Uploading linux (5.9.6-1)

Hi I would like to upload linux version 5.9.6-1 to unstable later today. This is catching up with recent stable versions from the v5.9.y stable series including various bugfixes and fixes for CVEs. An ABI bump will be included. The pending changes in the packaging are: * Remove libtraceevent

Bug#972459: linux: Reenable CONFIG_IMA

Package: src:linux Followup-For: Bug #972459 Adding 2 patches: enabling CONFIG_IMA and also enable CONFIG_EVM and CONFIG_EVM_ATTR_FSUUID. IMHO it does make sense to enable EVM as well. Not sure what exactly should be enabled from EVM. Kind regards, Petr From 3b87a40738dd6a606ec6b177053b9a11ee8be

Bug#971953: linux-image-5.8: Intel Bay Trail PMIC, laptop screen backlight cannot be adjusted

Dear Maintainer, I investigated a bit more this issue and upon further reading these sources regarding similar hardware: - Backlight init fails on Surface 3 if module load order is wrong [1] - Linux on the Dell Venue 8 Pro [2] I gave a try at recompiling the linux kernel 5.8 from buster backport

Bug#973921: Kernel trace: connmand tainted (PHY driver not loaded?)

Package: src:linux Version: 5.9.0-1 Severity: normal Hello, I'm getting this call trace on every boot up, with no apparent/noticeable side effects. I mean, wired and wireless network cards are both detected and working (full dmesg is attached). Yes, «connman» package is installed and also, ap