This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.9 release. There are 122 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 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:38:23 +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-6.18.9-rc1.... 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@linuxfoundation.org Linux 6.18.9-rc1
Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) matttbe@kernel.org mptcp: avoid dup SUB_CLOSED events after disconnect
Tejun Heo tj@kernel.org sched_ext: Fix SCX_KICK_WAIT to work reliably
Tejun Heo tj@kernel.org sched_ext: Don't kick CPUs running higher classes
Chen Ni nichen@iscas.ac.cn net/sched: act_ife: convert comma to semicolon
John Ogness john.ogness@linutronix.de Revert "drm/nouveau/disp: Set drm_mode_config_funcs.atomic_(check|commit)"
Mikhail Gavrilov mikhail.v.gavrilov@gmail.com libbpf: Fix -Wdiscarded-qualifiers under C23
Andy Shevchenko andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com gpiolib: acpi: Fix potential out-of-boundary left shift
Nicolin Chen nicolinc@nvidia.com iommu/tegra241-cmdqv: Reset VCMDQ in tegra241_vcmdq_hw_init_user()
Alex Deucher alexander.deucher@amd.com drm/amdgpu: Fix cond_exec handling in amdgpu_ib_schedule()
Jon Doron jond@wiz.io drm/amdgpu: fix NULL pointer dereference in amdgpu_gmc_filter_faults_remove
Alex Deucher alexander.deucher@amd.com drm/amdgpu/gfx12: adjust KGQ reset sequence
Alex Deucher alexander.deucher@amd.com drm/amdgpu/gfx12: fix wptr reset in KGQ init
Alex Deucher alexander.deucher@amd.com drm/amdgpu/gfx11: adjust KGQ reset sequence
Alex Deucher alexander.deucher@amd.com drm/amdgpu/gfx11: fix wptr reset in KGQ init
Alex Deucher alexander.deucher@amd.com drm/amdgpu/gfx10: fix wptr reset in KGQ init
Alex Deucher alexander.deucher@amd.com drm/amdgpu/soc21: fix xclk for APUs
Yang Wang kevinyang.wang@amd.com drm/amd/pm: fix smu v14 soft clock frequency setting issue
Yang Wang kevinyang.wang@amd.com drm/amd/pm: fix smu v13 soft clock frequency setting issue
Johan Hovold johan@kernel.org drm/imx/tve: fix probe device leak
Johan Hovold johan@kernel.org drm/msm/a6xx: fix bogus hwcg register updates
Miguel Ojeda ojeda@kernel.org drm/tyr: depend on `COMMON_CLK` to fix build error
Tvrtko Ursulin tvrtko.ursulin@igalia.com drm/xe/xelp: Fix Wa_18022495364
Tvrtko Ursulin tvrtko.ursulin@igalia.com drm: Do not allow userspace to trigger kernel warnings in drm_gem_change_handle_ioctl()
Tamir Duberstein tamird@kernel.org scripts: generate_rust_analyzer: Add compiler_builtins -> core dep
SeungJong Ha engineer.jjhama@gmail.com scripts: generate_rust_analyzer: fix resolution of #[pin_data] macros
Tamir Duberstein tamird@kernel.org scripts: generate_rust_analyzer: compile sysroot with correct edition
Onur Özkan work@onurozkan.dev scripts: generate_rust_analyzer: remove sysroot assertion
Tamir Duberstein tamird@kernel.org scripts: generate_rust_analyzer: Add pin_init_internal deps
Tamir Duberstein tamird@kernel.org scripts: generate_rust_analyzer: Add pin_init -> compiler_builtins dep
Alexandre Courbot acourbot@nvidia.com rust: sync: refcount: always inline functions using build_assert with arguments
Miguel Ojeda ojeda@kernel.org rust: sync: atomic: Provide stub for `rusttest` 32-bit hosts
Alexandre Courbot acourbot@nvidia.com rust: bits: always inline functions using build_assert with arguments
Jibin Zhang jibin.zhang@mediatek.com net: fix segmentation of forwarding fraglist GRO
Kairui Song kasong@tencent.com mm/shmem, swap: fix race of truncate and swap entry split
Jane Chu jane.chu@oracle.com mm/memory-failure: teach kill_accessing_process to accept hugetlb tail page pfn
robin.kuo robin.kuo@mediatek.com mm, swap: restore swap_space attr aviod kernel panic
Jane Chu jane.chu@oracle.com mm/memory-failure: fix missing ->mf_stats count in hugetlb poison
Pimyn Girgis pimyn@google.com mm/kfence: randomize the freelist on initialization
Qu Wenruo wqu@suse.com btrfs: do not strictly require dirty metadata threshold for metadata writepages
Jan Kara jack@suse.cz flex_proportions: make fprop_new_period() hardirq safe
Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) matttbe@kernel.org selftests: mptcp: join: fix local endp not being tracked
Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) matttbe@kernel.org selftests: mptcp: check subflow errors in close events
Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) matttbe@kernel.org selftests: mptcp: check no dup close events after error
Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) matttbe@kernel.org mptcp: only reset subflow errors when propagated
Andrey Ryabinin ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com mm/kasan: fix KASAN poisoning in vrealloc()
Robin Murphy robin.murphy@arm.com gpio: rockchip: Stop calling pinctrl for set_direction
Zhang Heng zhangheng@kylinos.cn ALSA: hda/realtek: fix right sounds and mute/micmute LEDs for HP machine
Ming Lei ming.lei@redhat.com nvmet: fix race in nvmet_bio_done() leading to NULL pointer dereference
Kohei Enju kohei@enjuk.jp efivarfs: fix error propagation in efivar_entry_get()
