[PATCH 6.1 00/72] 6.1.161-rc1 review

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Date: Thu Jan 15 2026 - 12:11:00 EST


This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.1.161 release.
There are 72 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 Sat, 17 Jan 2026 16:41:26 +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-6.1.161-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 6.1.161-rc1

Shardul Bankar <shardulsb08@xxxxxxxxx>
bpf: test_run: Fix ctx leak in bpf_prog_test_run_xdp error path

Michal Rábek <mrabek@xxxxxxxxxx>
scsi: sg: Fix occasional bogus elapsed time that exceeds timeout

Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
ASoC: fsl_sai: Add missing registers to cache default

Andrew Elantsev <elantsew.andrew@xxxxxxxxx>
ASoC: amd: yc: Add quirk for Honor MagicBook X16 2025

Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
can: j1939: make j1939_session_activate() fail if device is no longer registered

Sumeet Pawnikar <sumeet4linux@xxxxxxxxx>
powercap: fix sscanf() error return value handling

Sumeet Pawnikar <sumeet4linux@xxxxxxxxx>
powercap: fix race condition in register_control_type()

Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
bpf: Fix reference count leak in bpf_prog_test_run_xdp()

Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@xxxxxxxxxx>
bpf, test_run: Subtract size of xdp_frame from allowed metadata size

Amery Hung <ameryhung@xxxxxxxxx>
bpf: Support specifying linear xdp packet data size for BPF_PROG_TEST_RUN

Amery Hung <ameryhung@xxxxxxxxx>
bpf: Make variables in bpf_prog_test_run_xdp less confusing

Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@xxxxxxxxx>
bpf: Fix an issue in bpf_prog_test_run_xdp when page size greater than 4K

Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx>
NFSD: Remove NFSERR_EAGAIN

Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx>
nfs_common: factor out nfs_errtbl and nfs_stat_to_errno

Chen Hanxiao <chenhx.fnst@xxxxxxxxxxx>
NFS: trace: show TIMEDOUT instead of 0x6e

NeilBrown <neil@xxxxxxxxxx>
nfsd: provide locking for v4_end_grace

Haoxiang Li <lihaoxiang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
ALSA: ac97: fix a double free in snd_ac97_controller_register()

Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
ALSA: ac97bus: Use guard() for mutex locks

Pedro Demarchi Gomes <pedrodemargomes@xxxxxxxxx>
ksm: use range-walk function to jump over holes in scan_get_next_rmap_item

David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
mm/pagewalk: add walk_page_range_vma()

Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxx>
pinctrl: qcom: lpass-lpi: mark the GPIO controller as sleeping

Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
arp: do not assume dev_hard_header() does not change skb->head

Wei Fang <wei.fang@xxxxxxx>
net: enetc: fix build warning when PAGE_SIZE is greater than 128K

Petko Manolov <petkan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
net: usb: pegasus: fix memory leak in update_eth_regs_async()

Xiang Mei <xmei5@xxxxxxx>
net/sched: sch_qfq: Fix NULL deref when deactivating inactive aggregate in qfq_reset

René Rebe <rene@xxxxxxxxxx>
HID: quirks: work around VID/PID conflict for appledisplay

Mohammad Heib <mheib@xxxxxxxxxx>
net: fix memory leak in skb_segment_list for GRO packets

Srijit Bose <srijit.bose@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
bnxt_en: Fix potential data corruption with HW GRO/LRO

Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
eth: bnxt: move and rename reset helpers

Zilin Guan <zilin@xxxxxxxxxx>
net: wwan: iosm: Fix memory leak in ipc_mux_deinit()

Gal Pressman <gal@xxxxxxxxxx>
net/mlx5e: Don't print error message due to invalid module

Di Zhu <zhud@xxxxxxxx>
netdev: preserve NETIF_F_ALL_FOR_ALL across TSO updates

Weiming Shi <bestswngs@xxxxxxxxx>
net: sock: fix hardened usercopy panic in sock_recv_errqueue

yuan.gao <yuan.gao@xxxxxxxxx>
inet: ping: Fix icmp out counting

Jerry Wu <w.7erry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
net: mscc: ocelot: Fix crash when adding interface under a lag

