[PATCH 6.12 00/99] 6.12.108-rc1 review
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 12:08:07 EST
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.12.108 release.
There are 99 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-6.12.108-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-6.12.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 6.12.108-rc1
Miguel Peñaranda <mig.penaranda07@xxxxxxxxx>
usb: usbfs: fix use-after-free of usb_device in usbdev_release()
Devin Wittmayer <lucid_duck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wifi: mt76: mt7925: ensure tx headroom in usb_sdio_tx_prepare_skb
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>
crypto: qcom-rng - Remove crypto_rng interface
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
crypto: qcom-rng - Allow zero as a random number
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
crypto: qcom-rng - Enable clock in hwrng case
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
mm/swap: reject swapon() on filesystem-level encrypted files
Fourie Zhang <littleddfu@xxxxxxxxx>
netfilter: nf_tables: don't queue packet path object notifications
Kyle Zeng <kylebot@xxxxxxxxxx>
vxlan: keep the last remote linked during FDB flush
Kyle Zeng <kylebot@xxxxxxxxxx>
batman-adv: reject unrepresentable multicast TVLV offsets
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: bound nat keepalive state collection
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
Zihan Xi <xizh2024@xxxxxxxxxx>
xfrm: avoid lock inversion in nat keepalive work
Zhiling Zou <roxy520tt@xxxxxxxxx>
xfrm: drop ESP-in-TCP packets with no ingress device
Sabrina Dubroca <sd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
xfrm: espintcp: fix UAF during close
Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@xxxxxxxxx>
net/tcp-ao: fix use-after-free of current_key on reconnect to another peer
Qing Ming <a0yami@xxxxxxxxxxx>
tcp: fix AO info use-after-free in tcp_ao_connect_init()
Rastislav Szabo <rastislav.szabo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
net/tcp: fix TCP-AO key deletion in VRFs
Pratik Vishwakarma <Pratik.Vishwakarma@xxxxxxx>
x86/CPU/AMD: Carve out a Zen5 models range
Qing Ming <a0yami@xxxxxxxxxxx>
gtp: serialize PDP context updates
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
Jose Villaseñor Montfort <pepemontfort@xxxxxxxxx>
HID: magicmouse: prevent unbounded recursion in magicmouse_raw_event()
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()
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
Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
HID: asus: fix missing hid_is_usb() check
Antheas Kapenekakis <lkml@xxxxxxxxxxx>
HID: asus: simplify RGB init sequence
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: Use ARRAY_SIZE macro instead of sizeof
Tomasz Pakuła <tomasz.pakula.oficjalny@xxxxxxxxx>
HID: pidff: Rework pidff_set_time() to fix warnings
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
DaeMyung Kang <charsyam@xxxxxxxxx>
ksmbd: harden file lifetime during session teardown
Aboorva Devarajan <aboorvad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
powerpc/hv-gpci: fix preempt count leak in sysfs show paths
Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@xxxxxxxxxx>
veth: fix OOB txq access in veth_poll() with asymmetric queue counts
Ankit Khushwaha <ankitkhushwaha.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
ring buffer: Propagate __rb_map_vma return value to caller
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()
Kyle Zeng <kylebot@xxxxxxxxxx>
perf: Reject exited events as group leaders
Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@xxxxxxxxx>
selinux: require a class's permission values to cover its permission count
Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@xxxxxxxxx>
selinux: reject a permission value exceeding the class permission count
Christian Göttsche <cgzones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
selinux: more strict policy parsing
Christian Göttsche <cgzones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
selinux: use u16 for security classes
Christian Göttsche <cgzones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
selinux: make more use of str_read() when loading the policy
Christian Göttsche <cgzones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
selinux: avoid unnecessary indirection in struct level_datum
Christian Göttsche <cgzones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
selinux: use known type instead of void pointer
Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@xxxxxxxxxx>
HID: uhid: convert to hid_safe_input_report()
Dmitry Bogdanov <d.bogdanov@xxxxxxxxx>
nvme-tcp: fix usage of page_frag_cache
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()
Ibrahim Hashimov <security@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
RDMA/rxe: Fix responder UAF on IB_QP_MAX_DEST_RD_ATOMIC modify_qp
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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/kernel/cpu/amd.c | 1 +
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/page_track.c | 32 +-
drivers/accessibility/speakup/main.c | 1 +
drivers/base/power/main.c | 6 +-
drivers/crypto/Kconfig | 1 -
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/qcom-rng.c | 156 ++-------
drivers/fpga/dfl-fme-perf.c | 2 +
drivers/hid/hid-asus.c | 52 ++-
drivers/hid/hid-ft260.c | 41 ++-
drivers/hid/hid-magicmouse.c | 25 +-
drivers/hid/hid-uclogic-core.c | 12 +-
drivers/hid/uhid.c | 8 +-
drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-pidff.c | 106 +++---
drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_qp.c | 18 +-
drivers/isdn/hardware/mISDN/hfcpci.c | 12 +-
.../platform/samsung/exynos4-is/fimc-is-regs.c | 1 +
drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 30 +-
drivers/net/gtp.c | 21 +-
drivers/net/veth.c | 3 +-
drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c | 11 +-
drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7925/mac.c | 4 +
drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c | 8 +
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/serial/option.c | 20 +-
drivers/usb/serial/spcp8x5.c | 13 -
fs/exfat/nls.c | 1 +
fs/ext4/crypto.c | 40 +--
fs/ext4/ialloc.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 +-
include/linux/skbuff.h | 24 ++
include/target/target_core_fabric.h | 2 +
io_uring/io-wq.c | 9 +-
kernel/bpf/offload.c | 10 +-
kernel/events/core.c | 10 +
kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 2 +-
mm/swapfile.c | 7 +
net/batman-adv/tvlv.c | 5 +-
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/ipv4/tcp_ao.c | 19 +-
net/ipv6/ah6.c | 29 +-
net/ipv6/seg6_local.c | 7 +
net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 36 +-
net/nfc/nci/ntf.c | 26 +-
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_nat_keepalive.c | 53 ++-
net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c | 2 +-
security/selinux/include/security.h | 1 +
security/selinux/ss/avtab.c | 43 ++-
security/selinux/ss/avtab.h | 21 +-
security/selinux/ss/conditional.c | 47 +--
security/selinux/ss/conditional.h | 6 +-
security/selinux/ss/constraint.h | 1 +
security/selinux/ss/ebitmap.c | 4 +-
security/selinux/ss/ebitmap.h | 5 +-
security/selinux/ss/mls.c | 6 +-
security/selinux/ss/policydb.c | 375 +++++++++++++++------
security/selinux/ss/policydb.h | 51 ++-
security/selinux/ss/services.c | 8 +-
sound/soc/codecs/nau8821.c | 13 +
sound/usb/card.c | 14 +-
sound/usb/midi.c | 2 +
100 files changed, 1484 insertions(+), 1067 deletions(-)