Re: [PATCH 6.18 00/49] 6.18.11-rc1 review
From: Luna Jernberg
Date: Sat Feb 14 2026 - 00:49:16 EST
Tested on: Arch Linux Machine a Dell Micro 3050 with a
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500T CPU @ 2.50GHz
and works as it should
Tested-by: Luna Jernberg <droidbittin@xxxxxxxxx>
Den fre 13 feb. 2026 kl 14:52 skrev Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.11 release.
> There are 49 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, 15 Feb 2026 13:46:52 +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-6.18.11-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
>
> -------------
> Pseudo-Shortlog of commits:
>
> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Linux 6.18.11-rc1
>
> Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
> gpio: omap: do not register driver in probe()
>
> Ali Tariq <alitariq45892@xxxxxxxxx>
> wifi: rtl8xxxu: fix slab-out-of-bounds in rtl8xxxu_sta_add
>
> Liu Song <liu.song13@xxxxxxxxxx>
> PCI: endpoint: Avoid creating sub-groups asynchronously
>
> Jeongjun Park <aha310510@xxxxxxxxx>
> drm/exynos: vidi: use ctx->lock to protect struct vidi_context member variables related to memory alloc/free
>
> Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> xfs: fix UAF in xchk_btree_check_block_owner
>
> Chao Yu <chao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> erofs: fix UAF issue for file-backed mounts w/ directio option
>
> Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@xxxxxxxxx>
> bus: fsl-mc: fix use-after-free in driver_override_show()
>
> Anil Gurumurthy <agurumurthy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> scsi: qla2xxx: Query FW again before proceeding with login
>
> Anil Gurumurthy <agurumurthy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> scsi: qla2xxx: Free sp in error path to fix system crash
>
> Anil Gurumurthy <agurumurthy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> scsi: qla2xxx: Delay module unload while fabric scan in progress
>
> Shreyas Deodhar <sdeodhar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> scsi: qla2xxx: Allow recovery for tape devices
>
> Anil Gurumurthy <agurumurthy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> scsi: qla2xxx: Validate sp before freeing associated memory
>
> Bitterblue Smith <rtl8821cerfe2@xxxxxxxxx>
> wifi: rtw88: Fix alignment fault in rtw_core_enable_beacon()
>
> Mehdi Ben Hadj Khelifa <mehdi.benhadjkhelifa@xxxxxxxxx>
> hfs: ensure sb->s_fs_info is always cleaned up
>
> Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@xxxxxx>
> nilfs2: Fix potential block overflow that cause system hang
>
> Bibo Mao <maobibo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> crypto: virtio - Remove duplicated virtqueue_kick in virtio_crypto_skcipher_crypt_req
>
> Bibo Mao <maobibo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> crypto: virtio - Add spinlock protection with virtqueue notification
>
> Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>
> crypto: omap - Allocate OMAP_CRYPTO_FORCE_COPY scatterlists correctly
>
> Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
> crypto: octeontx - Fix length check to avoid truncation in ucode_load_store
>
> Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
> crypto: iaa - Fix out-of-bounds index in find_empty_iaa_compression_mode
>
> Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
> ALSA: hda/conexant: Add quirk for HP ZBook Studio G4
>
> Zenm Chen <zenmchen@xxxxxxxxx>
> Bluetooth: btusb: Add USB ID 7392:e611 for Edimax EW-7611UXB
>
> Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@xxxxxxxxx>
> driver core: enforce device_lock for driver_match_device()
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@xxxxxxxxx>
> smb: client: let send_done handle a completion without IB_SEND_SIGNALED
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@xxxxxxxxx>
> smb: client: let smbd_post_send_negotiate_req() use smbd_post_send()
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@xxxxxxxxx>
> smb: client: fix last send credit problem causing disconnects
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@xxxxxxxxx>
> smb: client: make use of smbdirect_socket.send_io.bcredits
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@xxxxxxxxx>
> smb: client: use smbdirect_send_batch processing
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@xxxxxxxxx>
> smb: client: introduce and use smbd_{alloc, free}_send_io()