Alexandre Knecht <knecht.alexandre@xxxxxxxxx>
bridge: fix C-VLAN preservation in 802.1ad vlan_tunnel egress

Alok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari@xxxxxxxxxx>
net: marvell: prestera: fix NULL dereference on devlink_alloc() failure

Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@xxxxxxx>
netfilter: nf_conncount: update last_gc only when GC has been performed

Zilin Guan <zilin@xxxxxxxxxx>
netfilter: nf_tables: fix memory leak in nf_tables_newrule()

Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@xxxxxxx>
netfilter: nft_synproxy: avoid possible data-race on update operation

Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@xxxxxxxxxxx>
arm64: dts: imx8mp: Fix LAN8740Ai PHY reference clock on DH electronics i.MX8M Plus DHCOM

Ian Ray <ian.ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
ARM: dts: imx6q-ba16: fix RTC interrupt level

Haibo Chen <haibo.chen@xxxxxxx>
arm64: dts: add off-on-delay-us for usdhc2 regulator

Xingui Yang <yangxingui@xxxxxxxxxx>
scsi: Revert "scsi: libsas: Fix exp-attached device scan after probe failure scanned in again after probe failed"

Brian Kao <powenkao@xxxxxxxxxx>
scsi: ufs: core: Fix EH failure after W-LUN resume error

Wen Xiong <wenxiong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
scsi: ipr: Enable/disable IRQD_NO_BALANCING during reset

ChenXiaoSong <chenxiaosong@xxxxxxxxxx>
smb/client: fix NT_STATUS_NO_DATA_DETECTED value

ChenXiaoSong <chenxiaosong@xxxxxxxxxx>
smb/client: fix NT_STATUS_DEVICE_DOOR_OPEN value

ChenXiaoSong <chenxiaosong@xxxxxxxxxx>
smb/client: fix NT_STATUS_UNABLE_TO_FREE_VM value

Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
NFS: Fix up the automount fs_context to use the correct cred

Scott Mayhew <smayhew@xxxxxxxxxx>
NFSv4: ensure the open stateid seqid doesn't go backwards

Sam James <sam@xxxxxxxxxx>
alpha: don't reference obsolete termio struct for TC* constants

Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
ARM: 9461/1: Disable HIGHPTE on PREEMPT_RT kernels

Yang Li <yang.li85200@xxxxxxxxx>
csky: fix csky_cmpxchg_fixup not working

Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@xxxxxxxxxx>
tls: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in get_netdev_for_sock().

Sharath Chandra Vurukala <quic_sharathv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
net: Add locking to protect skb->dev access in ip_output

Ye Bin <yebin10@xxxxxxxxxx>
ext4: fix out-of-bound read in ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all()

Ye Bin <yebin10@xxxxxxxxxx>
ext4: introduce ITAIL helper

Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@xxxxxxxxx>
libceph: make calc_target() set t->paused, not just clear it

Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@xxxxxxxxx>
libceph: return the handler error from mon_handle_auth_done()

Tuo Li <islituo@xxxxxxxxx>
libceph: make free_choose_arg_map() resilient to partial allocation

Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@xxxxxxxxx>
libceph: replace overzealous BUG_ON in osdmap_apply_incremental()

ziming zhang <ezrakiez@xxxxxxxxx>
libceph: prevent potential out-of-bounds reads in handle_auth_done()

Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
wifi: avoid kernel-infoleak from struct iw_point

Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
gpio: rockchip: mark the GPIO controller as sleeping

Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@xxxxxxxxx>
drm/pl111: Fix error handling in pl111_amba_probe

Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
counter: interrupt-cnt: Drop IRQF_NO_THREAD flag

Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
lib/crypto: aes: Fix missing MMU protection for AES S-box

Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@xxxxxxxxx>
mei: me: add nova lake point S DID

Filipe Manana <fdmanana@xxxxxxxx>
btrfs: always detect conflicting inodes when logging inode refs

Thomas Fourier <fourier.thomas@xxxxxxxxx>
net: 3com: 3c59x: fix possible null dereference in vortex_probe1()

Thomas Fourier <fourier.thomas@xxxxxxxxx>
atm: Fix dma_free_coherent() size


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Diffstat:

