[PATCH 5.15 000/117] 5.15.196-rc2 review
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Oct 28 2025 - 05:29:19 EST
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.15.196 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 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:28:07 +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/v5.x/stable-review/patch-5.15.196-rc2.gz
or in the git tree and branch at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-5.15.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 5.15.196-rc2
Marek Vasut <marek.vasut+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
PCI: rcar: Demote WARN() to dev_warn_ratelimited() in rcar_pcie_wakeup()
Zhengchao Shao <shaozhengchao@xxxxxxxxxx>
net: rtnetlink: fix module reference count leak issue in rtnetlink_rcv_msg
Kuen-Han Tsai <khtsai@xxxxxxxxxx>
usb: gadget: f_acm: Refactor bind path to use __free()
Kuen-Han Tsai <khtsai@xxxxxxxxxx>
usb: gadget: f_ncm: Refactor bind path to use __free()
Kuen-Han Tsai <khtsai@xxxxxxxxxx>
usb: gadget: Introduce free_usb_request helper
Kuen-Han Tsai <khtsai@xxxxxxxxxx>
usb: gadget: Store endpoint pointer in usb_request
Kaushlendra Kumar <kaushlendra.kumar@xxxxxxxxx>
arch_topology: Fix incorrect error check in topology_parse_cpu_capacity()
Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>
xfs: always warn about deprecated mount options
Maarten Lankhorst <dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
devcoredump: Fix circular locking dependency with devcd->mutex.
Niklas Cassel <cassel@xxxxxxxxxx>
PCI: tegra194: Reset BARs when running in PCIe endpoint mode
Marek Vasut <marek.vasut+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
PCI: rcar-host: Drop PMSR spinlock
Marek Vasut <marek.vasut+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
PCI: rcar: Finish transition to L1 state in rcar_pcie_config_access()
Vidya Sagar <vidyas@xxxxxxxxxx>
PCI: tegra194: Handle errors in BPMP response
Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx>
f2fs: fix wrong block mapping for multi-devices
Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx>
NFSD: Define a proc_layoutcommit for the FlexFiles layout type
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
vfs: Don't leak disconnected dentries on umount
Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@xxxxxxxxx>
drm/amdgpu: use atomic functions with memory barriers for vm fault info
Marek Vasut <marek.vasut+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
PCI: rcar-host: Convert struct rcar_msi mask_lock into raw spinlock
Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wifi: ath11k: HAL SRNG: don't deinitialize and re-initialize again
Siddharth Vadapalli <s-vadapalli@xxxxxx>
PCI: j721e: Fix programming sequence of "strap" settings
Siddharth Vadapalli <s-vadapalli@xxxxxx>
PCI: j721e: Enable ACSPCIE Refclk if "ti,syscon-acspcie-proxy-ctrl" exists
Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>
fuse: fix livelock in synchronous file put from fuseblk workers
Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx>
fuse: allocate ff->release_args only if release is needed
Xiao Liang <shaw.leon@xxxxxxxxx>
padata: Reset next CPU when reorder sequence wraps around
Sean Nyekjaer <sean@xxxxxxxxxx>
iio: imu: inv_icm42600: Simplify pm_runtime setup
Bence Csókás <csokas.bence@xxxxxxxxx>
PM: runtime: Add new devm functions
Sean Nyekjaer <sean@xxxxxxxxxx>
iio: imu: inv_icm42600: Avoid configuring if already pm_runtime suspended
David Lechner <dlechner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
iio: imu: inv_icm42600: use = { } instead of memset()
Sergey Bashirov <sergeybashirov@xxxxxxxxx>
NFSD: Fix last write offset handling in layoutcommit
Sergey Bashirov <sergeybashirov@xxxxxxxxx>
NFSD: Minor cleanup in layoutcommit processing
Sergey Bashirov <sergeybashirov@xxxxxxxxx>
NFSD: Rework encoding and decoding of nfsd4_deviceid
Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
xfs: fix log CRC mismatches between i386 and other architectures
Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
xfs: rename the old_crc variable in xlog_recover_process
Vineeth Vijayan <vneethv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
s390/cio: Update purge function to unregister the unused subchannels
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
arm64: errata: Apply workarounds for Neoverse-V3AE
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
arm64: cputype: Add Neoverse-V3AE definitions
Florian Eckert <fe@xxxxxxxxxx>
serial: 8250_exar: add support for Advantech 2 port card with Device ID 0x0018
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
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
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
Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
net: ravb: Ensure memory write completes before ringing TX doorbell
Michal Pecio <michal.pecio@xxxxxxxxx>
net: usb: rtl8150: Fix frame padding
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
Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
Revert "cpuidle: menu: Avoid discarding useful information"
Tonghao Zhang <tonghao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
net: bonding: fix possible peer notify event loss or dup issue
Alexey Simakov <bigalex934@xxxxxxxxx>
sctp: avoid NULL dereference when chunk data buffer is missing
Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
