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(-)
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 <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux 6.18.18-rc1
John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>
apparmor: fix race between freeing data and fs accessing it
John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>
apparmor: fix race on rawdata dereference
John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>
apparmor: fix differential encoding verification
John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>
apparmor: fix unprivileged local user can do privileged policy management
John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>
apparmor: Fix double free of ns_name in aa_replace_profiles()
Massimiliano Pellizzer <massimiliano.pellizzer@canonical.com>
apparmor: fix missing bounds check on DEFAULT table in verify_dfa()
Massimiliano Pellizzer <massimiliano.pellizzer@canonical.com>
apparmor: fix side-effect bug in match_char() macro usage
John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>
apparmor: fix: limit the number of levels of policy namespaces
Massimiliano Pellizzer <massimiliano.pellizzer@canonical.com>
apparmor: replace recursive profile removal with iterative approach
Massimiliano Pellizzer <massimiliano.pellizzer@canonical.com>
apparmor: fix memory leak in verify_header
Massimiliano Pellizzer <massimiliano.pellizzer@canonical.com>
apparmor: validate DFA start states are in bounds in unpack_pdb
Victor Nogueira <victor@mojatatu.com>
net/sched: Only allow act_ct to bind to clsact/ingress qdiscs and shared blocks
Paul Moses <p@1g4.org>
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(-)
On Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:03:41 +0100 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > > 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. Boot-tested under QEMU for Rust x86_64, arm64 and riscv64; built-tested for loongarch64: Tested-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> Thanks! Cheers, Miguel
On 3/12/26 13:03, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > 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 On ARCH_BRCMSTB using 32-bit and 64-bit ARM kernels, build tested on BMIPS_GENERIC: Tested-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com> -- Florian
On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 09:03:41PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > 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. Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
On Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:03:41 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 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
All tests passing for Tegra ...
Test results for stable-v6.18:
11 builds: 11 pass, 0 fail
28 boots: 28 pass, 0 fail
133 tests: 133 pass, 0 fail
Linux version: 6.18.18-rc1-g9885ba4f6a88
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,
tegra234-p3737-0000+p3701-0000,
tegra234-p3768-0000+p3767-0005, tegra30-cardhu-a04
Tested-by: Jon Hunter <jonathanh@nvidia.com>
Jon
On 3/12/26 13:03, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > 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 Tested on two systems (one arm64, one amd64). Working well, no regressions observed. Tested-by: Barry K. Nathan <barryn@pobox.com> -- -Barry K. Nathan <barryn@pobox.com>
On 3/12/26 13:03, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > 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 Built and booted successfully on RISC-V RV64 (HiFive Unmatched). Tested-by: Ron Economos <re@w6rz.net>
On 3/12/26 14:03, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > 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 > Compiled and booted on my test system. No dmesg regressions. Tested-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org> thanks, -- Shuah
# Librecast Test Results 020/020 [ OK ] liblcrq 010/010 [ OK ] libmld 120/120 [ OK ] liblibrecast CPU/kernel: Linux auntie 6.18.18-rc1-g9885ba4f6a88 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Mar 12 20:14:27 -00 2026 x86_64 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux Tested-by: Brett A C Sheffield <bacs@librecast.net>
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