Thomas Fourier fourier.thomas@gmail.com scsi: qla2xxx: edif: Fix dma_free_coherent() size
Chen Miao chenmiao@openatom.club kbuild: rust: clean libpin_init_internal in mrproper
Martin Larsson martin.larsson@actia.se gpio: pca953x: mask interrupts in irq shutdown
Zhang Heng zhangheng@kylinos.cn ASoC: amd: yc: Add DMI quirk for Acer TravelMate P216-41-TCO
Haoxiang Li lihaoxiang@isrc.iscas.ac.cn scsi: be2iscsi: Fix a memory leak in beiscsi_boot_get_sinfo()
Fabio Estevam festevam@gmail.com ASoC: fsl: imx-card: Do not force slot width to sample width
Miguel Ojeda ojeda@kernel.org rust: kbuild: give `--config-path` to `rustfmt` in `.rsi` target
Hang Shu m18080292938@163.com rust: rbtree: fix documentation typo in CursorMut peek_next method
Han Gao gaohan@iscas.ac.cn riscv: compat: fix COMPAT_UTS_MACHINE definition
Takashi Sakamoto o-takashi@sakamocchi.jp firewire: core: fix race condition against transaction list
Steven Rostedt rostedt@goodmis.org perf: sched: Fix perf crash with new is_user_task() helper
Krzysztof Kozlowski krzysztof.kozlowski@oss.qualcomm.com pinctrl: qcom: sm8350-lpass-lpi: Merge with SC7280 to fix I2S2 and SWR TX pins
Bartosz Golaszewski bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com pinctrl: meson: mark the GPIO controller as sleeping
Bartosz Golaszewski bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com pinctrl: lpass-lpi: implement .get_direction() for the GPIO driver
Laveesh Bansal laveeshb@laveeshbansal.com writeback: fix 100% CPU usage when dirtytime_expire_interval is 0
Peter Zijlstra peterz@infradead.org sched/deadline: Fix 'stuck' dl_server
Peter Zijlstra peterz@infradead.org sched/deadline: Document dl_server
Shuicheng Lin shuicheng.lin@intel.com drm/xe/nvm: Fix double-free on aux add failure
Shuicheng Lin shuicheng.lin@intel.com drm/xe/nvm: Manage nvm aux cleanup with devres
Shuicheng Lin shuicheng.lin@intel.com drm/xe/configfs: Fix is_bound() pci_dev lifetime
Sai Sree Kartheek Adivi s-adivi@ti.com dma/pool: distinguish between missing and exhausted atomic pools
Shida Zhang zhangshida@kylinos.cn bcache: fix I/O accounting leak in detached_dev_do_request
Shida Zhang zhangshida@kylinos.cn bcache: use bio cloning for detached device requests
Shida Zhang zhangshida@kylinos.cn bcache: fix improper use of bi_end_io
Oreoluwa Babatunde oreoluwa.babatunde@oss.qualcomm.com of: reserved_mem: Allow reserved_mem framework detect "cma=" kernel param
Yuntao Wang yuntao.wang@linux.dev of/reserved_mem: Simplify the logic of fdt_scan_reserved_mem_reg_nodes()
Ethan Zuo yuxuan.zuo@outlook.com kbuild: Fix permissions of modules.builtin.modinfo
Nathan Chancellor nathan@kernel.org kbuild: rpm-pkg: Generate debuginfo package manually
Doug Berger opendmb@gmail.com gpio: brcmstb: correct hwirq to bank map
Yang Wang kevinyang.wang@amd.com drm/amd/pm: fix race in power state check before mutex lock
Yuhao Huang nekowong743@gmail.com gpio: virtuser: fix UAF in configfs release path
Denis Sergeev denserg.edu@gmail.com gpiolib: acpi: use BIT_ULL() for u64 mask in address space handler
Tagir Garaev tgaraev653@gmail.com ASoC: Intel: sof_es8336: fix headphone GPIO logic inversion
Shuicheng Lin shuicheng.lin@intel.com drm/xe: Skip address copy for sync-only execs
Bard Liao yung-chuan.liao@linux.intel.com ASoC: soc-acpi-intel-ptl-match: fix name_prefix of rt1320-2
Kery Qi qikeyu2017@gmail.com scsi: firewire: sbp-target: Fix overflow in sbp_make_tpg()
Benjamin Berg benjamin.berg@intel.com wifi: mac80211: correctly decode TTLM with default link map
Benjamin Berg benjamin.berg@intel.com wifi: mac80211: apply advertised TTLM from association response
Benjamin Berg benjamin.berg@intel.com wifi: mac80211: parse all TTLM entries
Jianbo Liu jianbol@nvidia.com net/mlx5e: Skip ESN replay window setup for IPsec crypto offload
Parav Pandit parav@nvidia.com net/mlx5: Fix vhca_id access call trace use before alloc
Cosmin Ratiu cratiu@nvidia.com net/mlx5: Initialize events outside devlink lock
Shay Drory shayd@nvidia.com net/mlx5: fs, Fix inverted cap check in tx flow table root disconnect
Wei Fang wei.fang@nxp.com net: phy: micrel: fix clk warning when removing the driver
Daniel Zahka daniel.zahka@gmail.com net/mlx5e: don't assume psp tx skbs are ipv6 csum handling
Martin Kaiser martin@kaiser.cx net: bridge: fix static key check
Kuniyuki Iwashima kuniyu@google.com nfc: nci: Fix race between rfkill and nci_unregister_device().
Gal Pressman gal@nvidia.com net/mlx5e: Account for netdev stats in ndo_get_stats64
Mark Bloch mbloch@nvidia.com net/mlx5e: TC, delete flows only for existing peers
Jesse Brandeburg jbrandeburg@cloudflare.com ice: stop counting UDP csum mismatch as rx_errors
Aaron Ma aaron.ma@canonical.com ice: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ice_vsi_set_napi_queues
Kohei Enju enjuk@amazon.com ixgbe: don't initialize aci lock in ixgbe_recovery_probe()
Kohei Enju enjuk@amazon.com ixgbe: fix memory leaks in the ixgbe_recovery_probe() path
Nikolay Aleksandrov razor@blackwall.org bonding: fix use-after-free due to enslave fail after slave array update
Kuniyuki Iwashima kuniyu@google.com nfc: llcp: Fix memleak in nfc_llcp_send_ui_frame().
