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6.12.72-rc1 review

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1/24smb: client: split cached_fid bitfields to avoid shared-byte RMW racesfs/smb/client/cached_dir.h+4 -40 replies
2/24ksmbd: fix infinite loop caused by next_smb2_rcv_hdr_off reset in error pathsfs/smb/server/server.c+3 -30 replies
3/24smb: server: fix leak of active_num_conn in ksmbd_tcp_new_connection()fs/smb/server/transport_tcp.c+2 -10 replies
4/24driver core: enforce device_lock for driver_match_device()drivers/base/base.h drivers/base/bus.c drivers/base/dd.c+11 -20 replies
5/24Bluetooth: btusb: Add USB ID 7392:e611 for Edimax EW-7611UXBdrivers/bluetooth/btusb.c+2 -00 replies
6/24crypto: iaa - Fix out-of-bounds index in find_empty_iaa_compression_modedrivers/crypto/intel/iaa/iaa_crypto_main.c+5 -70 replies
7/24crypto: octeontx - Fix length check to avoid truncation in ucode_load_storedrivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx/otx_cptpf_ucode.c+1 -10 replies
8/24crypto: omap - Allocate OMAP_CRYPTO_FORCE_COPY scatterlists correctlydrivers/crypto/omap-crypto.c+1 -10 replies
9/24crypto: virtio - Add spinlock protection with virtqueue notificationdrivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_core.c+5 -00 replies
10/24crypto: virtio - Remove duplicated virtqueue_kick in virtio_crypto_skcipher_crypt_reqdrivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_skcipher_algs.c+0 -20 replies
11/24nilfs2: Fix potential block overflow that cause system hangfs/nilfs2/sufile.c+4 -00 replies
12/24wifi: rtw88: Fix alignment fault in rtw_core_enable_beacon()drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.c+2 -20 replies
13/24scsi: qla2xxx: Validate sp before freeing associated memorydrivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c+18 -160 replies
14/24scsi: qla2xxx: Allow recovery for tape devicesdrivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c+0 -120 replies
15/24scsi: qla2xxx: Delay module unload while fabric scan in progressdrivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c+2 -10 replies
16/24scsi: qla2xxx: Free sp in error path to fix system crashdrivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c+2 -20 replies
17/24scsi: qla2xxx: Query FW again before proceeding with logindrivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c+34 -40 replies
18/24bus: mhi: host: pci_generic: Add Telit FE990B40 modem supportdrivers/bus/mhi/host/pci_generic.c+13 -00 replies
19/24mptcp: fix race in mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit()net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c+13 -30 replies
20/24erofs: fix UAF issue for file-backed mounts w/ directio optionfs/erofs/fileio.c+6 -10 replies
21/24xfs: fix UAF in xchk_btree_check_block_ownerfs/xfs/scrub/btree.c+5 -20 replies
22/24PCI: endpoint: Avoid creating sub-groups asynchronouslydrivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c+5 -100 replies
23/24wifi: rtl8xxxu: fix slab-out-of-bounds in rtl8xxxu_sta_adddrivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/core.c+1 -00 replies
24/24gpio: omap: do not register driver in probe()drivers/gpio/gpio-omap.c+18 -40 replies

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18 of 24 patches have a Reviewed-by or Acked-by.

PatchJason WangMichael S. TsirkinPing-Ke ShihHimanshu MadhaniMat MartineauGao XiangChristoph HellwigJiaming ZhangGreg Kroah-HartmanRafael J. Wysocki (Intel)Namjae JeonDanilo KrummrichPaul MenzelKanchana P SridharHerbert XuFlorian FainelliJon HunterPeter SchneiderBrett MastbergenRon EconomosBrett A C SheffieldBarry K. NathanMiguel Ojeda
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Trailers given in replies are filled; those carried in the patches from earlier versions are outlined with dashes. Scroll the table sideways for all 23 reviewers.