arm64, mm: avoid always making PTE dirty in pte_mkwrite()
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
Johannes Wiesböck <johannes.wiesboeck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
rtnetlink: Allow deleting FDB entries in user namespace
Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
net: rtnetlink: add NLM_F_BULK support to rtnl_fdb_del
Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
net: add ndo_fdb_del_bulk
Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
net: rtnetlink: add bulk delete support flag
Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
net: netlink: add NLM_F_BULK delete request modifier
Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
net: rtnetlink: use BIT for flag values
Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
net: rtnetlink: add helper to extract msg type's kind
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
m68k: bitops: Fix find_*_bit() signatures
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
Niko Mauno <niko.mauno@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Revert "perf test: Don't leak workload gopipe in PERF_RECORD_*"
Brian Norris <briannorris@xxxxxxxxxx>
PCI/sysfs: Ensure devices are powered for config reads (part 2)
Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@xxxxxxxxxxx>
hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplus_strcasecmp()
Jiaming Zhang <r772577952@xxxxxxxxx>
ALSA: usb-audio: Fix NULL pointer deference in try_to_register_card
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
ALSA: firewire: amdtp-stream: fix enum kernel-doc warnings
Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
sched/fair: Fix pelt lost idle time detection
Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
sched/balancing: Rename newidle_balance() => sched_balance_newidle()
Timur Kristóf <timur.kristof@xxxxxxxxx>
drm/amd/powerplay: Fix CIK shutdown temperature
Fabian Vogt <fvogt@xxxxxxx>
riscv: kprobes: Fix probe address validation
I Viswanath <viswanathiyyappan@xxxxxxxxx>
net: usb: lan78xx: fix use of improperly initialized dev->chipid in lan78xx_reset
Oleksij Rempel <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
net: usb: lan78xx: Add error handling to lan78xx_init_mac_address
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
net: usb: use eth_hw_addr_set() instead of ether_addr_copy()
Sabrina Dubroca <sd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
tls: don't rely on tx_work during send()
Sabrina Dubroca <sd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
tls: always set record_type in tls_process_cmsg
Sabrina Dubroca <sd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
tls: wait for async encrypt in case of error during latter iterations of sendmsg
Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
net: tls: wait for async completion on last message
David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
splice, net: Add a splice_eof op to file-ops and socket-ops
Alexey Simakov <bigalex934@xxxxxxxxx>
tg3: prevent use of uninitialized remote_adv and local_adv variables
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
tcp: fix tcp_tso_should_defer() vs large RTT
Raju Rangoju <Raju.Rangoju@xxxxxxx>
amd-xgbe: Avoid spurious link down messages during interface toggle
Dmitry Safonov <0x7f454c46@xxxxxxxxx>
net/ip6_tunnel: Prevent perpetual tunnel growth
Linmao Li <lilinmao@xxxxxxxxxx>
r8169: fix packet truncation after S4 resume on RTL8168H/RTL8111H
Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@xxxxxxxxx>
doc: fix seg6_flowlabel path
Yeounsu Moon <yyyynoom@xxxxxxxxx>
net: dlink: handle dma_map_single() failure properly
Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
can: m_can: m_can_plat_remove(): add missing pm_runtime_disable()
Yuezhang Mo <Yuezhang.Mo@xxxxxxxx>
dax: skip read lock assertion for read-only filesystems
Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@xxxxxxxxxx>
HID: multitouch: fix sticky fingers
Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
cpufreq: CPPC: Avoid using CPUFREQ_ETERNAL as transition delay
Thomas Fourier <fourier.thomas@xxxxxxxxx>
crypto: rockchip - Fix dma_unmap_sg() nents value
Kaustabh Chakraborty <kauschluss@xxxxxxxxxxx>
drm/exynos: exynos7_drm_decon: remove ctx->suspended
Kaustabh Chakraborty <kauschluss@xxxxxxxxxxx>
drm/exynos: exynos7_drm_decon: properly clear channels during bind
Kaustabh Chakraborty <kauschluss@xxxxxxxxxxx>
drm/exynos: exynos7_drm_decon: fix uninitialized crtc reference in functions
Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx>
blk-crypto: fix missing blktrace bio split events
Ma Ke <make24@xxxxxxxxxxx>
media: lirc: Fix error handling in lirc_register()
keliu <liuke94@xxxxxxxxxx>
media: rc: Directly use ida_free()
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
media: s5p-mfc: remove an unused/uninitialized variable
Filipe Manana <fdmanana@xxxxxxxx>
btrfs: fix clearing of BTRFS_FS_RELOC_RUNNING if relocation already running
Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx>
ext4: detect invalid INLINE_DATA + EXTENTS flag combination
Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
jbd2: ensure that all ongoing I/O complete before freeing blocks
Yi Cong <yicong@xxxxxxxxxx>
r8152: add error handling in rtl8152_driver_init
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Diffstat:
Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.rst | 2 +