Vivian Wang wangruikang@iscas.ac.cn net: spacemit: Check for netif_carrier_ok() in emac_stats_update()
Eric Dumazet edumazet@google.com mptcp: fix race in mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit()
Kery Qi qikeyu2017@gmail.com rocker: fix memory leak in rocker_world_port_post_fini()
Zeng Chi zengchi@kylinos.cn net/mlx5: Fix return type mismatch in mlx5_esw_vport_vhca_id()
Kery Qi qikeyu2017@gmail.com net: wwan: t7xx: fix potential skb->frags overflow in RX path
Fernando Fernandez Mancera fmancera@suse.de ipv6: use the right ifindex when replying to icmpv6 from localhost
Zilin Guan zilin@seu.edu.cn net: mvpp2: cls: Fix memory leak in mvpp2_ethtool_cls_rule_ins()
Edward Cree ecree.xilinx@gmail.com sfc: fix deadlock in RSS config read
Eric Dumazet edumazet@google.com bonding: annotate data-races around slave->last_rx
Zilin Guan zilin@seu.edu.cn octeon_ep: Fix memory leak in octep_device_setup()
Justin Chen justin.chen@broadcom.com net: bcmasp: fix early exit leak with fixed phy
Marc Kleine-Budde mkl@pengutronix.de can: gs_usb: gs_usb_receive_bulk_callback(): fix error message
Zilin Guan zilin@seu.edu.cn net/mlx5: Fix memory leak in esw_acl_ingress_lgcy_setup()
Jianpeng Chang jianpeng.chang.cn@windriver.com Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix memory leak in set_ssp_complete
Jia-Hong Su s11242586@gmail.com Bluetooth: hci_uart: fix null-ptr-deref in hci_uart_write_work
Zilin Guan zilin@seu.edu.cn can: at91_can: Fix memory leak in at91_can_probe()
Qu Wenruo wqu@suse.com btrfs: zlib: fix the folio leak on S390 hardware acceleration
Amir Goldstein amir73il@gmail.com readdir: require opt-in for d_type flags
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Diffstat:
Makefile | 7 +- arch/arm64/configs/defconfig | 1 - arch/riscv/include/asm/compat.h | 2 +- drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c | 4 +- drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c | 19 +- drivers/gpio/gpio-brcmstb.c | 8 +- drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c | 2 + drivers/gpio/gpio-rockchip.c | 8 - drivers/gpio/gpio-virtuser.c | 8 +- drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi-core.c | 21 +- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gmc.c | 7 +- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ib.c | 5 +- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v10_0.c | 2 +- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v11_0.c | 25 +-- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v12_0.c | 25 +-- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/soc21.c | 8 +- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/amdgpu_dpm.c | 7 +- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/inc/smu_v13_0.h | 1 + drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/inc/smu_v14_0.h | 1 + drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu13/smu_v13_0.c | 1 + drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu14/smu_v14_0.c | 1 + drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c | 18 +- drivers/gpu/drm/imx/ipuv3/imx-tve.c | 13 ++ drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_catalog.c | 2 - drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c | 2 - drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/Kconfig | 1 + drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_configfs.c | 3 +- drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c | 2 - drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec.c | 6 +- drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_lrc.c | 2 +- drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_nvm.c | 55 +++--- drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_nvm.h | 2 - drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/tegra241-cmdqv.c | 3 + drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h | 9 + drivers/md/bcache/request.c | 82 ++++---- drivers/md/bcache/super.c | 12 +- drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 28 +-- drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c | 8 +- drivers/net/can/at91_can.c | 2 +- drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c | 4 +- drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/asp2/bcmasp_intf.c | 5 +- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c | 10 +- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c | 1 - drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 26 +-- drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_cls.c | 2 +- .../net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/debugfs.c | 16 ++ .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec.c | 3 +- .../mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/psp_rxtx.c | 17 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c | 20 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c | 19 +- .../mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/acl/ingress_lgcy.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_cmd.c | 3 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c | 36 ++-- .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h | 1 + .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sf/dev/driver.c | 1 + drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_main.c | 5 +- drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mcdi_filters.c | 7 +- drivers/net/ethernet/spacemit/k1_emac.c | 34 +++- drivers/net/phy/micrel.c | 17 +- drivers/net/wwan/t7xx/t7xx_hif_dpmaif_rx.c | 9 +- drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-bdev.c | 3 +- drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c | 44 +++-- drivers/pinctrl/meson/pinctrl-meson.c | 2 +- drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-rockchip.c | 9 +- drivers/pinctrl/qcom/Kconfig | 15 +- drivers/pinctrl/qcom/Makefile | 1 - drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-lpass-lpi.c | 17 ++ drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-sc7280-lpass-lpi.c | 3 + drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-sm8350-lpass-lpi.c | 151 -------------- drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_mgmt.c | 1 + drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c | 2 +- drivers/target/sbp/sbp_target.c | 4 +- fs/btrfs/disk-io.c | 22 --- fs/btrfs/extent_io.c | 3 +- fs/btrfs/extent_io.h | 3 +- fs/btrfs/zlib.c | 1 + fs/efivarfs/vars.c | 2 +- fs/fs-writeback.c | 14 +- fs/readdir.c | 3 + include/linux/cma.h | 9 + include/linux/fs.h | 6 +- include/linux/kasan.h | 14 ++ include/linux/sched.h | 5 + include/net/bonding.h | 13 +- include/net/nfc/nfc.h | 2 + kernel/dma/contiguous.c | 16 +- kernel/dma/pool.c | 7 +- kernel/events/callchain.c | 2 +- kernel/events/core.c | 6 +- kernel/sched/deadline.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++ kernel/sched/ext.c | 57 +++--- kernel/sched/ext_internal.h | 6 +- lib/flex_proportions.c | 5 +- mm/kasan/common.c | 21 ++ mm/kfence/core.c | 23 ++- mm/memory-failure.c | 99 ++++++---- mm/shmem.c | 45 +++-- mm/swap.h | 2 +- mm/swap_state.c | 3 +- mm/vmalloc.c | 7 +- net/bluetooth/mgmt.c | 3 + net/bridge/br_input.c | 2 +- net/core/filter.c | 2 + net/ipv4/tcp_offload.c | 3 +- net/ipv4/udp_offload.c | 3 +- net/ipv6/icmp.c | 4 +- net/ipv6/tcpv6_offload.c | 3 +- net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h | 2 - net/mac80211/mlme.c | 217 ++++++++++++--------- net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c | 16 +- net/mptcp/protocol.c | 13 +- net/nfc/core.c | 27 ++- net/nfc/llcp_commands.c | 17 +- net/nfc/llcp_core.c | 4 +- net/nfc/nci/core.c | 4 +- net/sched/act_ife.c | 6 +- rust/kernel/bits.rs | 6 +- rust/kernel/rbtree.rs | 2 +- rust/kernel/sync/atomic/predefine.rs | 11 ++ rust/kernel/sync/refcount.rs | 3 +- scripts/Makefile.build | 2 +- scripts/Makefile.vmlinux | 3 +- scripts/generate_rust_analyzer.py | 40 +++- scripts/package/kernel.spec | 65 +++--- sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c | 1 + sound/soc/amd/yc/acp6x-mach.c | 8 + sound/soc/fsl/imx-card.c | 1 - sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_es8336.c | 2 +- sound/soc/intel/common/soc-acpi-intel-ptl-match.c | 2 +- tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 7 +- tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh | 81 +++++++- 133 files changed, 1285 insertions(+), 784 deletions(-)
On Wed Feb 4, 2026 at 3:39 PM CET, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.9 release. There are 122 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 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:38:23 +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-6.18.9-rc1.... 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
Thanks! Build-tested on all Alpine architectures & boot-tested on x86_64.
