Linux 6.18.11

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Date: Mon Feb 16 2026 - 04:40:59 EST


I'm announcing the release of the 6.18.11 kernel.

All users of the 6.18 kernel series must upgrade.

The updated 6.18.y git tree can be found at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-6.18.y
and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser:
https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git;a=summary

thanks,

greg k-h

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Makefile | 2
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
drivers/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, 798 insertions(+), 245 deletions(-)

Ali Tariq (1):
wifi: rtl8xxxu: fix slab-out-of-bounds in rtl8xxxu_sta_add

Anil Gurumurthy (4):
scsi: qla2xxx: Validate sp before freeing associated memory
scsi: qla2xxx: Delay module unload while fabric scan in progress
scsi: qla2xxx: Free sp in error path to fix system crash
scsi: qla2xxx: Query FW again before proceeding with login

Bibo Mao (2):
crypto: virtio - Add spinlock protection with virtqueue notification
crypto: virtio - Remove duplicated virtqueue_kick in virtio_crypto_skcipher_crypt_req

Bitterblue Smith (1):
wifi: rtw88: Fix alignment fault in rtw_core_enable_beacon()

Chao Yu (1):
erofs: fix UAF issue for file-backed mounts w/ directio option

Danilo Krummrich (1):
gpio: omap: do not register driver in probe()

Darrick J. Wong (1):
xfs: fix UAF in xchk_btree_check_block_owner

Edward Adam Davis (1):
nilfs2: Fix potential block overflow that cause system hang

Greg Kroah-Hartman (1):
Linux 6.18.11

Gui-Dong Han (2):
driver core: enforce device_lock for driver_match_device()
bus: fsl-mc: fix use-after-free in driver_override_show()

Henrique Carvalho (2):
smb: client: split cached_fid bitfields to avoid shared-byte RMW races
smb: server: fix leak of active_num_conn in ksmbd_tcp_new_connection()

Jeongjun Park (1):
drm/exynos: vidi: use ctx->lock to protect struct vidi_context member variables related to memory alloc/free

Kees Cook (1):
crypto: omap - Allocate OMAP_CRYPTO_FORCE_COPY scatterlists correctly

Li Chen (2):
io_uring/io-wq: add exit-on-idle state
io_uring: allow io-wq workers to exit when unused

Liu Song (1):
PCI: endpoint: Avoid creating sub-groups asynchronously

Mehdi Ben Hadj Khelifa (1):
hfs: ensure sb->s_fs_info is always cleaned up

Namjae Jeon (2):
ksmbd: fix infinite loop caused by next_smb2_rcv_hdr_off reset in error paths
ksmbd: add chann_lock to protect ksmbd_chann_list xarray

Shreyas Deodhar (1):
scsi: qla2xxx: Allow recovery for tape devices

Stefan Metzmacher (20):
smb: smbdirect: introduce smbdirect_socket.recv_io.credits.available
smb: smbdirect: introduce smbdirect_socket.send_io.bcredits.*
smb: server: make use of smbdirect_socket.recv_io.credits.available
smb: server: let recv_done() queue a refill when the peer is low on credits
smb: server: make use of smbdirect_socket.send_io.bcredits
smb: server: fix last send credit problem causing disconnects
smb: server: let send_done handle a completion without IB_SEND_SIGNALED
smb: client: make use of smbdirect_socket.recv_io.credits.available
smb: client: let recv_done() queue a refill when the peer is low on credits
smb: client: let smbd_post_send() make use of request->wr
smb: client: remove pointless sc->recv_io.credits.count rollback
smb: client: remove pointless sc->send_io.pending handling in smbd_post_send_iter()
smb: client: port and use the wait_for_credits logic used by server
smb: client: split out smbd_ib_post_send()
smb: client: introduce and use smbd_{alloc, free}_send_io()
smb: client: use smbdirect_send_batch processing
smb: client: make use of smbdirect_socket.send_io.bcredits
smb: client: fix last send credit problem causing disconnects
smb: client: let smbd_post_send_negotiate_req() use smbd_post_send()
smb: client: let send_done handle a completion without IB_SEND_SIGNALED

Takashi Iwai (1):
ALSA: hda/conexant: Add quirk for HP ZBook Studio G4

Thorsten Blum (2):
crypto: iaa - Fix out-of-bounds index in find_empty_iaa_compression_mode
crypto: octeontx - Fix length check to avoid truncation in ucode_load_store

Zenm Chen (1):
Bluetooth: btusb: Add USB ID 7392:e611 for Edimax EW-7611UXB