[PATCH 6.6 00/91] 6.6.156-rc1 review
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 12:14:15 EST
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.6.156 release.
There are 91 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, 02 Sep 2026 13:32:19 +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-6.6.156-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-6.6.y
and the diffstat can be found below.
thanks,
greg k-h
-------------
Pseudo-Shortlog of commits:
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Linux 6.6.156-rc1
Miguel Peñaranda <mig.penaranda07@xxxxxxxxx>
usb: usbfs: fix use-after-free of usb_device in usbdev_release()
Shuangpeng Bai <shuangpeng.kernel@xxxxxxxxx>
USB: c67x00: fix use-after-free in c67x00_add_iso_urb()
Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
USB: serial: spcp8x5: drop broken carrier detect support
Jiale Yao <yaojiale02@xxxxxxx>
USB: serial: option: fix slab OOB read in interrupt URB callback
Will Porter <mrwillporter@xxxxxxxxx>
ALSA: usb-audio: Complete cleanup after system-resume errors
Marouane El Moufid <eun0us@xxxxxxxxxxx>
ALSA: usb-audio: fix OOB write in snd_usbmidi_novation_output()
Griffin Kroah-Hartman <griffin@xxxxxxxxx>
usb: core: Strengthen error handling in hub_hub_status()
Griffin Kroah-Hartman <griffin@xxxxxxxxx>
usb: core: Add lock to usb_wakeup_notification()
Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
KVM: s390: vsie: zero stale crypto bits
Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
crypto: qce - Remove unsafe/deprecated algorithms
Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
crypto: mxs-dcp - fix source scatterlist length access
Md Sadre Alam <md.alam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
crypto: qce - fix CCM AAD buffer underallocation
Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
crypto: atmel-tdes - use scatterlist length before DMA mapping
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
mm/swap: reject swapon() on filesystem-level encrypted files
Kyle Zeng <kylebot@xxxxxxxxxx>
ipv6: seg6: clear IPv4 control block on IPIP decapsulation
Norbert Szetei <norbert@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
net: bridge: mcast: fix use-after-free of a master VLAN's multicast context
Zihan Xi <zihanx@xxxxxxxxxx>
xfrm: fix xfrm_state_construct() auth-trunc leak
Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada <manizada@xxxxx>
xfrm: ah6: validate routing header segments_left
Zhiling Zou <roxy520tt@xxxxxxxxx>
xfrm: drop ESP-in-TCP packets with no ingress device
Sabrina Dubroca <sd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
xfrm: espintcp: fix UAF during close
Pratik Vishwakarma <Pratik.Vishwakarma@xxxxxxx>
x86/CPU/AMD: Carve out a Zen5 models range
Perry Yuan <perry.yuan@xxxxxxx>
x86/CPU/AMD: Add models 0x60-0x6f to the Zen5 range
Wenkuan Wang <Wenkuan.Wang@xxxxxxx>
x86/CPU/AMD: Add models 0x10-0x1f to the Zen5 range
Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>
x86/CPU/AMD: Add more models to X86_FEATURE_ZEN5
Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
x86/CPU/AMD: Add X86_FEATURE_ZEN5
Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
tls: device: fix out-of-bounds write in tls_append_frag()
Shuangpeng Bai <shuangpeng.kernel@xxxxxxxxx>
usb: gadget: f_tcm: keep port count until LUN teardown completes
Aleksandr Nogikh <nogikh@xxxxxxxxxx>
usb: usbtest: disable dynamic ID support
Baokun Li <libaokun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
fuse: fix invalidate lock leak on open O_TRUNC DAX failure
Baokun Li <libaokun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
fuse: fix invalidate lock leak on setattr writeback failure
Lucas De Marchi <ldemarchi@xxxxxxxxxx>
xhci: dbgtty: Fix unregister on tty_alloc_driver() failure
Lucas De Marchi <ldemarchi@xxxxxxxxxx>
xhci: dbgtty: Fix unregister on tty_register_driver() failure
Semih Baskan <strst.gs@xxxxxxxxx>
usb: xhci: Handle USB3 port events when there is one roothub
Haoxiang Li <lihaoxiang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
accessibility: speakup: unregister tty ldisc on later init failures
Griffin Kroah-Hartman <griffin@xxxxxxxxx>
fpga: dfl: fme: add error handling
Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>
xfs: remove file_path tracepoint data
Chengfeng Ye <nicoyip.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix accept list UAF during suspend
Zijun Hu <zijun.hu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Bluetooth: hci_sync: Use bt_dev_err() to log error message in hci_update_event_filter_sync()
Baul Lee <baul.lee@xxxxxxxx>
HID: pidff: fix OOB write when hid->inputs is empty
Tomasz Pakuła <tomasz.pakula.oficjalny@xxxxxxxxx>
HID: pidff: clang-format pass
Tomasz Pakuła <tomasz.pakula.oficjalny@xxxxxxxxx>
HID: pidff: Support device error response from PID_BLOCK_LOAD
Ibrahim Hashimov <security@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
