linux (4.17.8-1) unstable; urgency=medium

linux (4.17.8-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * New upstream stable update:
    https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.17.7
    - bpf: reject passing modified ctx to helper functions
    - [mips*] Call dump_stack() from show_regs()
    - [mips*] Use async IPIs for arch_trigger_cpumask_backtrace()
    - [mips*] Fix ioremap() RAM check
    - [armhf] drm/etnaviv: Check for platform_device_register_simple() failure
    - [armhf] drm/etnaviv: Fix driver unregistering
    - [armhf] drm/etnaviv: bring back progress check in job timeout handler
    - ACPICA: Clear status of all events when entering S5
    - [armhf] mmc: sdhci-esdhc-imx: allow 1.8V modes without 100/200MHz
      pinctrl states
    - [armhf] mmc: dw_mmc: fix card threshold control configuration
    - [x86] ibmasm: don't write out of bounds in read handler
    - [arm64,x86] staging: rtl8723bs: Prevent an underflow in
      rtw_check_beacon_data().
    - ata: Fix ZBC_OUT command block check
    - ata: Fix ZBC_OUT all bit handling
    - [x86] mei: discard messages from not connected client during power down.
    - mtd: spi-nor: cadence-quadspi: Fix direct mode write timeouts
    - tracing/kprobe: Release kprobe print_fmt properly
    - vmw_balloon: fix inflation with batching
    - ahci: Add Intel Ice Lake LP PCI ID
    - ahci: Disable LPM on Lenovo 50 series laptops with a too old BIOS
    - [x86] thunderbolt: Notify userspace when boot_acl is changed
    - USB: serial: ch341: fix type promotion bug in ch341_control_in()
    - USB: serial: cp210x: add another USB ID for Qivicon ZigBee stick
    - USB: serial: keyspan_pda: fix modem-status error handling
    - USB: yurex: fix out-of-bounds uaccess in read handler
    - USB: serial: mos7840: fix status-register error handling
    - usb: quirks: add delay quirks for Corsair Strafe
    - xhci: xhci-mem: off by one in xhci_stream_id_to_ring()
    - mm: zero unavailable pages before memmap init
    - ALSA: hda/realtek - two more lenovo models need fixup of
      MIC_LOCATION
    - ALSA: hda - Handle pm failure during hotplug
    - mm: do not drop unused pages when userfaultd is running
    - fs/proc/task_mmu.c: fix Locked field in /proc/pid/smaps*
    - x86/purgatory: add missing FORCE to Makefile target
    - fs, elf: make sure to page align bss in load_elf_library
    - mm: do not bug_on on incorrect length in __mm_populate()
    - tracing: Reorder display of TGID to be after PID
    - kbuild: delete INSTALL_FW_PATH from kbuild documentation
    - acpi, nfit: Fix scrub idle detection
    - [arm64] neon: Fix function may_use_simd() return error status
    - tools build: fix # escaping in .cmd files for future Make
    - IB/hfi1: Fix incorrect mixing of ERR_PTR and NULL return values
    - [arm64,armhf] i2c: tegra: Fix NACK error handling
    - i2c: recovery: if possible send STOP with recovery pulses
    - iw_cxgb4: correctly enforce the max reg_mr depth
    - [x86] xen: remove global bit from __default_kernel_pte_mask for pv
      guests
    - [x86] xen: setup pv irq ops vector earlier
    - bsg: fix bogus EINVAL on non-data commands
    - [x86] uprobes/x86: Remove incorrect WARN_ON() in uprobe_init_insn()
    - netfilter: nf_queue: augment nfqa_cfg_policy
    - crypto: don't optimize keccakf()
    - netfilter: x_tables: initialise match/target check parameter
      struct
    - loop: add recursion validation to LOOP_CHANGE_FD
    - xfs: fix inobt magic number check
    - PM / hibernate: Fix oops at snapshot_write()
    - RDMA/ucm: Mark UCM interface as BROKEN
    - loop: remember whether sysfs_create_group() was done
    - [x86] kvm: vmx: Nested VM-entry prereqs for event inj.
    - f2fs: give message and set need_fsck given broken node id
    - f2fs: avoid bug_on on corrupted inode
    - f2fs: sanity check on sit entry
    - f2fs: sanity check for total valid node blocks
    - [armhf] dts: armada-38x: use the new thermal binding
    https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.17.8
    - mm: don't do zero_resv_unavail if memmap is not allocated

  [ Ben Hutchings ]
  * ext4: fix false negatives *and* false positives in ext4_check_descriptors()
    (Closes: #903838)
  * Fix remaining build failures with gcc 8 (Closes: #897802):
    - tools/lib/api/fs/fs.c: Fix misuse of strncpy()
    - usbip: Fix misuse of strncpy()

  [ Salvatore Bonaccorso ]
  * Ignore ABI changes for acpi_nfit_desc_init and acpi_nfit_init
  * Ignore ABI changes for loop_register_transfer

[dgit import unpatched linux 4.17.8-1]