Documentation/networking/seg6-sysctl.rst | 3 +
Makefile | 4 +-
arch/arm64/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/arm64/include/asm/cputype.h | 2 +
arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 3 +-
arch/arm64/kernel/cpu_errata.c | 1 +
arch/m68k/include/asm/bitops.h | 25 ++--
arch/mips/mti-malta/malta-setup.c | 2 +-
arch/nios2/kernel/setup.c | 15 +++
arch/riscv/kernel/probes/kprobes.c | 13 +-
block/blk-crypto-fallback.c | 3 +
drivers/android/binder.c | 11 +-
drivers/base/arch_topology.c | 2 +-
drivers/base/devcoredump.c | 138 +++++++++++++--------
drivers/base/power/runtime.c | 44 +++++++
drivers/comedi/comedi_buf.c | 2 +-
drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c | 14 ++-
drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c | 21 ++--
drivers/crypto/rockchip/rk3288_crypto_ahash.c | 3 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_amdkfd_gpuvm.c | 5 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gmc_v7_0.c | 7 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gmc_v8_0.c | 7 +-
.../gpu/drm/amd/pm/powerplay/hwmgr/smu7_hwmgr.c | 3 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos7_drm_decon.c | 98 +++++----------
drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c | 27 ++--
drivers/iio/imu/inv_icm42600/inv_icm42600_accel.c | 5 +-
drivers/iio/imu/inv_icm42600/inv_icm42600_core.c | 35 ++----
drivers/iio/imu/inv_icm42600/inv_icm42600_gyro.c | 5 +-
drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p_mfc_cmd_v6.c | 35 ++----
drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c | 15 +--
drivers/media/rc/rc-main.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/m_can/m_can_platform.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-drv.c | 1 -
drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-mdio.c | 1 +
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c | 5 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c | 23 ++--
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c | 3 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.h | 2 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c | 5 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c | 8 ++
drivers/net/usb/aqc111.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c | 42 +++++--
drivers/net/usb/r8152.c | 9 +-
drivers/net/usb/rndis_host.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c | 13 +-
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/core.c | 6 +-
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal.c | 16 +++
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/hal.h | 1 +
drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pci-j721e.c | 64 +++++++++-
drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware-ep.c | 1 +
drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-tegra194.c | 28 ++++-
drivers/pci/controller/pcie-rcar-host.c | 83 +++++++------
drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c | 10 +-
drivers/s390/cio/device.c | 37 ++++--
drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_exar.c | 11 ++
drivers/usb/core/quirks.c | 2 +
drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_acm.c | 42 +++----
drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ncm.c | 78 +++++-------
drivers/usb/gadget/legacy/raw_gadget.c | 2 -
drivers/usb/gadget/udc/core.c | 3 +
drivers/usb/host/xhci-dbgcap.c | 9 +-
drivers/usb/serial/option.c | 10 ++
fs/btrfs/relocation.c | 13 +-
fs/dax.c | 2 +-
fs/dcache.c | 2 +
fs/dlm/lockspace.c | 2 +-
fs/exec.c | 2 +-
fs/ext4/inode.c | 8 ++
fs/f2fs/data.c | 2 +-
fs/fuse/dir.c | 2 +-
fs/fuse/file.c | 75 ++++++-----
fs/fuse/fuse_i.h | 2 +-
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/hfsplus/unicode.c | 24 ++++
fs/jbd2/transaction.c | 13 +-
fs/nfsd/blocklayout.c | 5 +-
fs/nfsd/blocklayoutxdr.c | 7 +-
fs/nfsd/flexfilelayout.c | 8 ++
fs/nfsd/flexfilelayoutxdr.c | 3 +-
fs/nfsd/nfs4layouts.c | 1 -
fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c | 34 +++--
fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c | 14 +--
fs/nfsd/xdr4.h | 36 +++++-
fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c | 5 +
fs/splice.c | 31 ++++-
fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_log_format.h | 30 ++++-
fs/xfs/xfs_log.c | 8 +-
fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h | 4 +-
fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c | 34 +++--
fs/xfs/xfs_ondisk.h | 2 +
fs/xfs/xfs_super.c | 33 +++--
include/linux/cpufreq.h | 3 +
include/linux/fs.h | 1 +
include/linux/net.h | 1 +
include/linux/netdevice.h | 9 ++
include/linux/pm_runtime.h | 4 +
include/linux/splice.h | 1 +
include/linux/usb/gadget.h | 25 ++++
include/net/ip_tunnels.h | 15 +++
include/net/rtnetlink.h | 9 +-
include/net/sock.h | 1 +
include/uapi/linux/netlink.h | 1 +
kernel/padata.c | 6 +-
kernel/sched/fair.c | 38 +++---
net/core/rtnetlink.c | 81 ++++++++----
net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c | 14 ---
net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 19 ++-
net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c | 3 +-
net/sctp/inqueue.c | 13 +-
net/socket.c | 10 ++
net/tls/tls_main.c | 7 +-
net/tls/tls_sw.c | 22 +++-
net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c | 38 +++---
sound/firewire/amdtp-stream.h | 2 +-
sound/usb/card.c | 10 +-
tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c | 4 -
128 files changed, 1305 insertions(+), 728 deletions(-)