Tested-by: Achill Gilgenast achill@achill.org
# Librecast Test Results
020/020 [ OK ] liblcrq 010/010 [ OK ] libmld 120/120 [ OK ] liblibrecast
CPU/kernel: Linux auntie 6.18.9-rc1-gcc6f56fd087b #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Feb 4 19:43:37 -00 2026 x86_64 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
Tested-by: Brett A C Sheffield bacs@librecast.net
On 2/4/26 06:39, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.9 release. There are 122 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 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:38:23 +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-6.18.9-rc1.... 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
On ARCH_BRCMSTB using 32-bit and 64-bit ARM kernels, build tested on BMIPS_GENERIC:
Tested-by: Florian Fainelli florian.fainelli@broadcom.com
On Wed, 04 Feb 2026 15:39:42 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.9 release. There are 122 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 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:38:23 +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-6.18.9-rc1.... 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
All tests passing for Tegra ...
Test results for stable-v6.18: 10 builds: 10 pass, 0 fail 28 boots: 28 pass, 0 fail 133 tests: 133 pass, 0 fail
Linux version: 6.18.9-rc1-gcc6f56fd087b Boards tested: tegra124-jetson-tk1, tegra186-p2771-0000, tegra186-p3509-0000+p3636-0001, tegra194-p2972-0000, tegra194-p3509-0000+p3668-0000, tegra20-ventana, tegra210-p2371-2180, tegra210-p3450-0000, tegra30-cardhu-a04
Tested-by: Jon Hunter jonathanh@nvidia.com
Jon
On Wed, Feb 04, 2026 at 03:39:42PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.9 release. There are 122 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 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:38:23 +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-6.18.9-rc1.... 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
Tested rc1 against the Fedora build system (aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64), and boot tested x86_64. No regressions noted.
Tested-by: Justin M. Forbes jforbes@fedoraproject.org
Hi Greg
On Thu, Feb 5, 2026 at 12:50 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.9 release. There are 122 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 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:38:23 +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-6.18.9-rc1.... 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
6.18.9-rc1 tested.
Build successfully completed. Boot successfully completed. No dmesg regressions. Video output normal. Sound output normal.
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen10(Intel i7-1260P(x86_64) arch linux)
[ 0.000000] Linux version 6.18.9-rc1rv-gcc6f56fd087b (takeshi@ThinkPadX1Gen10J0764) (gcc (GCC) 15.2.1 20260103, GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.45.1) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Feb 5 07:21:27 JST 2026
Thanks
Tested-by: Takeshi Ogasawara takeshi.ogasawara@futuring-girl.com
Am 04.02.2026 um 15:39 schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman:
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.9 release. There are 122 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.
Builds, boots and works on my 2-socket Ivy Bridge Xeon E5-2697 v2 server. No dmesg oddities or regressions found.
Tested-by: Peter Schneider pschneider1968@googlemail.com
Beste Grüße, Peter Schneider
Tested-by: Luna Jernberg droidbittin@gmail.com
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6-Core Processor: https://www.inet.se/produkt/5304697/amd-ryzen-5-5600-3-5-ghz-35mb on a https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B550-AORUS-ELITE-V2-rev-12 https://www.inet.se/produkt/1903406/gigabyte-b550-aorus-elite-v2 motherboard :)
running Arch Linux with the testing repos enabled: https://archlinux.org/ https://archboot.com/ https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_Testing_Team
Den ons 4 feb. 2026 kl 16:38 skrev Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org:
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.9 release. There are 122 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 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:38:23 +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-6.18.9-rc1.... 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@linuxfoundation.org Linux 6.18.9-rc1
Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) matttbe@kernel.org mptcp: avoid dup SUB_CLOSED events after disconnect
Tejun Heo tj@kernel.org sched_ext: Fix SCX_KICK_WAIT to work reliably
Tejun Heo tj@kernel.org sched_ext: Don't kick CPUs running higher classes
Chen Ni nichen@iscas.ac.cn net/sched: act_ife: convert comma to semicolon
John Ogness john.ogness@linutronix.de Revert "drm/nouveau/disp: Set drm_mode_config_funcs.atomic_(check|commit)"
Mikhail Gavrilov mikhail.v.gavrilov@gmail.com libbpf: Fix -Wdiscarded-qualifiers under C23
Andy Shevchenko andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com gpiolib: acpi: Fix potential out-of-boundary left shift
Nicolin Chen nicolinc@nvidia.com iommu/tegra241-cmdqv: Reset VCMDQ in tegra241_vcmdq_hw_init_user()
Alex Deucher alexander.deucher@amd.com drm/amdgpu: Fix cond_exec handling in amdgpu_ib_schedule()
Jon Doron jond@wiz.io drm/amdgpu: fix NULL pointer dereference in amdgpu_gmc_filter_faults_remove
Alex Deucher alexander.deucher@amd.com drm/amdgpu/gfx12: adjust KGQ reset sequence
Alex Deucher alexander.deucher@amd.com drm/amdgpu/gfx12: fix wptr reset in KGQ init
Alex Deucher alexander.deucher@amd.com drm/amdgpu/gfx11: adjust KGQ reset sequence
Alex Deucher alexander.deucher@amd.com drm/amdgpu/gfx11: fix wptr reset in KGQ init
Alex Deucher alexander.deucher@amd.com drm/amdgpu/gfx10: fix wptr reset in KGQ init
Alex Deucher alexander.deucher@amd.com drm/amdgpu/soc21: fix xclk for APUs
Yang Wang kevinyang.wang@amd.com drm/amd/pm: fix smu v14 soft clock frequency setting issue
Yang Wang kevinyang.wang@amd.com drm/amd/pm: fix smu v13 soft clock frequency setting issue
