[PATCH 6.12 000/117] 6.12.56-rc1 review
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Oct 27 2025 - 15:22:34 EST
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.12.56 release.
There are 117 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
let me know.
Responses should be made by Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:34:15 +0000.
Anything received after that time might be too late.
The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.12.56-rc1.gz
or in the git tree and branch at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.12.y
and the diffstat can be found below.
thanks,
greg k-h
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Pseudo-Shortlog of commits:
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Linux 6.12.56-rc1
Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>
xfs: always warn about deprecated mount options
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
arm64: mte: Do not warn if the page is already tagged in copy_highpage()
Maarten Lankhorst <dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
devcoredump: Fix circular locking dependency with devcd->mutex.
Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
serial: sc16is7xx: remove useless enable of enhanced features
Daniel Golle <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
serial: 8250_mtk: Enable baud clock and manage in runtime PM
Florian Eckert <fe@xxxxxxxxxx>
serial: 8250_exar: add support for Advantech 2 port card with Device ID 0x0018
Artem Shimko <a.shimko.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
serial: 8250_dw: handle reset control deassert error
Xu Yang <xu.yang_2@xxxxxxx>
dt-bindings: usb: dwc3-imx8mp: dma-range is required only for imx8mp
Michael Grzeschik <m.grzeschik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
tcpm: switch check for role_sw device with fw_node
Victoria Votokina <Victoria.Votokina@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
most: usb: hdm_probe: Fix calling put_device() before device initialization
Victoria Votokina <Victoria.Votokina@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
most: usb: Fix use-after-free in hdm_disconnect
Junhao Xie <bigfoot@xxxxxxxxx>
misc: fastrpc: Fix dma_buf object leak in fastrpc_map_lookup
Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx>
objtool/rust: add one more `noreturn` Rust function
Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@xxxxxxxxx>
mei: me: add wildcat lake P DID
Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx>
comedi: fix divide-by-zero in comedi_buf_munge()
Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@xxxxxxxxxx>
binder: remove "invalid inc weak" check
Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
x86/microcode: Fix Entrysign revision check for Zen1/Naples
Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
xhci: dbc: fix bogus 1024 byte prefix if ttyDBC read races with stall event
Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
xhci: dbc: enable back DbC in resume if it was enabled before suspend
Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxx>
usb: raw-gadget: do not limit transfer length
Tim Guttzeit <t.guttzeit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
usb/core/quirks: Add Huawei ME906S to wakeup quirk
LI Qingwu <Qing-wu.Li@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
USB: serial: option: add Telit FN920C04 ECM compositions
Reinhard Speyerer <rspmn@xxxxxxxx>
USB: serial: option: add Quectel RG255C
Renjun Wang <renjunw0@xxxxxxxxxxx>
USB: serial: option: add UNISOC UIS7720
Suma Hegde <suma.hegde@xxxxxxx>
platform/x86/amd/hsmp: Ensure sock->metric_tbl_addr is non-NULL
Kiran K <kiran.k@xxxxxxxxx>
Bluetooth: btintel: Add DSBR support for BlazarIW, BlazarU and GaP
Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
io_uring/sqpoll: be smarter on when to update the stime usage
Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
io_uring/sqpoll: switch away from getrusage() for CPU accounting
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
sched: Remove never used code in mm_cid_get()
Alok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari@xxxxxxxxxx>
io_uring: correct __must_hold annotation in io_install_fixed_file
Haotian Zhang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
gpio: ljca: Fix duplicated IRQ mapping
Jocelyn Falempe <jfalempe@xxxxxxxxxx>
drm/panic: Fix qr_code, ensure vmargin is positive
Jocelyn Falempe <jfalempe@xxxxxxxxxx>
drm/panic: Fix drawing the logo on a small narrow screen
Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@xxxxxxxxxx>
nbd: override creds to kernel when calling sock_{send,recv}msg()
Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
hwmon: (sht3x) Fix error handling
Paul Walmsley <pjw@xxxxxxxxxx>
riscv: hwprobe: avoid uninitialized variable use in hwprobe_arch_id()
