This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.1 release. There are 29 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, 12 Dec 2025 07:29:36 +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-6.18.1-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 6.18.1-rc1
Navaneeth K knavaneeth786@gmail.com staging: rtl8723bs: fix out-of-bounds read in OnBeacon ESR IE parsing
Navaneeth K knavaneeth786@gmail.com staging: rtl8723bs: fix stack buffer overflow in OnAssocReq IE parsing
Navaneeth K knavaneeth786@gmail.com staging: rtl8723bs: fix out-of-bounds read in rtw_get_ie() parser
Nikita Zhandarovich n.zhandarovich@fintech.ru comedi: check device's attached status in compat ioctls
Nikita Zhandarovich n.zhandarovich@fintech.ru comedi: multiq3: sanitize config options in multiq3_attach()
Ian Abbott abbotti@mev.co.uk comedi: c6xdigio: Fix invalid PNP driver unregistration
Antoniu Miclaus antoniu.miclaus@analog.com iio: adc: ad4080: fix chip identification
Zenm Chen zenmchen@gmail.com wifi: rtw88: Add USB ID 2001:3329 for D-Link AC13U rev. A1
Zenm Chen zenmchen@gmail.com wifi: rtl8xxxu: Add USB ID 2001:3328 for D-Link AN3U rev. A1
Gopi Krishna Menon krishnagopi487@gmail.com Documentation/rtla: rename common_xxx.rst files to common_xxx.txt
Johan Hovold johan@kernel.org USB: serial: kobil_sct: fix TIOCMBIS and TIOCMBIC
Johan Hovold johan@kernel.org USB: serial: belkin_sa: fix TIOCMBIS and TIOCMBIC
Biju Das biju.das.jz@bp.renesas.com serial: sh-sci: Fix deadlock during RSCI FIFO overrun error
Biju Das biju.das.jz@bp.renesas.com dt-bindings: serial: rsci: Drop "uart-has-rtscts: false"
Magne Bruno magne.bruno@addi-data.com serial: add support of CPCI cards
Johan Hovold johan@kernel.org USB: serial: ftdi_sio: match on interface number for jtag
Fabio Porcedda fabio.porcedda@gmail.com USB: serial: option: move Telit 0x10c7 composition in the right place
Fabio Porcedda fabio.porcedda@gmail.com USB: serial: option: add Telit Cinterion FE910C04 new compositions
Slark Xiao slark_xiao@163.com USB: serial: option: add Foxconn T99W760
Omar Sandoval osandov@fb.com KVM: SVM: Don't skip unrelated instruction if INT3/INTO is replaced
Nikita Zhandarovich n.zhandarovich@fintech.ru comedi: pcl818: fix null-ptr-deref in pcl818_ai_cancel()
Alice Ryhl aliceryhl@google.com rust_binder: fix race condition on death_list
Alexey Nepomnyashih sdl@nppct.ru ext4: add i_data_sem protection in ext4_destroy_inline_data_nolock()
Giovanni Cabiddu giovanni.cabiddu@intel.com crypto: zstd - fix double-free in per-CPU stream cleanup
Alexander Sverdlin alexander.sverdlin@gmail.com locking/spinlock/debug: Fix data-race in do_raw_write_lock
Qianchang Zhao pioooooooooip@gmail.com ksmbd: ipc: fix use-after-free in ipc_msg_send_request
Deepanshu Kartikey kartikey406@gmail.com ext4: refresh inline data size before write operations
Ye Bin yebin10@huawei.com jbd2: avoid bug_on in jbd2_journal_get_create_access() when file system corrupted
Bagas Sanjaya bagasdotme@gmail.com Documentation: process: Also mention Sasha Levin as stable tree maintainer
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Diffstat:
.../devicetree/bindings/serial/renesas,rsci.yaml | 2 - Documentation/process/2.Process.rst | 6 +- .../{common_appendix.rst => common_appendix.txt} | 0 ...on_hist_options.rst => common_hist_options.txt} | 0 .../{common_options.rst => common_options.txt} | 0 ...cription.rst => common_osnoise_description.txt} | 0 ...oise_options.rst => common_osnoise_options.txt} | 0 ...mmon_timerlat_aa.rst => common_timerlat_aa.txt} | 0 ...ription.rst => common_timerlat_description.txt} | 0 ...lat_options.rst => common_timerlat_options.txt} | 0 ...mmon_top_options.rst => common_top_options.txt} | 0 Documentation/tools/rtla/rtla-hwnoise.rst | 8 +-- Documentation/tools/rtla/rtla-osnoise-hist.rst | 10 +-- Documentation/tools/rtla/rtla-osnoise-top.rst | 10 +-- Documentation/tools/rtla/rtla-osnoise.rst | 4 +- Documentation/tools/rtla/rtla-timerlat-hist.rst | 12 ++-- Documentation/tools/rtla/rtla-timerlat-top.rst | 12 ++-- Documentation/tools/rtla/rtla-timerlat.rst | 4 +- Documentation/tools/rtla/rtla.rst | 2 +- Makefile | 4 +- arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 9 +++ arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 