Cleanup Meltdown/Spectre implementation

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Ran the Trusty -proposed kernel through some basic tests, looks good.

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.13.0-162.212

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linux (3.13.0-162.212) trusty; urgency=medium

  * linux: 3.13.0-162.212 -proposed tracker (LP: #1799399)

  * packet socket panic in Trusty 3.13.0-157 and later (LP: #1800254)
    - SAUCE: (no-up) net/packet: fix erroneous dev_add_pack usage in fanout

  * Cleanup Meltdown/Spectre implementation (LP: #1779848)
    - x86/Documentation: Add PTI description
    - Revert "x86/cpu/AMD: Make the LFENCE instruction serialized"
    - x86/cpu/AMD: Make LFENCE a serializing instruction
    - x86/cpu/AMD: Use LFENCE_RDTSC in preference to MFENCE_RDTSC
    - x86/pti: Document fix wrong index
    - x86/nospec: Fix header guards names
    - x86/bugs: Drop one "mitigation" from dmesg
    - x86/spectre: Check CONFIG_RETPOLINE in command line parser
    - x86/spectre: Simplify spectre_v2 command line parsing
    - x86/spectre: Fix an error message
    - SAUCE: x86/cpufeatures: Reorder spectre-related feature bits
    - x86/cpufeatures: Add AMD feature bits for Speculation Control
    - SAUCE: x86/msr: Fix formatting of msr-index.h
    - SAUCE: x86/msr: Rename MSR spec control feature bits
    - x86/pti: Mark constant arrays as __initconst
    - x86/speculation: Add basic IBPB (Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier) support
    - x86/cpufeatures: Clean up Spectre v2 related CPUID flags
    - x86/cpuid: Fix up "virtual" IBRS/IBPB/STIBP feature bits on Intel
    - SAUCE: x86/speculation: Use synthetic bits for IBRS/IBPB/STIBP
    - SAUCE: x86/cpufeatures: Disentangle MSR_SPEC_CTRL enumeration from IBRS
    - x86/speculation: Use IBRS if available before calling into firmware
    - x86/speculation: Move firmware_restrict_branch_speculation_*() from C to CPP
    - SAUCE: x86/bugs: Fix re-use of SPEC_CTRL MSR boot value
    - SAUCE: Move SSBD feature detection to common code
    - SAUCE: x86/speculation: Move vendor specific IBRS/IBPB control code
    - SAUCE: x86/speculation: Query individual feature flags when reloading
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    - xen: Add xen_arch_suspend()
    - x86/xen: Zero MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL before suspend
    - SAUCE: x86/pti: Evaluate X86_BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN when pti=auto
    - SAUCE: x86/speculation: Make use of indirect_branch_prediction_barrier()
    - SAUCE: x86/speculation: Cleanup IBPB runtime control handling
    - SAUCE: x86/speculation: Cleanup IBRS runtime control handling

  * CVE-2016-9588
    - kvm: nVMX: Allow L1 to intercept software exceptions (#BP and #OF)

  * CVE-2017-16649
    - net: cdc_ether: fix divide by 0 on bad descriptors

  * CVE-2018-9363
    - Bluetooth: hidp: buffer overflow in hidp_process_report

  * CVE-2017-13168
    - scsi: sg: mitigate read/write abuse

  * xattr length returned by vfs_getxattr() is not correct in Trusty kernel
    (LP: #1798013)
    - getxattr: use correct xattr length

  * CVE-2018-16658
    - cdrom: Fix info leak/OOB read in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status

 -- Stefan Bader <email address hidden> Mon, 29 Oct 2018 11:31:15 +0100

Xenial's implementation has been update via updates to newer 4.4 upstream stable versions.

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.2.0-150.197

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linux (3.2.0-150.197) precise; urgency=medium

  * precise/linux: 3.2.0-150.197 -proposed tracker (LP: #1919172)

  * CVE-2021-27365
    - scsi: iscsi: Verify lengths on passthrough PDUs
    - sysfs: Add sysfs_emit and sysfs_emit_at to format sysfs output
    - scsi: iscsi: Ensure sysfs attributes are limited to PAGE_SIZE

  * CVE-2021-27363 // CVE-2021-27364
    - scsi: iscsi: Restrict sessions and handles to admin capabilities

  * CVE-2021-27364
    - scsi: iscsi: respond to netlink with unicast when appropriate
    - Add file_ns_capable() helper function for open-time capability checking
    - net: Add variants of capable for use on on sockets
    - netlink: Make the sending netlink socket availabe in NETLINK_CB

 -- Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <email address hidden> Mon, 05 Apr 2021 14:23:29 -0300