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@xxxxxxxxx>
> smb: client: split out smbd_ib_post_send()
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@xxxxxxxxx>
> smb: client: port and use the wait_for_credits logic used by server
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@xxxxxxxxx>
> smb: client: remove pointless sc->send_io.pending handling in smbd_post_send_iter()
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@xxxxxxxxx>
> smb: client: remove pointless sc->recv_io.credits.count rollback
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@xxxxxxxxx>
> smb: client: let smbd_post_send() make use of request->wr
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@xxxxxxxxx>
> smb: client: let recv_done() queue a refill when the peer is low on credits
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@xxxxxxxxx>
> smb: client: make use of smbdirect_socket.recv_io.credits.available
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@xxxxxxxxx>
> smb: server: let send_done handle a completion without IB_SEND_SIGNALED
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@xxxxxxxxx>
> smb: server: fix last send credit problem causing disconnects
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@xxxxxxxxx>
> smb: server: make use of smbdirect_socket.send_io.bcredits
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@xxxxxxxxx>
> smb: server: let recv_done() queue a refill when the peer is low on credits
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@xxxxxxxxx>
> smb: server: make use of smbdirect_socket.recv_io.credits.available
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@xxxxxxxxx>
> smb: smbdirect: introduce smbdirect_socket.send_io.bcredits.*
>
> Stefan Metzmacher <metze@xxxxxxxxx>
> smb: smbdirect: introduce smbdirect_socket.recv_io.credits.available
>
> Henrique Carvalho <henrique.carvalho@xxxxxxxx>
> smb: server: fix leak of active_num_conn in ksmbd_tcp_new_connection()
>
> Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ksmbd: add chann_lock to protect ksmbd_chann_list xarray
>
> Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ksmbd: fix infinite loop caused by next_smb2_rcv_hdr_off reset in error paths
>
> Henrique Carvalho <henrique.carvalho@xxxxxxxx>
> smb: client: split cached_fid bitfields to avoid shared-byte RMW races
>
> Li Chen <me@linux.beauty>
> io_uring: allow io-wq workers to exit when unused
>
> Li Chen <me@linux.beauty>
> io_uring/io-wq: add exit-on-idle state
>
>
> -------------
>
> Diffstat:
>
> Makefile | 4 +-
> drivers/base/base.h | 9 +
> drivers/base/bus.c | 2 +-
> drivers/base/dd.c | 2 +-
> drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c | 2 +
> drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c | 6 +-
> drivers/crypto/intel/iaa/iaa_crypto_main.c | 12 +-
> drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx/otx_cptpf_ucode.c | 2 +-
> drivers/crypto/omap-crypto.c | 2 +-
> drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_core.c | 5 +
> .../crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_skcipher_algs.c | 2 -
> drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c | 22 +-
> drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_vidi.c | 38 +-
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/core.c | 1 +
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.c | 4 +-
> drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c | 15 +-
> drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c | 41 +-
> drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c | 28 +-
> drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c | 19 +-
> drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c | 3 +-
> fs/erofs/fileio.c | 7 +-
> fs/hfs/mdb.c | 35 +-
> fs/hfs/super.c | 10 +-
> fs/nilfs2/sufile.c | 4 +
> fs/smb/client/cached_dir.h | 8 +-
> fs/smb/client/smbdirect.c | 523 ++++++++++++++++-----
> fs/smb/common/smbdirect/smbdirect_socket.h | 18 +
> fs/smb/server/mgmt/user_session.c | 5 +
> fs/smb/server/mgmt/user_session.h | 1 +
> fs/smb/server/server.c | 6 +-
> fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c | 12 +-
> fs/smb/server/transport_rdma.c | 147 +++++-
> fs/smb/server/transport_tcp.c | 3 +-
> fs/xfs/scrub/btree.c | 7 +-
> io_uring/io-wq.c | 27 +-
> io_uring/io-wq.h | 1 +
> io_uring/tctx.c | 11 +
> sound/hda/codecs/conexant.c | 1 +
> 38 files changed, 799 insertions(+), 246 deletions(-)
>
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