: add fine grained ipv4/ipv6
      mediation
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [15/38]: apparmor: userns: add unprivileged user ns
      mediation
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [16/38]: apparmor: userns: Add sysctls for
      additional controls of unpriv userns restrictions
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [18/38]: apparmor: userns: open userns related
      sysctl so lxc can check if restriction are in place
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [19/38]: apparmor: userns: allow profile to be
      transitioned when a userns is created
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [20/38]: aoparmor: userns: Add support for execpath
      in userns
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [21/38]: apparmor: mqueue: call
      security_inode_init_security on inode creation
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [22/38]: apparmor: mqueue: add fine grained
      mediation of posix mqueues
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [23/38]: apparmor: uring: add io_uring mediation
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [26/38]: apparmor: prompt: setup slab cache for
      audit data
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [27/38]: apparmor: prompt: add the ability for
      profiles to have a learning cache
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [28/38]: apparmor: prompt: enable userspace upcall
      for mediation
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [29/38]: apparmor: prompt: pass prompt boolean
      through into path_name as well
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [30/38]: apparmor: add AA_DEBUG_PROFILE to have
      debug on profiles with flag set
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [31/38]: apparmor: make str table more generic and
      be able to have multiple entries
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [32/38]: apparmor: check for supported version in
      notification messages.
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [33/38]: apparmor: refactor building notice so it
      is easier to extend
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [34/38]: apparmor: switch from ENOTSUPP to
      EPROTONOSUPPORT
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [35/38]: UBUNTU: SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [35/38]:
      apparmor: add support for meta data tags
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [36/38]: apparmor: mmap_file() doesn't need to be
      called atomically
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [37/38]: apparmor: guard against free routines
      being called with a NULL
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [38/38]: apparmor: prevent profile->disconnected
      double free in aa_free_profile
    - [Config] disable CONFIG_SECURITY_APPARMOR_RESTRICT_USERNS
  * Installation of AppArmor on a 6.14 kernel produces error message "Illegal
    number: yes" (LP: #2102680)
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [24/38]: apparmor: create an
      AA_SFS_TYPE_BOOLEAN_INTPRINT sysctl variant
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [25/38]: apparmor: Use AA_SFS_FILE_BOOLEAN_INTPRINT
      for userns and io_uring sysctls
  * update apparmor and LSM stacking patch set (LP: #2028253) // [FFe]
    apparmor-4.0.0-alpha2 for unprivileged user namespace restrictions in
    mantic (LP: #2032602)
    - SAUCE: apparmor5.0.0 [17/38]: apparmor: userns - make it so special
      unconfined profiles can mediate user namespaces
  * nvme no longer detected on boot after upgrade to 6.8.0-60 (LP: #2111521)
    - SAUCE: PCI: Disable RRS polling for Intel SSDPE2KX020T8 nvme
  * Miscellaneous Ubuntu changes
    - [Packaging] Use host bpftool if doing cross-compiling
    - [Packaging] Rename to linux
    - [Packaging] d/t/ubuntu-regression-suite: use https to clone
    - [Packaging] d/t/control: add snapd and fuse-overlayfs dependencies
    - [Packaging] Drop/update some dkms packages.

  [ Ubuntu-unstable: 6.17.0-1.1 ]

  * questing/linux-unstable: 6.17.0-1.1 -proposed tracker (LP: #2121054)
  * Enable CONFIG_IPV6_OPTIMISTIC_DAD (LP: #1728366)
    - [Config] Enable CONFIG_IPV6_OPTIMISTIC_DAD
  * No IP Address assigned after hot-plugging Ethernet cable on HP Platform
    (LP: #2115393)
    - Revert "e1000e: change k1 configuration on MTP and later platforms"
  * sources list generation using dwarfdump takes up to 0.5hr in build process
    (LP: #2104911)
    - [Packaging] Don't generate list of source files
  * Miscellaneous Ubuntu changes
    - [Config] updateconfig following rebase to v6.17-rc2
    - [Packaging] Renane to linux-unstable
    - SAUCE: gpio: aaeon: use new GPIO line value setter callbacks
    - [Packaging] debian.master/dkms-versions: Drop failing dkms packages
    - [Packaging] Don't suggest linux-modules-extra

  [ Ubuntu-unstable: 6.17.0-0.0 ]

  * dummy entry

Date: 2025-09-15 12:08:23.892193+00:00
Changed-By: Alessio Faina <alessio.faina at canonical.com>
Signed-By: Andy Whitcroft <apw at canonical.com>
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