Johan Hovold johan@kernel.org drm/imx/tve: fix probe device leak
Johan Hovold johan@kernel.org drm/msm/a6xx: fix bogus hwcg register updates
Miguel Ojeda ojeda@kernel.org drm/tyr: depend on `COMMON_CLK` to fix build error
Tvrtko Ursulin tvrtko.ursulin@igalia.com drm/xe/xelp: Fix Wa_18022495364
Tvrtko Ursulin tvrtko.ursulin@igalia.com drm: Do not allow userspace to trigger kernel warnings in drm_gem_change_handle_ioctl()
Tamir Duberstein tamird@kernel.org scripts: generate_rust_analyzer: Add compiler_builtins -> core dep
SeungJong Ha engineer.jjhama@gmail.com scripts: generate_rust_analyzer: fix resolution of #[pin_data] macros
Tamir Duberstein tamird@kernel.org scripts: generate_rust_analyzer: compile sysroot with correct edition
Onur Özkan work@onurozkan.dev scripts: generate_rust_analyzer: remove sysroot assertion
Tamir Duberstein tamird@kernel.org scripts: generate_rust_analyzer: Add pin_init_internal deps
Tamir Duberstein tamird@kernel.org scripts: generate_rust_analyzer: Add pin_init -> compiler_builtins dep
Alexandre Courbot acourbot@nvidia.com rust: sync: refcount: always inline functions using build_assert with arguments
Miguel Ojeda ojeda@kernel.org rust: sync: atomic: Provide stub for `rusttest` 32-bit hosts
Alexandre Courbot acourbot@nvidia.com rust: bits: always inline functions using build_assert with arguments
Jibin Zhang jibin.zhang@mediatek.com net: fix segmentation of forwarding fraglist GRO
Kairui Song kasong@tencent.com mm/shmem, swap: fix race of truncate and swap entry split
Jane Chu jane.chu@oracle.com mm/memory-failure: teach kill_accessing_process to accept hugetlb tail page pfn
robin.kuo robin.kuo@mediatek.com mm, swap: restore swap_space attr aviod kernel panic
Jane Chu jane.chu@oracle.com mm/memory-failure: fix missing ->mf_stats count in hugetlb poison
Pimyn Girgis pimyn@google.com mm/kfence: randomize the freelist on initialization
Qu Wenruo wqu@suse.com btrfs: do not strictly require dirty metadata threshold for metadata writepages
Jan Kara jack@suse.cz flex_proportions: make fprop_new_period() hardirq safe
Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) matttbe@kernel.org selftests: mptcp: join: fix local endp not being tracked
Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) matttbe@kernel.org selftests: mptcp: check subflow errors in close events
Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) matttbe@kernel.org selftests: mptcp: check no dup close events after error
Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) matttbe@kernel.org mptcp: only reset subflow errors when propagated
Andrey Ryabinin ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com mm/kasan: fix KASAN poisoning in vrealloc()
Robin Murphy robin.murphy@arm.com gpio: rockchip: Stop calling pinctrl for set_direction
Zhang Heng zhangheng@kylinos.cn ALSA: hda/realtek: fix right sounds and mute/micmute LEDs for HP machine
Ming Lei ming.lei@redhat.com nvmet: fix race in nvmet_bio_done() leading to NULL pointer dereference
Kohei Enju kohei@enjuk.jp efivarfs: fix error propagation in efivar_entry_get()
Thomas Fourier fourier.thomas@gmail.com scsi: qla2xxx: edif: Fix dma_free_coherent() size
Chen Miao chenmiao@openatom.club kbuild: rust: clean libpin_init_internal in mrproper
Martin Larsson martin.larsson@actia.se gpio: pca953x: mask interrupts in irq shutdown
Zhang Heng zhangheng@kylinos.cn ASoC: amd: yc: Add DMI quirk for Acer TravelMate P216-41-TCO
Haoxiang Li lihaoxiang@isrc.iscas.ac.cn scsi: be2iscsi: Fix a memory leak in beiscsi_boot_get_sinfo()
Fabio Estevam festevam@gmail.com ASoC: fsl: imx-card: Do not force slot width to sample width
Miguel Ojeda ojeda@kernel.org rust: kbuild: give `--config-path` to `rustfmt` in `.rsi` target
Hang Shu m18080292938@163.com rust: rbtree: fix documentation typo in CursorMut peek_next method
Han Gao gaohan@iscas.ac.cn riscv: compat: fix COMPAT_UTS_MACHINE definition
Takashi Sakamoto o-takashi@sakamocchi.jp firewire: core: fix race condition against transaction list
Steven Rostedt rostedt@goodmis.org perf: sched: Fix perf crash with new is_user_task() helper
Krzysztof Kozlowski krzysztof.kozlowski@oss.qualcomm.com pinctrl: qcom: sm8350-lpass-lpi: Merge with SC7280 to fix I2S2 and SWR TX pins
Bartosz Golaszewski bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com pinctrl: meson: mark the GPIO controller as sleeping
Bartosz Golaszewski bartosz.golaszewski@oss.qualcomm.com pinctrl: lpass-lpi: implement .get_direction() for the GPIO driver
Laveesh Bansal laveeshb@laveeshbansal.com writeback: fix 100% CPU usage when dirtytime_expire_interval is 0
Peter Zijlstra peterz@infradead.org sched/deadline: Fix 'stuck' dl_server
Peter Zijlstra peterz@infradead.org sched/deadline: Document dl_server
Shuicheng Lin shuicheng.lin@intel.com drm/xe/nvm: Fix double-free on aux add failure
Shuicheng Lin shuicheng.lin@intel.com drm/xe/nvm: Manage nvm aux cleanup with devres
Shuicheng Lin shuicheng.lin@intel.com drm/xe/configfs: Fix is_bound() pci_dev lifetime
Sai Sree Kartheek Adivi s-adivi@ti.com dma/pool: distinguish between missing and exhausted atomic pools
Shida Zhang zhangshida@kylinos.cn bcache: fix I/O accounting leak in detached_dev_do_request
Shida Zhang zhangshida@kylinos.cn bcache: use bio cloning for detached device requests
Shida Zhang zhangshida@kylinos.cn bcache: fix improper use of bi_end_io
Oreoluwa Babatunde oreoluwa.babatunde@oss.qualcomm.com of: reserved_mem: Allow reserved_mem framework detect "cma=" kernel param
Yuntao Wang yuntao.wang@linux.dev of/reserved_mem: Simplify the logic of fdt_scan_reserved_mem_reg_nodes()
Ethan Zuo yuxuan.zuo@outlook.com kbuild: Fix permissions of modules.builtin.modinfo
Nathan Chancellor nathan@kernel.org kbuild: rpm-pkg: Generate debuginfo package manually
Doug Berger opendmb@gmail.com gpio: brcmstb: correct hwirq to bank map
Yang Wang kevinyang.wang@amd.com drm/amd/pm: fix race in power state check before mutex lock
Yuhao Huang nekowong743@gmail.com gpio: virtuser: fix UAF in configfs release path
Denis Sergeev denserg.edu@gmail.com gpiolib: acpi: use BIT_ULL() for u64 mask in address space handler
Tagir Garaev tgaraev653@gmail.com ASoC: Intel: sof_es8336: fix headphone GPIO logic inversion
