From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D1CAF401A1D; Thu, 12 Mar 2026 20:05:49 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773345949; cv=none; b=E29cEvpOWuAjrsqN92FjgG+p/WUwyXFOHgsSwdkWZMOZVcxrpoTSXEjBpmDmInhNBY7dsMTCGnZZA5fVJgdUnlgSRgK5c4nXuR2r2YQaD05yvvHkK6MRUxsNWvBfpZb9bPGXpJS/Pkvsu9fcYCowon13OrVVsILM4g4Z+sZ4ODg= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773345949; c=relaxed/simple; bh=X22XtbVUDKREpta8NUzRFFFOyqKchc2KDiOczoBIWTY=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=auJzNlMrbzuuXk+5y3dzmxNIrfoIAPR1YX8ej7YDGhlv/gDoDXlaIQNWkzKsKWnBJy6EJeEodm8BVgFohHvYW97lhseqCGwOSt9+FZdY5pU5HlRP7vzVv1aqIgPwDMhmGbufDbK8joiNF9bnKTXniKSLRbydDKPemlgfd6YWUwI= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=zvH+OY2a; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="zvH+OY2a" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1A5A2C4CEF7; Thu, 12 Mar 2026 20:05:49 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1773345949; bh=X22XtbVUDKREpta8NUzRFFFOyqKchc2KDiOczoBIWTY=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:From; b=zvH+OY2a1HUbDxDvZMhhE/NoL1M3vnIXi/PpKUg0gVlxX0SeYF1kxAWrW5OJ4U/zv /mJyXexfbjQ5J4eFWfJapCYIxS9Xsm3SXHJhMuMRSP0Hdf1d2R5uQDgD0kCVl20i0n Cz2Ri/acq529WNZg6MW3wyPcJ/b40XSH66AZ2QGE= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , patches@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux@roeck-us.net, shuah@kernel.org, patches@kernelci.org, lkft-triage@lists.linaro.org, pavel@nabladev.com, jonathanh@nvidia.com, f.fainelli@gmail.com, sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com, rwarsow@gmx.de, conor@kernel.org, hargar@microsoft.com, broonie@kernel.org, achill@achill.org, sr@sladewatkins.com Subject: [PATCH 6.18 00/13] 6.18.18-rc1 review Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:03:41 +0100 Message-ID: <20260312200326.246396673@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.53.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: quilt/0.69 X-stable: review X-Patchwork-Hint: ignore X-KernelTest-Patch: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.18.18-rc1.gz X-KernelTest-Tree: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git X-KernelTest-Branch: linux-6.18.y X-KernelTest-Patches: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git X-KernelTest-Version: 6.18.18-rc1 X-KernelTest-Deadline: 2026-03-14T20:03+00:00 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.18.18 release. There are 13 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, 13 Mar 2026 20:03:15 +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-6.18.18-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-6.18.y and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman Linux 6.18.18-rc1 John Johansen apparmor: fix race between freeing data and fs accessing it John Johansen apparmor: fix race on rawdata dereference John Johansen apparmor: fix differential encoding verification John Johansen apparmor: fix unprivileged local user can do privileged policy management John Johansen apparmor: Fix double free of ns_name in aa_replace_profiles() Massimiliano Pellizzer apparmor: fix missing bounds check on DEFAULT table in verify_dfa() Massimiliano Pellizzer apparmor: fix side-effect bug in match_char() macro usage John Johansen apparmor: fix: limit the number of levels of policy namespaces Massimiliano Pellizzer apparmor: replace recursive profile removal with iterative approach Massimiliano Pellizzer apparmor: fix memory leak in verify_header Massimiliano Pellizzer apparmor: validate DFA start states are in bounds in unpack_pdb Victor Nogueira net/sched: Only allow act_ct to bind to clsact/ingress qdiscs and shared blocks Paul Moses net/sched: act_gate: snapshot parameters with RCU on replace ------------- Diffstat: Makefile | 4 +- include/net/act_api.h | 1 + include/net/tc_act/tc_gate.h | 33 +++- net/sched/act_ct.c | 6 + net/sched/act_gate.c | 267 +++++++++++++++++++++--------- net/sched/cls_api.c | 7 + security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c | 225 +++++++++++++++---------- security/apparmor/include/label.h | 16 +- security/apparmor/include/lib.h | 12 ++ security/apparmor/include/match.h | 1 + security/apparmor/include/policy.h | 10 +- security/apparmor/include/policy_ns.h | 2 + security/apparmor/include/policy_unpack.h | 83 ++++++---- security/apparmor/label.c | 12 +- security/apparmor/match.c | 58 +++++-- security/apparmor/policy.c | 77 +++++++-- security/apparmor/policy_ns.c | 2 + security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c | 65 +++++--- 18 files changed, 604 insertions(+), 277 deletions(-)