24 ++++---- arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 21 +++++++ crypto/zstd.c | 7 +-- drivers/android/binder/node.rs | 6 +- drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c | 42 +++++++++++-- drivers/comedi/drivers/c6xdigio.c | 46 ++++++++++---- drivers/comedi/drivers/multiq3.c | 9 +++ drivers/comedi/drivers/pcl818.c | 5 +- drivers/iio/adc/ad4080.c | 9 ++- drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/core.c | 3 + drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/rtw8822cu.c | 2 + drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ieee80211.c | 14 +++-- drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c | 13 ++-- drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_pci.c | 37 +++++++++++ drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c | 12 +++- drivers/usb/serial/belkin_sa.c | 28 +++++---- drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c | 72 ++++++++-------------- drivers/usb/serial/kobil_sct.c | 18 +++--- drivers/usb/serial/option.c | 22 ++++++- fs/ext4/inline.c | 14 ++++- fs/jbd2/transaction.c | 19 ++++-- fs/smb/server/transport_ipc.c | 7 ++- kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c | 4 +- 44 files changed, 343 insertions(+), 174 deletions(-)
# Librecast Test Results
020/020 [ OK ] liblcrq 010/010 [ OK ] libmld 120/120 [ OK ] liblibrecast
CPU/kernel: Linux auntie 6.18.1-rc1-g7d4c06f4000f #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Dec 10 10:11:19 -00 2025 x86_64 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
Tested-by: Brett A C Sheffield bacs@librecast.net
Hi Greg
On Wed, Dec 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.1 release. There are 29 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, 12 Dec 2025 07:29:36 +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-6.18.1-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
6.18.1-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 6.18.1-rc1rv-g7d4c06f4000f (takeshi@ThinkPadX1Gen10J0764) (gcc (GCC) 15.2.1 20251112, GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.45.1) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Dec 10 20:19:12 JST 2025
Thanks
Tested-by: Takeshi Ogasawara takeshi.ogasawara@futuring-girl.com
compiled and booted 6.18.1-rc1+ Version: AMD A4-4000 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics NO typical dmesg regressions
Tested-by: Jeffrin Jose T jeffrin@rajagiritech.edu.in
-- software engineer rajagiri school of engineering and technology
On Wed Dec 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM CET, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.1 release. There are 29 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, 12 Dec 2025 07:29:36 +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-6.18.1-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
Am 10.12.2025 um 08:30 schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman:
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.1 release. There are 29 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
On 12/9/25 23:30, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.1 release. There are 29 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, 12 Dec 2025 07:29:36 +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-6.18.1-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
The kernel, bpf tool, perf tool, and kselftest builds fine for v6.18.1-rc1 on x86 and arm64 Azure VM.
Tested-by: Hardik Garg hargar@linux.microsoft.com
Thanks, Hardik
On Thu, Dec 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM Florian Fainelli f.fainelli@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/9/25 23:30, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.1 release. There are 29 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, 12 Dec 2025 07:29:36 +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-6.18.1-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 6.18.1-rc1
The kernel version 6.18.1 was built and boot-tested using qemu-x86_64 and qemu-arm64 with the default configuration (defconfig). The build and boot processes completed successfully, and the kernel operated as expected in the virtualized environments without any issues. No dmesg regressions found.