Shuicheng Lin shuicheng.lin@intel.com drm/xe: Skip address copy for sync-only execs
Bard Liao yung-chuan.liao@linux.intel.com ASoC: soc-acpi-intel-ptl-match: fix name_prefix of rt1320-2
Kery Qi qikeyu2017@gmail.com scsi: firewire: sbp-target: Fix overflow in sbp_make_tpg()
Benjamin Berg benjamin.berg@intel.com wifi: mac80211: correctly decode TTLM with default link map
Benjamin Berg benjamin.berg@intel.com wifi: mac80211: apply advertised TTLM from association response
Benjamin Berg benjamin.berg@intel.com wifi: mac80211: parse all TTLM entries
Jianbo Liu jianbol@nvidia.com net/mlx5e: Skip ESN replay window setup for IPsec crypto offload
Parav Pandit parav@nvidia.com net/mlx5: Fix vhca_id access call trace use before alloc
Cosmin Ratiu cratiu@nvidia.com net/mlx5: Initialize events outside devlink lock
Shay Drory shayd@nvidia.com net/mlx5: fs, Fix inverted cap check in tx flow table root disconnect
Wei Fang wei.fang@nxp.com net: phy: micrel: fix clk warning when removing the driver
Daniel Zahka daniel.zahka@gmail.com net/mlx5e: don't assume psp tx skbs are ipv6 csum handling
Martin Kaiser martin@kaiser.cx net: bridge: fix static key check
Kuniyuki Iwashima kuniyu@google.com nfc: nci: Fix race between rfkill and nci_unregister_device().
Gal Pressman gal@nvidia.com net/mlx5e: Account for netdev stats in ndo_get_stats64
Mark Bloch mbloch@nvidia.com net/mlx5e: TC, delete flows only for existing peers
Jesse Brandeburg jbrandeburg@cloudflare.com ice: stop counting UDP csum mismatch as rx_errors
Aaron Ma aaron.ma@canonical.com ice: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ice_vsi_set_napi_queues
Kohei Enju enjuk@amazon.com ixgbe: don't initialize aci lock in ixgbe_recovery_probe()
Kohei Enju enjuk@amazon.com ixgbe: fix memory leaks in the ixgbe_recovery_probe() path
Nikolay Aleksandrov razor@blackwall.org bonding: fix use-after-free due to enslave fail after slave array update
Kuniyuki Iwashima kuniyu@google.com nfc: llcp: Fix memleak in nfc_llcp_send_ui_frame().
Vivian Wang wangruikang@iscas.ac.cn net: spacemit: Check for netif_carrier_ok() in emac_stats_update()
Eric Dumazet edumazet@google.com mptcp: fix race in mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit()
Kery Qi qikeyu2017@gmail.com rocker: fix memory leak in rocker_world_port_post_fini()
Zeng Chi zengchi@kylinos.cn net/mlx5: Fix return type mismatch in mlx5_esw_vport_vhca_id()
Kery Qi qikeyu2017@gmail.com net: wwan: t7xx: fix potential skb->frags overflow in RX path
Fernando Fernandez Mancera fmancera@suse.de ipv6: use the right ifindex when replying to icmpv6 from localhost
Zilin Guan zilin@seu.edu.cn net: mvpp2: cls: Fix memory leak in mvpp2_ethtool_cls_rule_ins()
Edward Cree ecree.xilinx@gmail.com sfc: fix deadlock in RSS config read
Eric Dumazet edumazet@google.com bonding: annotate data-races around slave->last_rx
Zilin Guan zilin@seu.edu.cn octeon_ep: Fix memory leak in octep_device_setup()
Justin Chen justin.chen@broadcom.com net: bcmasp: fix early exit leak with fixed phy
Marc Kleine-Budde mkl@pengutronix.de can: gs_usb: gs_usb_receive_bulk_callback(): fix error message
Zilin Guan zilin@seu.edu.cn net/mlx5: Fix memory leak in esw_acl_ingress_lgcy_setup()
Jianpeng Chang jianpeng.chang.cn@windriver.com Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix memory leak in set_ssp_complete
Jia-Hong Su s11242586@gmail.com Bluetooth: hci_uart: fix null-ptr-deref in hci_uart_write_work
Zilin Guan zilin@seu.edu.cn can: at91_can: Fix memory leak in at91_can_probe()
Qu Wenruo wqu@suse.com btrfs: zlib: fix the folio leak on S390 hardware acceleration
Amir Goldstein amir73il@gmail.com readdir: require opt-in for d_type flags
Diffstat:
Makefile | 7 +- arch/arm64/configs/defconfig | 1 - arch/riscv/include/asm/compat.h | 2 +- drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c | 4 +- drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c | 19 +- drivers/gpio/gpio-brcmstb.c | 8 +- drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c | 2 + drivers/gpio/gpio-rockchip.c | 8 - drivers/gpio/gpio-virtuser.c | 8 +- drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi-core.c | 21 +- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_gmc.c | 7 +- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ib.c | 5 +- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v10_0.c | 2 +- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v11_0.c | 25 +-- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/gfx_v12_0.c | 25 +-- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/soc21.c | 8 +- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/amdgpu_dpm.c | 7 +- drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/inc/smu_v13_0.h | 1 + drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/inc/smu_v14_0.h | 1 + drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu13/smu_v13_0.c | 1 + drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu14/smu_v14_0.c | 1 + drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c | 18 +- drivers/gpu/drm/imx/ipuv3/imx-tve.c | 13 ++ drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_catalog.c | 2 - drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_display.c | 2 - drivers/gpu/drm/tyr/Kconfig | 1 + drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_configfs.c | 3 +- drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c | 2 - drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_exec.c | 6 +- drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_lrc.c | 2 +- drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_nvm.c | 55 +++--- drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_nvm.h | 2 - drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/tegra241-cmdqv.c | 3 + drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h | 9 + drivers/md/bcache/request.c | 82 ++++---- drivers/md/bcache/super.c | 12 +- drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 28 +-- drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c | 8 +- drivers/net/can/at91_can.c | 2 +- drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c | 4 +- drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/asp2/bcmasp_intf.c | 5 +- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c | 10 +- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c | 1 - drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 26 +-- drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_cls.c | 2 +- .../net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_main.