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Cover letter [PATCH 6.12 00/24] 6.12.72-rc1 review

This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.12.72 release. There are 24 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 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 13:46:52 +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-6.12.72-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-6.12.y
and the diffstat can be found below.

thanks,

greg k-h

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Pseudo-Shortlog of commits:

Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>

    Linux 6.12.72-rc1

Danilo Krummrich <[email protected]>
gpio: omap: do not register driver in probe()

Ali Tariq <[email protected]>
wifi: rtl8xxxu: fix slab-out-of-bounds in rtl8xxxu_sta_add

Liu Song <[email protected]>
PCI: endpoint: Avoid creating sub-groups asynchronously

Darrick J. Wong <[email protected]>
xfs: fix UAF in xchk_btree_check_block_owner

Chao Yu <[email protected]>
erofs: fix UAF issue for file-backed mounts w/ directio option

Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
mptcp: fix race in mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit()

Daniele Palmas <[email protected]>
bus: mhi: host: pci_generic: Add Telit FE990B40 modem support

Anil Gurumurthy <[email protected]>
scsi: qla2xxx: Query FW again before proceeding with login

Anil Gurumurthy <[email protected]>
scsi: qla2xxx: Free sp in error path to fix system crash

Anil Gurumurthy <[email protected]>
scsi: qla2xxx: Delay module unload while fabric scan in progress

Shreyas Deodhar <[email protected]>
scsi: qla2xxx: Allow recovery for tape devices

Anil Gurumurthy <[email protected]>
scsi: qla2xxx: Validate sp before freeing associated memory

Bitterblue Smith <[email protected]>
wifi: rtw88: Fix alignment fault in rtw_core_enable_beacon()

Edward Adam Davis <[email protected]>
nilfs2: Fix potential block overflow that cause system hang

Bibo Mao <[email protected]>
crypto: virtio - Remove duplicated virtqueue_kick in virtio_crypto_skcipher_crypt_req

Bibo Mao <[email protected]>
crypto: virtio - Add spinlock protection with virtqueue notification

Kees Cook <[email protected]>
crypto: omap - Allocate OMAP_CRYPTO_FORCE_COPY scatterlists correctly

Thorsten Blum <[email protected]>
crypto: octeontx - Fix length check to avoid truncation in ucode_load_store

Thorsten Blum <[email protected]>
crypto: iaa - Fix out-of-bounds index in find_empty_iaa_compression_mode

Zenm Chen <[email protected]>
Bluetooth: btusb: Add USB ID 7392:e611 for Edimax EW-7611UXB

Gui-Dong Han <[email protected]>
driver core: enforce device_lock for driver_match_device()

Henrique Carvalho <[email protected]>
smb: server: fix leak of active_num_conn in ksmbd_tcp_new_connection()

Namjae Jeon <[email protected]>
ksmbd: fix infinite loop caused by next_smb2_rcv_hdr_off reset in error paths

Henrique Carvalho <[email protected]>
smb: client: split cached_fid bitfields to avoid shared-byte RMW races

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Diffstat:

 Makefile                                           |  4 +--
 drivers/base/base.h                                |  9 +++++
 drivers/base/bus.c                                 |  2 +-
 drivers/base/dd.c                                  |  2 +-
 drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c                          |  2 ++
 drivers/bus/mhi/host/pci_generic.c                 | 13 +++++++
 drivers/crypto/intel/iaa/iaa_crypto_main.c         | 12 +++----
 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/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/core.c       |  1 +
 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/main.c          |  4 +--
 drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c                  | 15 +++-----
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_gs.c                      | 41 +++++++++++-----------
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c                    | 28 +++++++++------
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c                     | 19 ++++++++--
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c                      |  3 +-
 fs/erofs/fileio.c                                  |  7 +++-
 fs/nilfs2/sufile.c                                 |  4 +++
 fs/smb/client/cached_dir.h                         |  8 ++---
 fs/smb/server/server.c                             |  6 ++--
 fs/smb/server/transport_tcp.c                      |  3 +-
 fs/xfs/scrub/btree.c                               |  7 ++--
 net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c                             | 16 +++++++--
 26 files changed, 159 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-)