This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.6.125 release.
There are 25 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-6.6.125-rc…
or in the git tree and branch at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.6.y
and the diffstat can be found below.
thanks,
greg k-h
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Pseudo-Shortlog of commits:
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh(a)linuxfoundation.org>
Linux 6.6.125-rc1
Danilo Krummrich <dakr(a)kernel.org>
gpio: omap: do not register driver in probe()
Eric Dumazet <edumazet(a)google.com>
mptcp: fix race in mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit()
Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe(a)kernel.org>
selftests: mptcp: pm: ensure unknown flags are ignored
Khairul Anuar Romli <khairul.anuar.romli(a)altera.com>
spi: cadence-quadspi: Implement refcount to handle unbind during busy
Konstantin Shkolnyy <kshk(a)linux.ibm.com>
vsock/test: verify socket options after setting them
Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo(a)netfilter.org>
netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: prevent overflow in lookup table allocation
Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo(a)netfilter.org>
netfilter: nf_tables: missing objects with no memcg accounting
Jeff Layton <jlayton(a)kernel.org>
nfsd: don't ignore the return code of svc_proc_register()
Marek Behún <kabel(a)kernel.org>
net: sfp: Fix quirk for Ubiquiti U-Fiber Instant SFP module
Anil Gurumurthy <agurumurthy(a)marvell.com>
scsi: qla2xxx: Query FW again before proceeding with login
Anil Gurumurthy <agurumurthy(a)marvell.com>
scsi: qla2xxx: Free sp in error path to fix system crash
Anil Gurumurthy <agurumurthy(a)marvell.com>
scsi: qla2xxx: Delay module unload while fabric scan in progress
Shreyas Deodhar <sdeodhar(a)marvell.com>
scsi: qla2xxx: Allow recovery for tape devices
Anil Gurumurthy <agurumurthy(a)marvell.com>
scsi: qla2xxx: Validate sp before freeing associated memory
Bitterblue Smith <rtl8821cerfe2(a)gmail.com>
wifi: rtw88: Fix alignment fault in rtw_core_enable_beacon()
Edward Adam Davis <eadavis(a)qq.com>
nilfs2: Fix potential block overflow that cause system hang
Bibo Mao <maobibo(a)loongson.cn>
crypto: virtio - Remove duplicated virtqueue_kick in virtio_crypto_skcipher_crypt_req
Bibo Mao <maobibo(a)loongson.cn>
crypto: virtio - Add spinlock protection with virtqueue notification
Kees Cook <kees(a)kernel.org>
crypto: omap - Allocate OMAP_CRYPTO_FORCE_COPY scatterlists correctly
Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum(a)linux.dev>
crypto: octeontx - Fix length check to avoid truncation in ucode_load_store
Zenm Chen <zenmchen(a)gmail.com>
Bluetooth: btusb: Add USB ID 7392:e611 for Edimax EW-7611UXB
Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02(a)gmail.com>
driver core: enforce device_lock for driver_match_device()
Henrique Carvalho <henrique.carvalho(a)suse.com>
smb: server: fix leak of active_num_conn in ksmbd_tcp_new_connection()
Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon(a)kernel.org>
ksmbd: fix infinite loop caused by next_smb2_rcv_hdr_off reset in error paths
Henrique Carvalho <henrique.carvalho(a)suse.com>
smb: client: split cached_fid bitfields to avoid shared-byte RMW races
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Diffstat:
Makefile | 4 +-
drivers/base/base.h | 9 ++
drivers/base/bus.c | 2 +-
drivers/base/dd.c | 2 +-
drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c | 2 +
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/net/phy/sfp.c | 2 +
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.c | 4 +-
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 +-
drivers/spi/spi-cadence-quadspi.c | 34 +++++
fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c | 9 +-
fs/nfsd/stats.c | 4 +-
fs/nfsd/stats.h | 2 +-
fs/nilfs2/sufile.c | 4 +
fs/smb/client/cached_dir.h | 8 +-
fs/smb/server/server.c | 6 +-
fs/smb/server/transport_tcp.c | 3 +-
net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c | 16 ++-
net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 2 +-
net/netfilter/nft_compat.c | 6 +-
net/netfilter/nft_log.c | 2 +-
net/netfilter/nft_meta.c | 2 +-
net/netfilter/nft_numgen.c | 2 +-
net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c | 64 ++++++---
net/netfilter/nft_tunnel.c | 5 +-
tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.sh | 4 +
tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/pm_nl_ctl.c | 11 ++
tools/testing/vsock/control.c | 9 +-
tools/testing/vsock/util.c | 143 +++++++++++++++++++++
tools/testing/vsock/util.h | 7 +
tools/testing/vsock/vsock_test.c | 29 ++---
38 files changed, 406 insertions(+), 115 deletions(-)
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