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/debugfs.c | 16 ++ .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec.c | 3 +- .../mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/psp_rxtx.c | 17 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c | 20 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c | 19 +- .../mellanox/mlx5/core/esw/acl/ingress_lgcy.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fs_cmd.c | 3 +- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c | 36 ++-- .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h | 1 + .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sf/dev/driver.c | 1 + drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_main.c | 5 +- drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/mcdi_filters.c | 7 +- drivers/net/ethernet/spacemit/k1_emac.c | 34 +++- drivers/net/phy/micrel.c | 17 +- drivers/net/wwan/t7xx/t7xx_hif_dpmaif_rx.c | 9 +- drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-bdev.c | 3 +- drivers/of/of_reserved_mem.c | 44 +++-- drivers/pinctrl/meson/pinctrl-meson.c | 2 +- drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-rockchip.c | 9 +- drivers/pinctrl/qcom/Kconfig | 15 +- drivers/pinctrl/qcom/Makefile | 1 - drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-lpass-lpi.c | 17 ++ drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-sc7280-lpass-lpi.c | 3 + drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-sm8350-lpass-lpi.c | 151 -------------- drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_mgmt.c | 1 + drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c | 2 +- drivers/target/sbp/sbp_target.c | 4 +- fs/btrfs/disk-io.c | 22 --- fs/btrfs/extent_io.c | 3 +- fs/btrfs/extent_io.h | 3 +- fs/btrfs/zlib.c | 1 + fs/efivarfs/vars.c | 2 +- fs/fs-writeback.c | 14 +- fs/readdir.c | 3 + include/linux/cma.h | 9 + include/linux/fs.h | 6 +- include/linux/kasan.h | 14 ++ include/linux/sched.h | 5 + include/net/bonding.h | 13 +- include/net/nfc/nfc.h | 2 + kernel/dma/contiguous.c | 16 +- kernel/dma/pool.c | 7 +- kernel/events/callchain.c | 2 +- kernel/events/core.c | 6 +- kernel/sched/deadline.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++ kernel/sched/ext.c | 57 +++--- kernel/sched/ext_internal.h | 6 +- lib/flex_proportions.c | 5 +- mm/kasan/common.c | 21 ++ mm/kfence/core.c | 23 ++- mm/memory-failure.c | 99 ++++++---- mm/shmem.c | 45 +++-- mm/swap.h | 2 +- mm/swap_state.c | 3 +- mm/vmalloc.c | 7 +- net/bluetooth/mgmt.c | 3 + net/bridge/br_input.c | 2 +- net/core/filter.c | 2 + net/ipv4/tcp_offload.c | 3 +- net/ipv4/udp_offload.c | 3 +- net/ipv6/icmp.c | 4 +- net/ipv6/tcpv6_offload.c | 3 +- net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h | 2 - net/mac80211/mlme.c | 217 ++++++++++++--------- net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c | 16 +- net/mptcp/protocol.c | 13 +- net/nfc/core.c | 27 ++- net/nfc/llcp_commands.c | 17 +- net/nfc/llcp_core.c | 4 +- net/nfc/nci/core.c | 4 +- net/sched/act_ife.c | 6 +- rust/kernel/bits.rs | 6 +- rust/kernel/rbtree.rs | 2 +- rust/kernel/sync/atomic/predefine.rs | 11 ++ rust/kernel/sync/refcount.rs | 3 +- scripts/Makefile.build | 2 +- scripts/Makefile.vmlinux | 3 +- scripts/generate_rust_analyzer.py | 40 +++- scripts/package/kernel.spec | 65 +++--- sound/hda/codecs/realtek/alc269.c | 1 + sound/soc/amd/yc/acp6x-mach.c | 8 + sound/soc/fsl/imx-card.c | 1 - sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_es8336.c | 2 +- sound/soc/intel/common/soc-acpi-intel-ptl-match.c | 2 +- tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 7 +- tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh | 81 +++++++- 133 files changed, 1285 insertions(+), 784 deletions(-)
On 2/4/26 06:39, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.9 release. There are 122 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 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:38:23 +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-6.18.9-rc1.... 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
Built and booted successfully on RISC-V RV64 (HiFive Unmatched).
Tested-by: Ron Economos re@w6rz.net
On Wed, Feb 04, 2026 at 03:39:42PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.9 release. There are 122 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.
Tested-by: Mark Brown broonie@kernel.org
On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 11:00 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.9 release. There are 122 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 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:38:23 +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-6.18.9-rc1.... 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
Builds successfully. Boots and works on qemu and Intel Core i7-10810U
Tested-by: Brett Mastbergen bmastbergen@ciq.com
Thanks, Brett
The kernel, bpf tool, perf tool, and kselftest builds fine for v6.18.9-rc1 on x86 and arm64 Azure VM.
Tested-by: Hardik Garg hargar@linux.microsoft.com
Thanks, Hardik
On 2/4/26 06:39, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.9 release. There are 122 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 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:38:23 +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-6.18.9-rc1.... 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
Tested on two amd64 systems, a Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 1 and a DIY home NAS. Working well, no regressions observed.
Tested-by: Barry K. Nathan barryn@pobox.com
On Wed, Feb 04, 2026 at 03:39:42PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.9 release. There are 122 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.
test_progs, test_progs-no_alu32, test_progs-cpuv4, test_maps, test_verifier in BPF selftests all passes[1] on x86_64.