Build Details : Builds : arm64, x86_64 Kernel Version: 6.18.1 Configuration : defconfig Source: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git Commit : 7d4c06f4000feb509a90ba5eeb00be9839decb91
Tested-by: Dileep Malepu dileep.debian@gmail.com
Best regards, Dileep Malepu
Hi
no regressions here on x86_64 (RKL, Intel 11th Gen. CPU)
Thanks
Tested-by: Ronald Warsow rwarsow@gmx.de
On 12/9/25 23:30, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.1 release. There are 29 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, 12 Dec 2025 07:29:36 +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-6.18.1-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, 10 Dec 2025 at 13:06, Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.1 release. There are 29 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, 12 Dec 2025 07:29:36 +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-6.18.1-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
Results from Linaro’s test farm. No regressions on arm64, arm, x86_64, and i386.
Tested-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing lkft@linaro.org
## Build * kernel: 6.18.1-rc1 * git: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git * git commit: 7d4c06f4000feb509a90ba5eeb00be9839decb91 * git describe: v6.18-30-g7d4c06f4000f * test details: https://qa-reports.linaro.org/lkft/linux-stable-rc-linux-6.18.y/build/v6.18-...
## Test Regressions (compared to v6.18-30-g7d4c06f4000f)
## Metric Regressions (compared to v6.18-30-g7d4c06f4000f)
## Test Fixes (compared to v6.18-30-g7d4c06f4000f)
## Metric Fixes (compared to v6.18-30-g7d4c06f4000f)
## Test result summary total: 105808, pass: 88879, fail: 3320, skip: 13609, xfail: 0
## Build Summary * arc: 5 total, 5 passed, 0 failed * arm: 139 total, 139 passed, 0 failed * arm64: 57 total, 54 passed, 3 failed * i386: 18 total, 18 passed, 0 failed * mips: 34 total, 33 passed, 1 failed * parisc: 4 total, 4 passed, 0 failed * powerpc: 40 total, 39 passed, 1 failed * riscv: 25 total, 25 passed, 0 failed * s390: 22 total, 22 passed, 0 failed * sh: 5 total, 5 passed, 0 failed * sparc: 4 total, 3 passed, 1 failed * x86_64: 49 total, 48 passed, 1 failed
## Test suites summary * boot * commands * kselftest-arm64 * kselftest-breakpoints * kselftest-capabilities * kselftest-clone3 * kselftest-core * kselftest-cpu-hotplug * kselftest-exec * kselftest-fpu * kselftest-ftrace * kselftest-futex * kselftest-gpio * kselftest-intel_pstate * kselftest-ipc * kselftest-kcmp * kselftest-kvm * kselftest-membarrier * kselftest-memfd * kselftest-mincore * kselftest-mm * kselftest-mqueue * kselftest-net * kselftest-net-mptcp * kselftest-openat2 * kselftest-ptrace * kselftest-rseq * kselftest-rtc * kselftest-rust * kselftest-seccomp * kselftest-sigaltstack * kselftest-size * kselftest-tc-testing * kselftest-timers * kselftest-tmpfs * kselftest-tpm2 * kselftest-user_events * kselftest-vDSO * kselftest-x86 * kunit * kvm-unit-tests * lava * libgpiod * libhugetlbfs * log-parser-boot * log-parser-build-clang * log-parser-build-gcc * log-parser-test * ltp-capability * ltp-commands * ltp-containers * ltp-controllers * ltp-cpuhotplug * ltp-crypto * ltp-cve * ltp-dio * ltp-fcntl-locktests * ltp-fs * ltp-fs_bind * ltp-fs_perms_simple * ltp-hugetlb * ltp-math * ltp-mm * ltp-nptl * ltp-pty * ltp-sched * ltp-smoke * ltp-syscalls * ltp-tracing * perf * rcutorture * rt-tests-cyclicdeadline * rt-tests-pmqtest * rt-tests-rt-migrate-test * rt-tests-signaltest
-- Linaro LKFT https://lkft.linaro.org
On Wed, Dec 10, 2025 at 04:30:10PM +0900, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.1 release. There are 29 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, 10 Dec 2025 16:30:10 +0900, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.1 release. There are 29 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, 12 Dec 2025 07:29:36 +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-6.18.1-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 113 tests: 113 pass, 0 fail
Linux version: 6.18.1-rc1-g7d4c06f4000f 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
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