[PATCH 6.18 00/55] 6.18.25-rc1 review
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Apr 24 2026 - 09:43:27 EST
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.25 release.
There are 55 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 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:23:22 +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-6.18.25-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-6.18.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 6.18.25-rc1
Anderson Nascimento <anderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
rxrpc: Fix missing validation of ticket length in non-XDR key preparsing
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
crypto: ccp: Don't attempt to copy ID to userspace if PSP command failed
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
crypto: ccp: Don't attempt to copy PDH cert to userspace if PSP command failed
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
crypto: ccp: Don't attempt to copy CSR to userspace if PSP command failed
Bingquan Chen <patzilla007@xxxxxxxxx>
net/packet: fix TOCTOU race on mmap'd vnet_hdr in tpacket_snd()
Berk Cem Goksel <berkcgoksel@xxxxxxxxx>
ALSA: caiaq: take a reference on the USB device in create_card()
Eric Naim <dnaim@xxxxxxxxxxx>
ALSA: hda/realtek: Add quirk for Legion S7 15IMH
Cryolitia PukNgae <cryolitia.pukngae@xxxxxxxxx>
ALSA: usb-audio: apply quirk for MOONDROP JU Jiu
George Saad <geoo115@xxxxxxxxx>
f2fs: fix use-after-free of sbi in f2fs_compress_write_end_io()
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
writeback: Fix use after free in inode_switch_wbs_work_fn()
DaeMyung Kang <charsyam@xxxxxxxxx>
ksmbd: reset rcount per connection in ksmbd_conn_wait_idle_sess_id()
Tristan Madani <tristan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
ksmbd: use check_add_overflow() to prevent u16 DACL size overflow
Tristan Madani <tristan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
ksmbd: fix out-of-bounds write in smb2_get_ea() EA alignment
Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@xxxxxxxxx>
ksmbd: validate num_aces and harden ACE walk in smb_inherit_dacl()
Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@xxxxxxxxx>
ksmbd: validate response sizes in ipc_validate_msg()
Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@xxxxxxxxx>
smb: client: fix OOB read in smb2_ioctl_query_info QUERY_INFO path
Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@xxxxxxxxx>
smb: client: require a full NFS mode SID before reading mode bits
DaeMyung Kang <charsyam@xxxxxxxxx>
smb: server: fix max_connections off-by-one in tcp accept path
Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@xxxxxxxxx>
smb: server: fix active_num_conn leak on transport allocation failure
Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@xxxxxxxxx>
ksmbd: require minimum ACE size in smb_check_perm_dacl()
Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
fuse: fuse_dev_ioctl_clone() should wait for device file to be initialized
Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>
fuse: quiet down complaints in fuse_conn_limit_write
Bernd Schubert <bschubert@xxxxxxx>
fuse: Check for large folio with SPLICE_F_MOVE
Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
fuse: abort on fatal signal during sync init
Samuel Page <sam@xxxxxxxx>
fuse: reject oversized dirents in page cache
Chao Yu <chao@xxxxxxxxxx>
f2fs: fix to avoid uninit-value access in f2fs_sanity_check_node_footer
Chao Yu <chao@xxxxxxxxxx>
f2fs: fix to avoid memory leak in f2fs_rename()
Yongpeng Yang <yangyongpeng@xxxxxxxxxx>
f2fs: fix UAF caused by decrementing sbi->nr_pages[] in f2fs_write_end_io()
Chao Yu <chao@xxxxxxxxxx>
f2fs: fix to do sanity check on dcc->discard_cmd_cnt conditionally
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
fs/ntfs3: validate rec->used in journal-replay file record check
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
scripts/dtc: Remove unused dts_version in dtc-lexer.l
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
lib/crypto: tests: Drop the default to CRYPTO_SELFTESTS
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
kunit: configs: Enable all crypto library tests in all_tests.config
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
lib/crypto: tests: Introduce CRYPTO_LIB_ENABLE_ALL_FOR_KUNIT
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
lib/crypto: tests: Add a .kunitconfig file
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
kunit: configs: Enable all CRC tests in all_tests.config
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
lib/crc: tests: Add a .kunitconfig file
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