Tested-by: Shung-Hsi Yu shung-hsi.yu@suse.com
1: https://github.com/shunghsiyu/libbpf/actions/runs/21724288947/job/6266211382...
On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 9:11 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.9 release. There are 122 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 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:38:23 +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-6.18.9-rc1.... 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
build and boot report for Linux 6.18.9-rc1.
The kernel was built and booted successfull on both arm64 and x86_64 architectures using the defconfig. Testing was performed in virtual environments, and the system ran as expected.
No dmesg regressions were found during testing.
Build details: Architectures: arm64, x86_64 Kernel version: 6.18.9 Configuration: defconfig Source: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git Commit: 28a73c31d7f5d9d2276c92e1d4891c18a5631e6e
Tested-by: Dileep Malepu dileep.debian@gmail.com
On Wed, 04 Feb 2026 15:39:42 +0100 Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.9 release. There are 122 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 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:38:23 +0000. Anything received after that time might be too late.
Boot-tested under QEMU for Rust x86_64, arm64 and riscv64; built-tested for loongarch64:
Tested-by: Miguel Ojeda ojeda@kernel.org
Thanks!
Cheers, Miguel
Build error related screenshot below.
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$make -j 4 DESCEND objtool DESCEND bpf/resolve_btfids INSTALL libsubcmd_headers INSTALL libbpf_headers INSTALL libsubcmd_headers make[5]: *** No rule to make target 'str_error.h', needed by '/home/jeffrin/kernel/linux-stable-rc/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/libbpf/staticobjs/libbpf.o'. Stop. make[4]: *** [Makefile:152: /home/jeffrin/kernel/linux-stable-rc/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/libbpf/staticobjs/libbpf-in.o] Error 2 make[3]: *** [Makefile:61: /home/jeffrin/kernel/linux-stable-rc/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids//libbpf/libbpf.a] Error 2 make[2]: *** [Makefile:76: bpf/resolve_btfids] Error 2 make[1]: *** [/home/jeffrin/kernel/linux-stable-rc/Makefile:1449: tools/bpf/resolve_btfids] Error 2 make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh make: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2 -----------------------<screenshot>---------------------------
Tested-by: Jeffrin Jose T jeffrin@rajagiritech.edu.in
-- software engineer rajagiri school of engineering and technology
On Fri, Feb 06, 2026 at 05:29:58PM +0530, Jeffrin Thalakkottoor wrote:
Build error related screenshot below.
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$make -j 4 DESCEND objtool DESCEND bpf/resolve_btfids INSTALL libsubcmd_headers INSTALL libbpf_headers INSTALL libsubcmd_headers make[5]: *** No rule to make target 'str_error.h', needed by '/home/jeffrin/kernel/linux-stable-rc/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/libbpf/staticobjs/libbpf.o'. Stop. make[4]: *** [Makefile:152: /home/jeffrin/kernel/linux-stable-rc/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/libbpf/staticobjs/libbpf-in.o] Error 2 make[3]: *** [Makefile:61: /home/jeffrin/kernel/linux-stable-rc/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids//libbpf/libbpf.a] Error 2 make[2]: *** [Makefile:76: bpf/resolve_btfids] Error 2 make[1]: *** [/home/jeffrin/kernel/linux-stable-rc/Makefile:1449: tools/bpf/resolve_btfids] Error 2 make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh make: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2 -----------------------<screenshot>---------------------------
What .config causes this?
thanks,
greg k-h
On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 6:01 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
On Fri, Feb 06, 2026 at 05:29:58PM +0530, Jeffrin Thalakkottoor wrote:
Build error related screenshot below.
--------------------<screenshot>-----------------------
$make -j 4 DESCEND objtool DESCEND bpf/resolve_btfids INSTALL libsubcmd_headers INSTALL libbpf_headers INSTALL libsubcmd_headers make[5]: *** No rule to make target 'str_error.h', needed by '/home/jeffrin/kernel/linux-stable-rc/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/libbpf/staticobjs/libbpf.o'. Stop. make[4]: *** [Makefile:152: /home/jeffrin/kernel/linux-stable-rc/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/libbpf/staticobjs/libbpf-in.o] Error 2 make[3]: *** [Makefile:61: /home/jeffrin/kernel/linux-stable-rc/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids//libbpf/libbpf.a] Error 2 make[2]: *** [Makefile:76: bpf/resolve_btfids] Error 2 make[1]: *** [/home/jeffrin/kernel/linux-stable-rc/Makefile:1449: tools/bpf/resolve_btfids] Error 2 make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh make: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2 -----------------------<screenshot>---------------------------
What .config causes this?
iam confused . but may be the attached config is now giving a clean compile
thanks
On Fri, Feb 06, 2026 at 06:47:50PM +0530, Jeffrin Thalakkottoor wrote:
On Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 6:01 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
On Fri, Feb 06, 2026 at 05:29:58PM +0530, Jeffrin Thalakkottoor wrote:
Build error related screenshot below.
--------------------<screenshot>-----------------------
$make -j 4 DESCEND objtool DESCEND bpf/resolve_btfids INSTALL libsubcmd_headers INSTALL libbpf_headers INSTALL libsubcmd_headers make[5]: *** No rule to make target 'str_error.h', needed by '/home/jeffrin/kernel/linux-stable-rc/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/libbpf/staticobjs/libbpf.o'. Stop. make[4]: *** [Makefile:152: /home/jeffrin/kernel/linux-stable-rc/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/libbpf/staticobjs/libbpf-in.o] Error 2 make[3]: *** [Makefile:61: /home/jeffrin/kernel/linux-stable-rc/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids//libbpf/libbpf.a] Error 2 make[2]: *** [Makefile:76: bpf/resolve_btfids] Error 2 make[1]: *** [/home/jeffrin/kernel/linux-stable-rc/Makefile:1449: tools/bpf/resolve_btfids] Error 2 make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh make: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2 -----------------------<screenshot>---------------------------
What .config causes this?
iam confused . but may be the attached config is now giving a clean compile
So it works now?
I'm confused,
greg k-h
So it works now?
I'm confused,
anyway the build works well thanks related
Tested-by: Jeffrin Jose T jeffrin@rajagiritech.edu.in
-- software engineer rajagiri school of engineering and technology
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