Anup Patel <apatel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
RISC-V: Don't print details of CPUs disabled in DT
Anup Patel <apatel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
RISC-V: Define pgprot_dmacoherent() for non-coherent devices
Akash Goel <akash.goel@xxxxxxx>
drm/panthor: Fix kernel panic on partial unmap of a GPU VA region
Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy@xxxxxxxxx>
spi: airoha: fix reading/writing of flashes with more than one plane per lun
Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy@xxxxxxxxx>
spi: airoha: switch back to non-dma mode in the case of error
Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@xxxxxxxxxx>
spi: airoha: do not keep {tx,rx} dma buffer always mapped
Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy@xxxxxxxxx>
spi: airoha: add support of dual/quad wires spi modes to exec_op() handler
Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy@xxxxxxxxx>
spi: airoha: return an error for continuous mode dirmap creation cases
Artem Shimko <a.shimko.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
firmware: arm_scmi: Fix premature SCMI_XFER_FLAG_IS_RAW clearing in raw mode
Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@xxxxxxx>
firmware: arm_scmi: Account for failed debug initialization
Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@xxxxxxxxx>
arm64: dts: broadcom: bcm2712: Define VGIC interrupt
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxx>
arm64: dts: broadcom: bcm2712: Add default GIC address cells
Han Xu <han.xu@xxxxxxx>
spi: spi-nxp-fspi: add extra delay after dll locked
Charlene Liu <Charlene.Liu@xxxxxxx>
drm/amd/display: increase max link count and fix link->enc NULL pointer access
Qiuxu Zhuo <qiuxu.zhuo@xxxxxxxxx>
mm: prevent poison consumption when splitting THP
Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@xxxxxxxxxx>
selftests: mptcp: join: mark implicit tests as skipped if not supported
Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@xxxxxxxxxx>
selftests: mptcp: join: mark 'flush re-add' as skipped if not supported
Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
net: ravb: Ensure memory write completes before ringing TX doorbell
Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
net: ravb: Enforce descriptor type ordering
Michal Pecio <michal.pecio@xxxxxxxxx>
net: usb: rtl8150: Fix frame padding
Sebastian Reichel <sebastian.reichel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
net: stmmac: dwmac-rk: Fix disabling set_clock_selection
Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@xxxxxxxxxx>
vsock: fix lock inversion in vsock_assign_transport()
Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx>
ocfs2: clear extent cache after moving/defragmenting extents
Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@xxxxxxxxxxx>
MIPS: Malta: Fix keyboard resource preventing i8042 driver from registering
David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
cifs: Fix TCP_Server_Info::credits to be signed
Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
can: netlink: can_changelink(): allow disabling of automatic restart
Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xxxxxxxxxxx>
ACPICA: Work around bogus -Wstringop-overread warning since GCC 11
Hao Ge <gehao@xxxxxxxxxx>
slab: Fix obj_ext mistakenly considered NULL due to race condition
Hao Ge <gehao@xxxxxxxxxx>
slab: Avoid race on slab->obj_exts in alloc_slab_obj_exts
Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
Revert "cpuidle: menu: Avoid discarding useful information"
Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>
xfs: fix locking in xchk_nlinks_collect_dir
William Breathitt Gray <wbg@xxxxxxxxxx>
gpio: 104-idio-16: Define maximum valid register address offset
William Breathitt Gray <wbg@xxxxxxxxxx>
gpio: pci-idio-16: Define maximum valid register address offset
Dewei Meng <mengdewei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
btrfs: directly free partially initialized fs_info in btrfs_check_leaked_roots()
Kaushlendra Kumar <kaushlendra.kumar@xxxxxxxxx>
arch_topology: Fix incorrect error check in topology_parse_cpu_capacity()
Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
dma-debug: don't report false positives with DMA_BOUNCE_UNALIGNED_KMALLOC
Tonghao Zhang <tonghao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
net: bonding: fix possible peer notify event loss or dup issue
Jakub Acs <acsjakub@xxxxxxxxx>
fs/notify: call exportfs_encode_fid with s_umount
Patrisious Haddad <phaddad@xxxxxxxxxx>
net/mlx5: Fix IPsec cleanup over MPV device
Robert Marko <robert.marko@xxxxxxxxxx>
net: phy: micrel: always set shared->phydev for LAN8814
Alexey Simakov <bigalex934@xxxxxxxxx>
sctp: avoid NULL dereference when chunk data buffer is missing
Jiasheng Jiang <jiashengjiangcool@xxxxxxxxx>
ptp: ocp: Fix typo using index 1 instead of i in SMA initialization loop
Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
arm64, mm: avoid always making PTE dirty in pte_mkwrite()
Aksh Garg <a-garg7@xxxxxx>
net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpts: fix timestamp loss due to race conditions
Wang Liang <wangliang74@xxxxxxxxxx>
net/smc: fix general protection fault in __smc_diag_dump
Amery Hung <ameryhung@xxxxxxxxx>
net/mlx5e: RX, Fix generating skb from non-linear xdp_buff for striding RQ
Amery Hung <ameryhung@xxxxxxxxx>
net/mlx5e: RX, Fix generating skb from non-linear xdp_buff for legacy RQ
Carolina Jubran <cjubran@xxxxxxxxxx>
net/mlx5e: Reuse per-RQ XDP buffer to avoid stack zeroing overhead
Xin Long <lucien.xin@xxxxxxxxx>
selftests: net: fix server bind failure in sctp_vrf.sh
Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
can: rockchip-canfd: rkcanfd_start_xmit(): use can_dev_dropped_skb() instead of can_dropped_invalid_skb()
Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
can: esd: acc_start_xmit(): use can_dev_dropped_skb() instead of can_dropped_invalid_skb()
Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
can: bxcan: bxcan_start_xmit(): use can_dev_dropped_skb() instead of can_dropped_invalid_skb()
Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@xxxxxxx>
dpaa2-eth: fix the pointer passed to PTR_ALIGN on Tx path
Wei Fang <wei.fang@xxxxxxx>
net: enetc: correct the value of ENETC_RXB_TRUESIZE
Jianpeng Chang <jianpeng.chang.cn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
net: enetc: fix the deadlock of enetc_mdio_lock
Johannes Wiesböck <johannes.wiesboeck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
rtnetlink: Allow deleting FDB entries in user namespace
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
net/mlx5e: Return 1 instead of 0 in invalid case in mlx5e_mpwrq_umr_entry_size()
Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@xxxxxxx>
PM: EM: Fix late boot with holes in CPU topology
Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
PM: EM: Move CPU capacity check to em_adjust_new_capacity()
Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
PM: EM: Slightly reduce em_check_capacity_update() overhead
Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
PM: EM: Drop unused parameter from em_adjust_new_capacity()
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Unbreak 'make tools/*' for user-space targets
Stefan Metzmacher <metze@xxxxxxxxx>
smb: server: let smb_direct_flush_send_list() invalidate a remote key first
Heiko Carstens <hca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
s390/mm: Use __GFP_ACCOUNT for user page table allocations
Yicong Yang <yangyicong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
drivers/perf: hisi: Relax the event ID check in the framework
Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
powerpc/32: Remove PAGE_KERNEL_TEXT to fix startup failure
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
m68k: bitops: Fix find_*_bit() signatures
Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@xxxxxxxxxx>
gfs2: Fix unlikely race in gdlm_put_lock
Fuad Tabba <tabba@xxxxxxxxxx>
arm64: sysreg: Correct sign definitions for EIESB and DoubleLock
Junjie Cao <junjie.cao@xxxxxxxxx>
lkdtm: fortify: Fix potential NULL dereference on kmalloc failure
Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>
PCI: Test for bit underflow in pcie_set_readrq()
Yangtao Li <frank.li@xxxxxxxx>
hfsplus: return EIO when type of hidden directory mismatch in hfsplus_fill_super()
Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@xxxxxxxxxxx>
hfs: fix KMSAN uninit-value issue in hfs_find_set_zero_bits()
Alexander Aring <aahringo@xxxxxxxxxx>
dlm: check for defined force value in dlm_lockspace_release
Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@xxxxxxxxxxx>
hfsplus: fix KMSAN uninit-value issue in hfsplus_delete_cat()
Yang Chenzhi <yang.chenzhi@xxxxxxxx>
hfs: validate record offset in hfsplus_bmap_alloc
Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@xxxxxxxxxxx>
hfsplus: fix KMSAN uninit-value issue in __hfsplus_ext_cache_extent()
Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@xxxxxxxxxxx>
hfs: make proper initalization of struct hfs_find_data
Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@xxxxxxxxxxx>
hfs: clear offset and space out of valid records in b-tree node
Simon Schuster <schuster.simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
nios2: ensure that memblock.current_limit is set when setting pfn limits
Xichao Zhao <zhao.xichao@xxxxxxxx>
exec: Fix incorrect type for ret
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Diffstat:
.../devicetree/bindings/usb/fsl,imx8mp-dwc3.yaml | 10 +-
Makefile | 8 +-
arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm2712.dtsi | 3 +
arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 3 +-
arch/arm64/mm/copypage.c | 9 +-
arch/arm64/tools/sysreg | 4 +-
