[PATCH 6.1 00/79] 6.1.185-rc1 review

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Date: Tue Aug 25 2026 - 10:13:46 EST


This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.1.185 release.
There are 79 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 Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:25:02 +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-6.1.185-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-6.1.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 6.1.185-rc1

Chengfeng Ye <nicoyip.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
Bluetooth: hci_event: fix LE list UAF on reset

Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@xxxxxxxxx>
HID: hyperv: validate initial device info bounds

Haoxiang Li <haoxiang_li2024@xxxxxxx>
HID: sensor: custom: Fix use-after-free in enable_sensor

Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
HID: core: fix number/pointer type confusion on long items

Ibrahim Hashimov <security@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
HID: nintendo: fix out-of-bounds read in joycon_ctlr_read_handler()

Sukrut Bellary <sukrut.bellary@xxxxxxxxx>
misc: fastrpc: Fix double free of 'buf' in error path

Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
can: isotp: fix timer drain order, wakeup handling and tx_gen ordering

Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
can: use skb hash instead of private variable in headroom

Donglin Lyu <DongLin_Lyu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Input: atkbd - skip deactivate for HONOR ZQC-P

Cryolitia PukNgae <cryolitia.pukngae@xxxxxxxxx>
Input: atkbd - skip deactivate for HONOR FMB-P's internal keyboard

Eric Farman <farman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
s390/vfio_ccw: Free all memory if cp_init() fails

Xiang Mei (Microsoft) <xmei5@xxxxxxx>
xfrm: fix sk_dst_cache double-free in xfrm_user_policy()

Baul Lee <baul.lee@xxxxxxxx>
HID: core: fix OOB read of field->usage in hid_set_field()

Lee Jones <lee@xxxxxxxxxx>
HID: magicmouse: Prevent out-of-bounds (OOB) read during DOUBLE_REPORT_ID

Jose Villaseñor Montfort <pepemontfort@xxxxxxxxx>
HID: magicmouse: do not keep a stale msc->input if no input is claimed

Qing Luo <luoqing@xxxxxxxxxx>
mptcp: pm: fix data race in add_addr timer callback

Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@xxxxxxxxxx>
mptcp: pm: ADD_ADDR rtx: free sk if last

Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@xxxxxxxxxx>
mptcp: pm: ADD_ADDR rtx: always decrease sk refcount

Dawid Wróbel <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
ASoC: codecs: lpass-tx-macro: Fix enum kcontrol accesses

Linmao Li <lilinmao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Input: byd - synchronize timer deletion before freeing private data

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
nvmet-tcp: Do not WARN on remotely-controlled oversized SGL allocations

Jiang HongHui <jiang_hh2019@xxxxxxx>
nvmet-fc: fix invalid free in LS IOD error path

Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@xxxxxxxxx>
nvmet-auth: zero the AUTH_RECEIVE response buffer

Luxiao Xu <rakukuip@xxxxxxxxx>
ipv6: fix use-after-free in ip6_finish_output2()

Yong Wang <edragain@xxxxxxx>
ipv4: reject undersized MTUs in ip_do_fragment()

Pavitra Jha <jhapavitra98@xxxxxxxxx>
libceph: fix OOB read in decode_watchers() via missing bounds check

Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
ndisc: ndisc_send_redirect() cleanup

Linmao Li <lilinmao@xxxxxxxxxx>
nfc: nci: free destination parameters when closing a connection

Samuel Page <sam@xxxxxxxx>
nfc: nci: fix uninit-value in the RF discover/activated NTF handlers

Samuel Page <sam@xxxxxxxx>
nfc: nci: fix out-of-bounds write in nci_target_auto_activated()

Doruk Tan Ozturk <doruk@xxxxxxx>
nfc: st21nfca: validate ATR_REQ length against the received frame

Xu Rao <raoxu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
nfc: pn533: purge fragmented skbs during cleanup

Doruk Tan Ozturk <doruk@xxxxxxx>
nfc: llcp: reject PDUs shorter than the LLCP header

Muhammad Bilal <meatuni001@xxxxxxxxx>
nfc: llcp: fix OOB read and u8 offset wrap in TLV parsers

Doruk Tan Ozturk <doruk@xxxxxxx>
nfc: llcp: bound the connect_sn TLV walk to the skb

Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
nfc: microread: validate target discovery payload lengths

Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@xxxxxxxxx>
nfc: fdp: bound the device-reported read length and fix an skb leak

Doruk Tan Ozturk <doruk@xxxxxxx>
nfc: digital: clamp SENSF_RES length to the destination buffer

Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@xxxxxxxxx>
iomap: adjust read range correctly for non-block-aligned positions

Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
tls: handle data disappearing from under the TLS ULP

Sabrina Dubroca <sd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
tls: fix lockless read of strp->msg_ready in ->poll

Junjie Cao <junjie.cao@xxxxxxxxx>
gpio: ml-ioh: use raw_spinlock_t for the register lock

Yang Wang <kevinyang.wang@xxxxxxx>
drm/amdgpu: check ASPM on the dGPU host link

Ibrahim Hashimov <security@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
xfs: bounds-check buffer log item's dirty bitmap

Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
xfs: don't use a xfs_log_iovec for ri_buf in log recovery

Eric Farman <farman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
s390/vfio_ccw: Implement a crw lock

Eric Farman <farman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
s390/vfio_ccw: Selectively expand io_mutex

Eric Farman <farman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
s390/vfio_ccw: Move cp cleanup out of not operational

Junrui Luo <moonafterrain@xxxxxxxxxxx>
drm/amdgpu: disallow multiple FENCE chunks in one submit

Eric Farman <farman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
s390/vfio_ccw: Cancel existing workqueues

Pei Xiao <xiaopei01@xxxxxxxxxx>
mmc: atmel-mci: Fix use-after-free in atmci_remove due to race condition

Zhiling Zou <zhilinz@xxxxxxxxxx>
inet: frags: publish queues before arming timer

Zihan Xi <zihanx@xxxxxxxxxx>
packet: synchronize pressure clearing with ring reconfiguration

Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
net/packet: convert po->pressure to an atomic flag

Luca Fresi <luca.fresi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
serial: sc16is7xx: enable THRI before filling TX FIFO

Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
serial: sc16is7xx: use guards for simple mutex locks

Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
serial: sc16is7xx: rename EFR mutex with generic name

Lech Perczak <lech.perczak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
serial: sc16is7xx: convert bitmask definitions to use BIT() macro

Lech Perczak <lech.perczak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
serial: sc16is7xx: fix copy-paste errors in EFR_SWFLOWx_BIT constants

Qihang Tang <q.h.hack.winter@xxxxxxxxx>
packet: use consistent hard_header_len in TX_RING send path

Qihang Tang <q.h.hack.winter@xxxxxxxxx>
packet: use consistent hard_header_len in non-ring send paths

Aditya Chillara <aditya.chillara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
perf/core: Fix group leader use-after-free after sibling detach

Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@xxxxxxx>
perf: Fix dangling cgroup pointer in cpuctx

Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
perf: Fix cgroup state vs ERROR

Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@xxxxxxx>
perf/core: Fix child_total_time_enabled accounting bug at task exit

Fan Wu <fanwu01@xxxxxxxxxx>
serial: amba-pl011: synchronize DMA teardown

Koichiro Den <den@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
NTB: ntb_netdev: Preserve RX queue depth on allocation failure

Ekansh Gupta <ekansh.gupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
misc: fastrpc: Remove buffer from list prior to unmap operation

Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@xxxxxxxxxx>
misc: fastrpc: Rework fastrpc_req_munmap

Hongling Zeng <zenghongling@xxxxxxxxxx>
xfs: validate attr entry pointer before field access

Guanghui Yang <3497809730@xxxxxx>
ext4: clear error before retrying inode xattr space fallback

Matthias Goergens <matthias.goergens@xxxxxxxxx>
ext4: stop retrying saturated xattr cache entries

Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
kcov: fix data corruption and race conditions on PREEMPT_RT

Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
null_blk: fix UBSAN shift-out-of-bounds when zone_size is 0 or overflows

Ian Bridges <icb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
ocfs2: fix missing metadata reservation for large xattrs

Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
ALSA: dummy: Check card index validity at probe

Griffin Kroah-Hartman <griffin@xxxxxxxxx>
rndis_host: add overflow check in rndis_rx_fixup()

Ali Ahmet Memis <ali@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Bluetooth: RFCOMM: take rfcomm_mutex for the deferred setup accept

