[PATCH 6.1 00/64] 6.1.164-rc1 review

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-17T20:46:54Z

This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.1.164 release.
There are 64 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 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:59:50 +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-6.1.164-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-6.1.y
and the diffstat can be found below.

thanks,

greg k-h

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Pseudo-Shortlog of commits:

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux 6.1.164-rc1

Menglong Dong <menglong8.dong@gmail.com>
net: tunnel: make skb_vlan_inet_prepare() return drop reasons

Fabio Porcedda <fabio.porcedda@gmail.com>
USB: serial: option: add Telit FN920C04 RNDIS compositions

Yongpeng Yang <yangyongpeng@xiaomi.com>
f2fs: fix out-of-bounds access in sysfs attribute read/write

Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
f2fs: fix to avoid UAF in f2fs_write_end_io()

Yongpeng Yang <yangyongpeng@xiaomi.com>
f2fs: fix IS_CHECKPOINTED flag inconsistency issue caused by concurrent atomic commit and checkpoint writes

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
fbdev: smscufx: properly copy ioctl memory to kernelspace

Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@gmail.com>
fbdev: rivafb: fix divide error in nv3_arb()

Chen Ridong <chenridong@huawei.com>
cpuset: Fix missing adaptation for cpuset_is_populated

Alexander Wetzel <Alexander@wetzel-home.de>
wifi: cfg80211: Add missing lock in cfg80211_check_and_end_cac()

Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
mptcp: fix race in mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit()

Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
net: dsa: free routing table on probe failure

Qingfang Deng <dqfext@gmail.com>
net: stmmac: Fix accessing freed irq affinity_hint

Shuai Xue <xueshuai@linux.alibaba.com>
ACPI: APEI: send SIGBUS to current task if synchronous memory error not recovered

Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
ksmbd: set ATTR_CTIME flags when setting mtime

Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
nfsd: don't ignore the return code of svc_proc_register()

Bosi Zhang <u201911157@hust.edu.cn>
clk: mediatek: fix of_iomap memory leak

Shay Drory <shayd@nvidia.com>
devlink: rate: Unset parent pointer in devl_rate_nodes_destroy

e.kubanski <e.kubanski@partner.samsung.com>
xsk: Fix race condition in AF_XDP generic RX path

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

Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
mptcp: ensure context reset on disconnect()

Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
mptcp: schedule rtx timer only after pushing data

Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
selftests: mptcp: pm: ensure unknown flags are ignored

Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Revert "wireguard: device: enable threaded NAPI"

Alban Bedel <alban.bedel@lht.dlh.de>
gpiolib: acpi: Fix gpio count with string references

Ziyi Guo <n7l8m4@u.northwestern.edu>
ASoC: fsl_xcvr: fix missing lock in fsl_xcvr_mode_put()

Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
platform/x86: panasonic-laptop: Fix sysfs group leak in error path

Tagir Garaev <tgaraev653@gmail.com>
ASoC: Intel: sof_es8336: Add DMI quirk for Huawei BOD-WXX9

Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
platform/x86: classmate-laptop: Add missing NULL pointer checks

Brahmajit Das <listout@listout.xyz>
drm/tegra: hdmi: sor: Fix error: variable ‘j’ set but not used

Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
romfs: check sb_set_blocksize() return value

Ricardo Rivera-Matos <rriveram@opensource.cirrus.com>
ASoC: cs35l45: Corrects ASP_TX5 DAPM widget channel

Zhang Heng <zhangheng@kylinos.cn>
ALSA: hda/realtek: Add quirk for Inspur S14-G1

Xuewen Yan <xuewen.yan@unisoc.com>
gpio: sprd: Change sprd_gpio lock to raw_spin_lock

Anatolii Shirykalov <pipocavsobake@gmail.com>
ASoC: amd: yc: Add ASUS ExpertBook PM1503CDA to quirks list

Tim Guttzeit <t.guttzeit@tuxedocomputers.com>
ALSA: hda/realtek: Fix headset mic for TongFang X6AR55xU

Pierre Gondois <pierre.gondois@arm.com>
cacheinfo: Remove of_node_put() for fw_token

Pierre Gondois <pierre.gondois@arm.com>
cacheinfo: Decrement refcount in cache_setup_of_node()

Anil Gurumurthy <agurumurthy@marvell.com>
scsi: qla2xxx: Free sp in error path to fix system crash

Quinn Tran <qutran@marvell.com>
scsi: qla2xxx: Reduce fabric scan duplicate code

Quinn Tran <qutran@marvell.com>
scsi: qla2xxx: Remove dead code (GNN ID)

Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com>
bus: fsl-mc: fix use-after-free in driver_override_show()

Chelsy Ratnawat <chelsyratnawat2001@gmail.com>
bus: fsl-mc: Replace snprintf and sprintf with sysfs_emit in sysfs show functions

Liu Song <liu.song13@zte.com.cn>
PCI: endpoint: Avoid creating sub-groups asynchronously

Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
PCI: endpoint: Remove unused field in struct pci_epf_group

Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
PCI: endpoint: Automatically create a function specific attributes group

Anil Gurumurthy <agurumurthy@marvell.com>
scsi: qla2xxx: Fix bsg_done() causing double free

Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.com>
smb: client: set correct id, uid and cruid for multiuser automounts

Marek Behún <kabel@kernel.org>
net: sfp: Fix quirk for Ubiquiti U-Fiber Instant SFP module

Boris Burkov <boris@bur.io>
btrfs: fix racy bitfield write in btrfs_clear_space_info_full()

Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
gpio: omap: do not register driver in probe()

Anil Gurumurthy <agurumurthy@marvell.com>
scsi: qla2xxx: Query FW again before proceeding with login

Anil Gurumurthy <agurumurthy@marvell.com>
scsi: qla2xxx: Delay module unload while fabric scan in progress

Shreyas Deodhar <sdeodhar@marvell.com>
scsi: qla2xxx: Allow recovery for tape devices

Anil Gurumurthy <agurumurthy@marvell.com>
scsi: qla2xxx: Validate sp before freeing associated memory

Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@qq.com>
nilfs2: Fix potential block overflow that cause system hang

Bibo Mao <maobibo@loongson.cn>
crypto: virtio - Remove duplicated virtqueue_kick in virtio_crypto_skcipher_crypt_req

Bibo Mao <maobibo@loongson.cn>
crypto: virtio - Add spinlock protection with virtqueue notification

Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
crypto: omap - Allocate OMAP_CRYPTO_FORCE_COPY scatterlists correctly

Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
crypto: octeontx - Fix length check to avoid truncation in ucode_load_store

Henrique Carvalho <henrique.carvalho@suse.com>
smb: server: fix leak of active_num_conn in ksmbd_tcp_new_connection()

Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
ksmbd: fix infinite loop caused by next_smb2_rcv_hdr_off reset in error paths

Henrique Carvalho <henrique.carvalho@suse.com>
smb: client: split cached_fid bitfields to avoid shared-byte RMW races

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Diffstat:

Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-ntb-howto.rst | 11 +-
Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-vntb-howto.rst | 13 +-
Makefile | 4 +-
drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c | 10 +
drivers/base/cacheinfo.c | 19 +-
drivers/bus/fsl-mc/fsl-mc-bus.c | 10 +-
drivers/clk/mediatek/clk-mtk.c | 7 +-
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/gpio/gpio-sprd.c | 8 +-
drivers/gpio/gpiolib-acpi.c | 1 +
drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/hdmi.c | 4 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/sor.c | 4 +-
drivers/net/bareudp.c | 4 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 11 +-
drivers/net/geneve.c | 4 +-
drivers/net/phy/sfp.c | 2 +
drivers/net/wireguard/device.c | 1 -
drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c | 54 +-
drivers/platform/x86/classmate-laptop.c | 32 ++
drivers/platform/x86/panasonic-laptop.c | 4 +-
drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_bsg.c | 28 +-
drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h | 17 +-
drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gbl.h | 9 +-
drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c | 589 +++++++--------------
drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c | 40 +-
drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c | 19 +-
drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c | 18 +-
drivers/usb/serial/option.c | 6 +
drivers/video/fbdev/riva/riva_hw.c | 3 +
drivers/video/fbdev/smscufx.c | 8 +-
fs/btrfs/block-group.c | 6 +-
fs/btrfs/space-info.c | 22 +-
fs/btrfs/space-info.h | 6 +-
fs/f2fs/data.c | 12 +-
fs/f2fs/node.c | 14 +-
fs/f2fs/sysfs.c | 61 ++-
fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c | 9 +-
fs/nfsd/stats.c | 4 +-
fs/nfsd/stats.h | 2 +-
fs/nilfs2/sufile.c | 4 +
fs/romfs/super.c | 5 +-
fs/smb/client/cached_dir.h | 8 +-
fs/smb/client/cifs_dfs_ref.c | 16 +
fs/smb/server/server.c | 6 +-
fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c | 10 +-
fs/smb/server/transport_tcp.c | 3 +-
include/net/ip_tunnels.h | 13 +-
include/net/xdp_sock.h | 2 -
include/net/xsk_buff_pool.h | 2 +
kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 2 +-
net/devlink/leftover.c | 4 +-
net/dsa/dsa2.c | 21 +-
net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c | 16 +-
net/mptcp/protocol.c | 24 +-
net/mptcp/protocol.h | 3 +-
net/wireless/reg.c | 5 +
net/xdp/xsk.c | 6 +-
net/xdp/xsk_buff_pool.c | 1 +
sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c | 5 +
sound/soc/amd/yc/acp6x-mach.c | 7 +
sound/soc/codecs/cs35l45.c | 2 +-
sound/soc/fsl/fsl_xcvr.c | 3 +
sound/soc/intel/boards/sof_es8336.c | 9 +
tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh | 111 +++-
tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.sh | 4 +
tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/pm_nl_ctl.c | 11 +
70 files changed, 785 insertions(+), 627 deletions(-)