Makefile | 4 +-
arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/ioctls.h | 8 +-
arch/arm/Kconfig | 2 +-
arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-ba16.dtsi | 2 +-
.../arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-dhcom-som.dtsi | 1 +
arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8qm-mek.dts | 1 +
arch/csky/mm/fault.c | 4 +-
drivers/atm/he.c | 3 +-
drivers/counter/interrupt-cnt.c | 3 +-
drivers/gpio/gpio-rockchip.c | 1 +
drivers/gpu/drm/pl111/pl111_drv.c | 2 +-
drivers/hid/hid-quirks.c | 9 ++
drivers/misc/mei/hw-me-regs.h | 2 +
drivers/misc/mei/pci-me.c | 2 +
drivers/net/ethernet/3com/3c59x.c | 2 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c | 87 +++++++-------
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h | 4 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.h | 4 +-
.../ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_devlink.c | 2 +
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/port.c | 3 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/mscc/ocelot.c | 6 +-
drivers/net/usb/pegasus.c | 2 +
drivers/net/wwan/iosm/iosm_ipc_mux.c | 6 +
drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-lpass-lpi.c | 2 +-
drivers/powercap/powercap_sys.c | 22 ++--
drivers/scsi/ipr.c | 28 ++++-
drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_internal.h | 14 ---
drivers/scsi/sg.c | 20 ++--
drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c | 40 +++++--
fs/btrfs/tree-log.c | 6 +-
fs/ext4/inode.c | 5 +
fs/ext4/xattr.c | 32 +-----
fs/ext4/xattr.h | 10 ++
fs/nfs/Kconfig | 1 +
fs/nfs/namespace.c | 5 +
fs/nfs/nfs2xdr.c | 70 +-----------
fs/nfs/nfs3xdr.c | 108 ++++--------------
fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c | 13 ++-
fs/nfs/nfs4trace.h | 1 +
fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c | 4 +-
fs/nfs_common/Makefile | 2 +
fs/nfs_common/common.c | 66 +++++++++++
fs/nfsd/Kconfig | 1 +
fs/nfsd/netns.h | 2 +
fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c | 2 +-
fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c | 42 ++++++-
fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c | 3 +-
fs/nfsd/nfsd.h | 1 -
fs/nfsd/state.h | 2 +-
fs/smb/client/nterr.h | 6 +-
include/linux/netdevice.h | 3 +-
include/linux/nfs_common.h | 16 +++
include/linux/pagewalk.h | 3 +
include/net/dst.h | 12 ++
include/trace/misc/nfs.h | 3 +-
include/uapi/linux/nfs.h | 1 -
lib/crypto/aes.c | 4 +-
mm/ksm.c | 126 ++++++++++++++++++---
mm/pagewalk.c | 20 ++++
net/bpf/test_run.c | 60 ++++++----
net/bridge/br_vlan_tunnel.c | 11 +-
net/can/j1939/transport.c | 2 +
net/ceph/messenger_v2.c | 2 +
net/ceph/mon_client.c | 2 +-
net/ceph/osd_client.c | 11 +-
net/ceph/osdmap.c | 24 ++--
net/core/skbuff.c | 8 +-
net/core/sock.c | 7 +-
net/ipv4/arp.c | 7 +-
net/ipv4/ip_output.c | 16 ++-
net/ipv4/ping.c | 4 +-
net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c | 2 +-
net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 3 +-
net/netfilter/nft_synproxy.c | 6 +-
net/sched/sch_qfq.c | 2 +-
net/tls/tls_device.c | 18 +--
net/wireless/wext-core.c | 4 +
net/wireless/wext-priv.c | 4 +
sound/ac97/bus.c | 32 +++---
sound/soc/amd/yc/acp6x-mach.c | 7 ++
sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c | 3 +
.../selftests/bpf/prog_tests/xdp_adjust_tail.c | 96 ++++++++++++++--
.../bpf/prog_tests/xdp_context_test_run.c | 4 +-
.../bpf/progs/test_xdp_adjust_tail_grow.c | 8 +-
84 files changed, 776 insertions(+), 423 deletions(-)