arch/m68k/include/asm/bitops.h | 25 +-
arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-setup.c | 2 +-
arch/nios2/kernel/setup.c | 15 ++
arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable.h | 12 -
arch/powerpc/mm/book3s32/mmu.c | 4 +-
arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c | 2 +-
arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h | 2 +
arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c | 4 +-
arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c | 6 +
arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c | 13 +-
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c | 2 +-
drivers/acpi/acpica/tbprint.c | 6 +
drivers/android/binder.c | 11 +-
drivers/base/arch_topology.c | 2 +-
drivers/base/devcoredump.c | 138 ++++++----
drivers/block/nbd.c | 15 ++
drivers/bluetooth/btintel.c | 28 ++-
drivers/bluetooth/btintel.h | 3 +
drivers/comedi/comedi_buf.c | 2 +-
drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c | 21 +-
drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/common.h | 24 +-
drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c | 47 ++--
drivers/gpio/gpio-104-idio-16.c | 1 +
drivers/gpio/gpio-ljca.c | 14 +-
drivers/gpio/gpio-pci-idio-16.c | 1 +
.../drm/amd/display/dc/hwss/dcn401/dcn401_hwseq.c | 3 +
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/inc/hw/hw_shared.h | 8 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panic.c | 8 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_mmu.c | 10 +-
drivers/hwmon/sht3x.c | 27 +-
drivers/misc/fastrpc.c | 2 +
drivers/misc/lkdtm/fortify.c | 6 +
drivers/misc/mei/hw-me-regs.h | 2 +
drivers/misc/mei/pci-me.c | 2 +
drivers/most/most_usb.c | 13 +-
drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 40 ++-
drivers/net/can/bxcan.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/can/dev/netlink.c | 6 +-
drivers/net/can/esd/esdacc.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/can/rockchip/rockchip_canfd-tx.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c | 3 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.c | 25 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.h | 2 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h | 7 +
.../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.h | 6 -
.../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec.h | 5 +
.../mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_fs.c | 25 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c | 2 +
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c | 128 ++++++----
drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c | 24 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-rk.c | 9 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/ti/am65-cpts.c | 63 +++--
drivers/net/phy/micrel.c | 4 +-
drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c | 11 +-
drivers/pci/pci.c | 6 +-
drivers/perf/hisilicon/hisi_uncore_pmu.c | 2 +-
drivers/perf/hisilicon/hisi_uncore_pmu.h | 3 +-
drivers/platform/x86/amd/hsmp.c | 5 +
drivers/ptp/ptp_ocp.c | 2 +-
drivers/spi/spi-airoha-snfi.c | 280 ++++++++++++---------
drivers/spi/spi-nxp-fspi.c | 6 +
drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_dw.c | 4 +-
drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c | 11 +
drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mtk.c | 6 +-
drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c | 7 -
drivers/usb/core/quirks.c | 2 +
drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c | 2 -
drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgcap.c | 15 +-
drivers/usb/serial/option.c | 10 +
drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c | 4 +-
fs/btrfs/super.c | 8 +-
fs/dlm/lockspace.c | 2 +-
fs/exec.c | 2 +-
fs/gfs2/lock_dlm.c | 11 +-
fs/hfs/bfind.c | 8 +-
fs/hfs/brec.c | 27 +-
fs/hfs/mdb.c | 2 +-
fs/hfsplus/bfind.c | 8 +-
fs/hfsplus/bnode.c | 41 ---
fs/hfsplus/btree.c | 6 +
fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h | 42 ++++
fs/hfsplus/super.c | 25 +-
fs/notify/fdinfo.c | 6 +
fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c | 5 +
fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h | 2 +-
fs/smb/server/transport_rdma.c | 11 +-
fs/xfs/scrub/nlinks.c | 34 ++-
fs/xfs/xfs_super.c | 33 ++-
io_uring/fdinfo.c | 8 +-
io_uring/filetable.c | 2 +-
io_uring/sqpoll.c | 65 +++--
io_uring/sqpoll.h | 1 +
kernel/dma/debug.c | 5 +-
kernel/power/energy_model.c | 58 ++---
kernel/sched/sched.h | 2 -
mm/huge_memory.c | 3 +
mm/migrate.c | 3 +-
mm/slub.c | 23 +-
net/core/rtnetlink.c | 3 -
net/sctp/inqueue.c | 13 +-
net/smc/smc_inet.c | 13 -
net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c | 38 +--
tools/objtool/check.c | 1 +
tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh | 6 +-
tools/testing/selftests/net/sctp_hello.c | 17 +-
tools/testing/selftests/net/sctp_vrf.sh | 73 +++---
113 files changed, 1170 insertions(+), 688 deletions(-)