HID: uclogic: fix use-after-free of inrange_timer on remove
Raman Varabets <kernel-linux-20260610-80b7ab08@xxxxxxxxxxx>
HID: ft260: fix stack-use-after-return write in I2C read race
Michael Zaidman <michael.zaidman@xxxxxxxxx>
HID: ft260: validate i2c input report length
Jiangshan Yi <yijiangshan@xxxxxxxxxx>
HID: nintendo: stop device IO before hid_hw_stop on probe failure
Ibrahim Hashimov <security@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
nvmet-tcp: bound SGL data length before allocating command buffers
Weiwen Hu <huweiwen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
nvme: rename CDR/MORE/DNR to NVME_STATUS_*
Weiwen Hu <huweiwen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
nvme: fix status magic numbers
Weiwen Hu <huweiwen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
nvme: rename nvme_sc_to_pr_err to nvme_status_to_pr_err
Jose Villaseñor Montfort <pepemontfort@xxxxxxxxx>
HID: magicmouse: prevent unbounded recursion in magicmouse_raw_event()
Christopher Kodama <ckhordiasma@xxxxxxxxx>
HID: magicmouse: re-enable multitouch after reset-resume
Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@xxxxxxxxx>
nfc: nci: add data_len bound checks to activation parameter extractors
Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@xxxxxxxxx>
nilfs2: reject invalid block index in GC ioctl
Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@xxxxxxxxx>
nilfs2: correct return value kernel-doc descriptions for ioctl functions
Guanghui Yang <3497809730@xxxxxx>
ext4: propagate errors from fast commit range replay
Baokun Li <libaokun1@xxxxxxxxxx>
ext4: make some fast commit functions reuse extents path
Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
ext4: make state in ext4_mb_mark_bb to be bool
DaeMyung Kang <charsyam@xxxxxxxxx>
ksmbd: harden file lifetime during session teardown
Jia Jie Ho <jiajie.ho@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
crypto: starfive - Do not free stack buffer
Aboorva Devarajan <aboorvad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
powerpc/hv-gpci: fix preempt count leak in sysfs show paths
Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
net/sched: initialize noop_qdisc owner
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
net/sched: Fix mirred deadlock on device recursion
Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@xxxxxxxxx>
selinux: switch two allocations to use kzalloc_objs()
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in smc_vlan_by_tcpsk().
Cristian Ciocaltea <cristian.ciocaltea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
ASoC: nau8821: Cancel pending work before suspend
Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Revert "PM: sleep: Use complete() in device_pm_sleep_init()"
Michael Neuling <mikey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
riscv: Fix register corruption from uninitialized cregs on error
Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
bpf: Fix use-after-free in offloaded map/prog info fill
Cristian Ciocaltea <cristian.ciocaltea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
ASoC: nau8821: Cancel delayed work on component remove
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in smc_clc_prfx_match().
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in in smc_clc_prfx_set().
Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@xxxxxxxxx>
KVM: arm64: Prevent access to vCPU events before init
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
smc: Fix use-after-free in __pnet_find_base_ndev().
Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
can: j1939: make j1939_sk_bind() fail if device is no longer registered
Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
can: j1939: add missing calls in NETDEV_UNREGISTER notification handler
Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
can: j1939: implement NETDEV_UNREGISTER notification handler
Vladimir Riabchun <ferr.lambarginio@xxxxxxxxx>
mISDN: hfcpci: Fix warning when deleting uninitialized timer
Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
media: platform: exynos4-is: Add hardware sync wait to fimc_is_hw_change_mode()
Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@xxxxxxxxxx>
exfat: fix double free in delayed_free
Dylan Wolff <wolffd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
jfs: Fix null-ptr-deref in jfs_ioc_trim
Nick Child <nnac123@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
ibmvnic: Use kernel helpers for hex dumps
Vasiliy Kovalev <kovalev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
jfs: add check read-only before txBeginAnon() call
Vasiliy Kovalev <kovalev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
jfs: add check read-only before truncation in jfs_truncate_nolock()
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
bpf: Remove tst_run from lwt_seg6local_prog_ops.