lib/crc: tests: Add CRC_ENABLE_ALL_FOR_KUNIT
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
lib/crc: tests: Make crc_kunit test only the enabled CRC variants
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
sched/debug: Fix avg_vruntime() usage
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
arm64: errata: Work around early CME DVMSync acknowledgement
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
arm64: cputype: Add C1-Pro definitions
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
arm64: tlb: Pass the corresponding mm to __tlbi_sync_s1ish()
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
arm64: tlb: Introduce __tlbi_sync_s1ish_{kernel,batch}() for TLB maintenance
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
arm64: tlb: Optimize ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
arm64: tlb: Allow XZR argument to TLBI ops
Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@xxxxxxxxxx>
ksmbd: validate owner of durable handle on reconnect
Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@xxxxxxxxxx>
ksmbd: fix use-after-free in __ksmbd_close_fd() via durable scavenger
Tamir Duberstein <tamird@xxxxxxxxxx>
scripts: generate_rust_analyzer.py: define scripts
Dudu Lu <phx0fer@xxxxxxxxx>
crypto: krb5enc - fix async decrypt skipping hash verification
Wesley Atwell <atwellwea@xxxxxxxxx>
crypto: krb5enc - fix sleepable flag handling in encrypt dispatch
Mikhail Gavrilov <mikhail.v.gavrilov@xxxxxxxxx>
drm/amdgpu: replace PASID IDR with XArray
Daniel Golle <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: initialize PPE per-tag-layer MTU registers
Minhong He <heminhong@xxxxxxxxxx>
ipv6: add NULL checks for idev in SRv6 paths
Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
crypto: authencesn - Fix src offset when decrypting in-place
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Diffstat:
Documentation/arch/arm64/silicon-errata.rst | 2 +
Makefile | 4 +-
arch/arm64/Kconfig | 12 +++
arch/arm64/include/asm/cpucaps.h | 2 +
arch/arm64/include/asm/cputype.h | 2 +
arch/arm64/include/asm/fpsimd.h | 21 ++++
arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbbatch.h | 10 +-
arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h | 143 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c | 30 ++++++
arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c | 3 +
arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c | 79 +++++++++++++++
arch/arm64/kernel/process.c | 36 +++++++
arch/arm64/kernel/sys_compat.c | 2 +-
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mm.c | 2 +-
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/tlb.c | 8 +-
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c | 2 +-
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/vhe/tlb.c | 10 +-
arch/arm64/tools/cpucaps | 1 +
crypto/authencesn.c | 6 +-
crypto/krb5enc.c | 51 ++++++----
drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c | 19 +++-
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ids.c | 39 ++++----
drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c | 22 ++++-
drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_ppe.c | 30 ++++++
drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_ppe.h | 1 +
fs/f2fs/compress.c | 14 ++-
fs/f2fs/data.c | 7 +-
fs/f2fs/f2fs.h | 2 +-
fs/f2fs/namei.c | 1 +
fs/f2fs/segment.c | 6 +-
fs/f2fs/super.c | 11 ++-
fs/fs-writeback.c | 36 +++----
fs/fuse/control.c | 4 +-
fs/fuse/dev.c | 30 +++---
fs/fuse/fuse_i.h | 1 +
fs/fuse/inode.c | 1 +
fs/fuse/readdir.c | 4 +
fs/ntfs3/fslog.c | 12 ++-
fs/smb/client/cifsacl.c | 1 +
fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c | 6 ++
fs/smb/server/connection.c | 5 +-
fs/smb/server/mgmt/user_config.c | 6 --
fs/smb/server/mgmt/user_session.c | 7 +-
fs/smb/server/oplock.c | 7 ++
fs/smb/server/oplock.h | 1 +
fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c | 5 +-
fs/smb/server/smbacl.c | 61 +++++++++---
fs/smb/server/transport_ipc.c | 16 ++-
fs/smb/server/transport_tcp.c | 4 +-
fs/smb/server/vfs_cache.c | 128 ++++++++++++++++++++----
fs/smb/server/vfs_cache.h | 12 ++-
kernel/sched/debug.c | 4 +-
lib/crc/.kunitconfig | 3 +
lib/crc/Kconfig | 21 ++--
lib/crc/tests/crc_kunit.c | 28 ++++--
lib/crypto/.kunitconfig | 11 +++
lib/crypto/tests/Kconfig | 32 ++++--
net/ipv6/exthdrs.c | 4 +
net/ipv6/seg6_hmac.c | 2 +
net/packet/af_packet.c | 21 ++--
net/rxrpc/key.c | 4 +
scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.l | 3 -
scripts/generate_rust_analyzer.py | 14 ++-
sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c | 1 +
sound/usb/caiaq/device.c | 4 +-
sound/usb/mixer.c | 7 ++
tools/testing/kunit/configs/all_tests.config | 4 +
67 files changed, 870 insertions(+), 218 deletions(-)