Steffen Persvold <spersvold@xxxxxxxxx>
PCI: host-generic: Fix NULL pointer dereference on 32-bit CAM systems


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Diffstat:

Makefile | 4 +-
drivers/block/null_blk/zoned.c | 10 +-
drivers/gpio/gpio-ml-ioh.c | 36 ++--
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs.c | 4 +
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c | 50 ++++-
drivers/hid/hid-core.c | 11 +-
drivers/hid/hid-hyperv.c | 27 ++-
drivers/hid/hid-magicmouse.c | 26 +++
drivers/hid/hid-nintendo.c | 7 +-
drivers/hid/hid-sensor-custom.c | 21 +-
drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c | 23 ++-
drivers/input/mouse/byd.c | 2 +-
drivers/misc/fastrpc.c | 64 +++---
drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c | 2 +
drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c | 2 -
drivers/net/ntb_netdev.c | 15 +-
drivers/net/usb/rndis_host.c | 6 +-
drivers/nfc/fdp/i2c.c | 27 +++
drivers/nfc/microread/microread.c | 31 ++-
drivers/nfc/pn533/pn533.c | 1 +
drivers/nfc/st21nfca/dep.c | 3 +
drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c | 2 +-
drivers/nvme/target/fc.c | 2 +-
drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c | 5 +-
drivers/pci/controller/pci-host-generic.c | 11 +-
drivers/pci/ecam.c | 13 ++
drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_chp.c | 26 ++-
drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_cp.c | 30 ++-
drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c | 26 ++-
drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_fsm.c | 8 +-
drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_ops.c | 27 +++
drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_private.h | 9 +-
drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c | 8 +-
drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c | 222 ++++++++++----------
fs/ext4/xattr.c | 7 +-
fs/iomap/buffered-io.c | 19 +-
fs/ocfs2/xattr.c | 18 +-
fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c | 14 ++
fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_log_recover.h | 4 +-
fs/xfs/xfs_attr_item.c | 24 +--
fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_item.c | 18 +-
fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c | 8 +-
fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.h | 2 +-
fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item_recover.c | 91 +++++---
fs/xfs/xfs_dquot_item_recover.c | 20 +-
fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c | 43 ++--
fs/xfs/xfs_icreate_item.c | 2 +-
fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c | 6 +-
fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.h | 4 +-
fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item_recover.c | 26 +--
fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c | 16 +-
fs/xfs/xfs_refcount_item.c | 16 +-
fs/xfs/xfs_rmap_item.c | 16 +-
fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h | 1 -
include/linux/can/core.h | 1 +
include/linux/can/skb.h | 2 -
include/linux/netdevice.h | 6 +-
include/linux/pci-ecam.h | 3 +
include/linux/sched.h | 8 +
include/net/tls.h | 3 +-
kernel/events/core.c | 121 +++++------
kernel/kcov.c | 90 ++++----
lib/Kconfig.debug | 5 +-
net/bluetooth/hci_event.c | 2 +
net/bluetooth/rfcomm/core.c | 24 ++-
net/can/af_can.c | 14 +-
net/can/bcm.c | 2 -
net/can/isotp.c | 320 +++++++++++++++++++++--------
net/can/j1939/socket.c | 1 -
net/can/j1939/transport.c | 2 -
net/can/raw.c | 7 +-
net/ceph/osd_client.c | 5 +-
net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c | 6 +-
net/ipv4/ip_output.c | 4 +
net/ipv6/ip6_output.c | 2 +
net/ipv6/ndisc.c | 8 +-
net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c | 36 ++--
net/nfc/digital_technology.c | 2 +
net/nfc/llcp_commands.c | 18 +-
net/nfc/llcp_core.c | 15 +-
net/nfc/nci/ntf.c | 10 +-
net/nfc/nci/rsp.c | 1 +
net/packet/af_packet.c | 79 ++++---
net/packet/internal.h | 2 +-
net/tls/tls.h | 4 +-
net/tls/tls_strp.c | 17 +-
net/tls/tls_sw.c | 3 +-
net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c | 4 +-
sound/drivers/dummy.c | 6 +
sound/soc/codecs/lpass-tx-macro.c | 4 +-
90 files changed, 1283 insertions(+), 670 deletions(-)