Kyle Zeng <kylebot@xxxxxxxxxx>
perf: Reject exited events as group leaders
Tao Lyu <tao.lyu@xxxxxxx>
bpf: Ensure reg is PTR_TO_STACK in process_iter_arg
Ralf Lici <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Revert "usb: phy: fsl-usb: Fix use-after-free in delayed work during device removal"
Vishnu Razdan <vrazdan@xxxxxxxxxx>
io_uring/io-wq: fix worker accounting when canceling creation callbacks
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
ext4: don't enable DAX on new encrypted files
Jinu Kim <kimjw04271234@xxxxxxxxx>
KVM: x86/mmu: Check write tracking in all address spaces
Peiyang He <peiyang_he@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
RDMA/rxe: Fix OOB in free_rd_atomic_resources()
-------------
Diffstat:
Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst | 4 +
Makefile | 4 +-
arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c | 6 +
arch/powerpc/perf/hv-gpci.c | 24 +-
arch/riscv/kernel/compat_signal.c | 2 +
arch/riscv/kernel/ptrace.c | 4 +-
arch/s390/kvm/vsie.c | 1 +
arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 4 +-
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c | 28 ++-
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/page_track.c | 32 ++-
drivers/accessibility/speakup/main.c | 1 +
drivers/base/power/main.c | 6 +-
drivers/crypto/atmel-tdes.c | 5 +-
drivers/crypto/mxs-dcp.c | 2 +-
drivers/crypto/qce/aead.c | 58 +----
drivers/crypto/qce/common.c | 55 +----
drivers/crypto/qce/common.h | 16 +-
drivers/crypto/qce/regs-v5.h | 4 -
drivers/crypto/qce/sha.c | 30 +--
drivers/crypto/qce/sha.h | 1 -
drivers/crypto/qce/skcipher.c | 97 +-------
drivers/crypto/starfive/jh7110-rsa.c | 1 -
drivers/fpga/dfl-fme-perf.c | 2 +
drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c | 41 +++-
drivers/hid/hid-magicmouse.c | 44 +++-
drivers/hid/hid-nintendo.c | 13 +-
drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c | 12 +-
drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-pidff.c | 21 +-
drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_qp.c | 3 +-
drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcpci.c | 12 +-
.../platform/samsung/exynos4-is/fimc-is-regs.c | 1 +
drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 30 ++-
drivers/nvme/host/constants.c | 2 +-
drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 32 +--
drivers/nvme/host/fabrics.c | 8 +-
drivers/nvme/host/fault_inject.c | 2 +-
drivers/nvme/host/fc.c | 8 +-
drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c | 2 +-
drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h | 4 +-
drivers/nvme/host/pr.c | 10 +-
drivers/nvme/target/admin-cmd.c | 24 +-
drivers/nvme/target/core.c | 46 ++--
drivers/nvme/target/discovery.c | 14 +-
drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd-auth.c | 16 +-
drivers/nvme/target/fabrics-cmd.c | 36 +--
drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-bdev.c | 12 +-
drivers/nvme/target/passthru.c | 10 +-
drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c | 10 +-
drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c | 17 +-
drivers/nvme/target/zns.c | 30 +--
drivers/target/target_core_fabric_configfs.c | 8 +
drivers/usb/c67x00/c67x00-sched.c | 4 +-
drivers/usb/core/devio.c | 2 +-
drivers/usb/core/hub.c | 7 +-
drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_tcm.c | 2 +-
drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgtty.c | 15 +-
drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c | 2 +-
drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c | 1 +
drivers/usb/phy/phy-fsl-usb.c | 1 -
drivers/usb/serial/option.c | 20 +-
drivers/usb/serial/spcp8x5.c | 13 --
fs/exfat/nls.c | 1 +
fs/ext4/crypto.c | 40 ++--
fs/ext4/ext4.h | 2 +-
fs/ext4/extents.c | 55 ++---
fs/ext4/fast_commit.c | 35 ++-
fs/ext4/ialloc.c | 4 +
fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 4 +-
fs/fuse/dir.c | 9 +-
fs/fuse/file.c | 4 +-
fs/jfs/inode.c | 2 +-
fs/jfs/jfs_discard.c | 3 +-
fs/jfs/jfs_extent.c | 10 +
fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c | 251 ++++++++++-----------
fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c | 6 +-
fs/smb/server/vfs_cache.c | 179 +++++++++++++--
fs/smb/server/vfs_cache.h | 4 +-
fs/xfs/scrub/trace.h | 12 +-
include/linux/nvme.h | 16 +-
include/net/sch_generic.h | 1 +
include/target/target_core_fabric.h | 2 +
io_uring/io-wq.c | 9 +-
kernel/bpf/offload.c | 10 +-
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 5 +
kernel/events/core.c | 10 +
mm/swapfile.c | 7 +
net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c | 48 +++-
net/bridge/br_multicast.c | 4 +-
net/can/j1939/j1939-priv.h | 1 +
net/can/j1939/main.c | 5 +
net/can/j1939/socket.c | 55 +++++
net/core/dev.c | 6 +
net/core/filter.c | 1 -
net/ipv6/ah6.c | 29 ++-
net/ipv6/seg6_local.c | 7 +
net/nfc/nci/ntf.c | 26 ++-
net/sched/sch_generic.c | 2 +
net/smc/smc_clc.c | 67 +++---
net/smc/smc_core.c | 27 +--
net/smc/smc_pnet.c | 43 ++--
net/tls/tls_device.c | 3 +-
net/xfrm/espintcp.c | 9 +-
net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c | 2 +-
security/selinux/ss/conditional.c | 12 +-
sound/soc/codecs/nau8821.c | 13 ++
sound/usb/card.c | 14 +-
sound/usb/midi.c | 2 +
107 files changed, 1133 insertions(+), 846 deletions(-)