kernel, branch linux-6.1.y

Linux 6.1.166

2026-03-05T15:02:32Z

Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

Revert "x86/kexec: add a sanity check on previous kernel's ima kexec buffer"

2026-03-05T14:58:09Z

This reverts commit c5489d04337b47e93c0623e8145fcba3f5739efd. The commit introduces a call to ima_validate_range() in arch/x86/kernel/setup.c, but the function declaration is not available in the 6.12 stable tree, resulting in build failures due to implicit function declaration errors across multiple stable branches. Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

Linux 6.1.165

2026-03-04T12:35:21Z

Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Tested-by: Hardik Garg Tested-by: Miguel Ojeda Tested-by: Mark Brown Tested-by: Jon Hunter Tested-by: Ron Economos Tested-by: Francesco Dolcini Tested-by: Florian Fainelli Tested-by: Peter Schneider Tested-by: Brett A C Sheffield

arm64: Fix sampling the "stable" virtual counter in preemptible section

2026-03-04T12:20:56Z

[ Upstream commit e5cb94ba5f96d691d8885175d4696d6ae6bc5ec9 ] Ben reports that when running with CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT, using __arch_counter_get_cntvct_stable() results in well deserves warnings, as we access a per-CPU variable without preemption disabled. Fix the issue by disabling preemption on reading the counter. We can probably do a lot better by not disabling preemption on systems that do not require horrible workarounds to return a valid counter value, but this plugs the issue for the time being. Fixes: 29cc0f3aa7c6 ("arm64: Force the use of CNTVCT_EL0 in __delay()") Reported-by: Ben Horgan Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/aZw3EGs4rbQvbAzV@e134344.arm.com Tested-by: Ben Horgan Tested-by: André Draszik Signed-off-by: Will Deacon Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

NTB: ntb_transport: Fix too small buffer for debugfs_name

2026-03-04T12:20:56Z

[ Upstream commit 6a4b50585d74fe45d3ade1e3e86ba8aae79761a5 ] The buffer used for "qp%d" was only 4 bytes, which truncates names like "qp10" to "qp1" and causes multiple queues to share the same directory. Enlarge the buffer and use sizeof() to avoid truncation. Fixes: fce8a7bb5b4b ("PCI-Express Non-Transparent Bridge Support") Cc: # v3.9+ Reviewed-by: Frank Li Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang Signed-off-by: Koichiro Den Signed-off-by: Jon Mason Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

net: nfc: nci: Fix parameter validation for packet data

2026-03-04T12:20:56Z

[ Upstream commit 571dcbeb8e635182bb825ae758399831805693c2 ] Since commit 9c328f54741b ("net: nfc: nci: Add parameter validation for packet data") communication with nci nfc chips is not working any more. The mentioned commit tries to fix access of uninitialized data, but failed to understand that in some cases the data packet is of variable length and can therefore not be compared to the maximum packet length given by the sizeof(struct). Fixes: 9c328f54741b ("net: nfc: nci: Add parameter validation for packet data") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Michael Thalmeier Reported-by: syzbot+740e04c2a93467a0f8c8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260218083000.301354-1-michael.thalmeier@hale.at Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

arm64: Force the use of CNTVCT_EL0 in __delay()

2026-03-04T12:20:56Z

[ Upstream commit 29cc0f3aa7c64d3b3cb9d94c0a0984ba6717bf72 ] Quentin forwards a report from Hyesoo Yu, describing an interesting problem with the use of WFxT in __delay() when a vcpu is loaded and that KVM is *not* in VHE mode (either nVHE or hVHE). In this case, CNTVOFF_EL2 is set to a non-zero value to reflect the state of the guest virtual counter. At the same time, __delay() is using get_cycles() to read the counter value, which is indirected to reading CNTPCT_EL0. The core of the issue is that WFxT is using the *virtual* counter, while the kernel is using the physical counter, and that the offset introduces a really bad discrepancy between the two. Fix this by forcing the use of CNTVCT_EL0, making __delay() consistent irrespective of the value of CNTVOFF_EL2. Reported-by: Hyesoo Yu Reported-by: Quentin Perret Reviewed-by: Quentin Perret Fixes: 7d26b0516a0d ("arm64: Use WFxT for __delay() when possible") Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ktosachvft2cgqd5qkukn275ugmhy6xrhxur4zqpdxlfr3qh5h@o3zrfnsq63od Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Will Deacon Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

x86/kexec: Copy ACPI root pointer address from config table

2026-03-04T12:20:56Z

[ Upstream commit e00ac9e5afb5d80c0168ec88d8e8662a54af8249 ] Dave reports that kexec may fail when the first kernel boots via the EFI stub but without EFI runtime services, as in that case, the RSDP address field in struct bootparams is never assigned. Kexec copies this value into the version of struct bootparams that it provides to the incoming kernel, which may have no other means to locate the ACPI root pointer. So take the value from the EFI config tables if no root pointer has been set in the first kernel's struct bootparams. Fixes: a1b87d54f4e4 ("x86/efistub: Avoid legacy decompressor when doing EFI boot") Cc: # v6.1 Reported-by: Dave Young Tested-by: Dave Young Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-efi/aZQg_tRQmdKNadCg@darkstar.users.ipa.redhat.com/ Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

net/sched: act_skbedit: fix divide-by-zero in tcf_skbedit_hash()

2026-03-04T12:20:56Z

[ Upstream commit be054cc66f739a9ba615dba9012a07fab8e7dd6f ] Commit 38a6f0865796 ("net: sched: support hash selecting tx queue") added SKBEDIT_F_TXQ_SKBHASH support. The inclusive range size is computed as: mapping_mod = queue_mapping_max - queue_mapping + 1; The range size can be 65536 when the requested range covers all possible u16 queue IDs (e.g. queue_mapping=0 and queue_mapping_max=U16_MAX). That value cannot be represented in a u16 and previously wrapped to 0, so tcf_skbedit_hash() could trigger a divide-by-zero: queue_mapping += skb_get_hash(skb) % params->mapping_mod; Compute mapping_mod in a wider type and reject ranges larger than U16_MAX to prevent params->mapping_mod from becoming 0 and avoid the crash. Fixes: 38a6f0865796 ("net: sched: support hash selecting tx queue") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.12+ Signed-off-by: Ruitong Liu Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260213175948.1505257-1-cnitlrt@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

net: ethernet: ec_bhf: Fix dma_free_coherent() dma handle

2026-03-04T12:20:56Z

[ Upstream commit ffe68c3766997d82e9ccaf1cdbd47eba269c4aa2 ] dma_free_coherent() in error path takes priv->rx_buf.alloc_len as the dma handle. This would lead to improper unmapping of the buffer. Change the dma handle to priv->rx_buf.alloc_phys. Fixes: 6af55ff52b02 ("Driver for Beckhoff CX5020 EtherCAT master module.") Cc: Signed-off-by: Thomas Fourier Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260213164340.77272-2-fourier.thomas@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin