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Linus Torvalds 66d64899ea 8 hotfixes. All are cc:stable and 7 are for MM.
All are singletons - please see the changelogs for details.
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Merge tag 'mm-hotfixes-stable-2026-04-06-15-27' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

Pull misc fixes from Andrew Morton:
 "Eight hotfixes.  All are cc:stable and seven are for MM.

  All are singletons - please see the changelogs for details"

* tag 'mm-hotfixes-stable-2026-04-06-15-27' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm:
  ocfs2: fix out-of-bounds write in ocfs2_write_end_inline
  mm/damon/stat: deallocate damon_call() failure leaking damon_ctx
  mm/vma: fix memory leak in __mmap_region()
  mm/memory_hotplug: maintain N_NORMAL_MEMORY during hotplug
  mm/damon/sysfs: dealloc repeat_call_control if damon_call() fails
  mm: reinstate unconditional writeback start in balance_dirty_pages()
  liveupdate: propagate file deserialization failures
  mm: filemap: fix nr_pages calculation overflow in filemap_map_pages()
History 2026-04-07 10:24:44 -07:00
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bpf bpf: Fix incorrect pruning due to atomic fetch precision tracking 2026-04-02 09:57:59 -07:00
cgroup cgroup/cpuset: Skip security check for hotplug induced v1 task migration 2026-03-31 09:14:13 -10:00
configs Remove WARN_ALL_UNSEEDED_RANDOM kernel config option 2026-02-23 11:18:48 -08:00
debug treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
dma dma-direct: prevent SWIOTLB path when DMA_ATTR_REQUIRE_COHERENT is set 2026-03-20 12:05:56 +01:00
entry Merge branch 'core/entry' into sched/core 2026-01-30 15:40:05 +01:00
events perf: Make sure to use pmu_ctx->pmu for groups 2026-03-12 11:29:16 +01:00
futex futex: Clear stale exiting pointer in futex_lock_pi() retry path 2026-03-28 13:54:02 +01:00
gcov Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments 2026-02-21 20:03:00 -08:00
irq Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kcsan kcsan: test: Adjust "expect" allocation type for kmalloc_obj 2026-02-26 09:54:08 -08:00
livepatch Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
liveupdate liveupdate: propagate file deserialization failures 2026-04-06 11:13:42 -07:00
locking Convert remaining multi-line kmalloc_obj/flex GFP_KERNEL uses 2026-02-22 08:26:33 -08:00
module module: Fix kernel panic when a symbol st_shndx is out of bounds 2026-02-23 19:37:28 +00:00
power PM: EM: Fix NULL pointer dereference when perf domain ID is not found 2026-03-30 21:43:51 +02:00
printk Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
rcu srcu: Use irq_work to start GP in tiny SRCU 2026-03-25 09:00:05 -07:00
sched Misc scheduler fixes: 2026-04-05 13:45:37 -07:00
time alarmtimer: Fix argument order in alarm_timer_forward() 2026-03-24 23:17:14 +01:00
trace bpf: Reject sleepable kprobe_multi programs at attach time 2026-04-02 09:48:46 -07:00
unwind Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments 2026-02-21 20:03:00 -08:00
.gitignore kheaders: rebuild kheaders_data.tar.xz when a file is modified within a minute 2025-06-24 20:30:37 +09:00
acct.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
async.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
audit.c Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
audit.h audit: fix comment misindentation in audit.h 2025-10-22 19:28:06 -04:00
audit_fsnotify.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
audit_tree.c Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
audit_watch.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
auditfilter.c Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
auditsc.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
backtracetest.c backtracetest: add MODULE_DESCRIPTION() 2024-06-24 22:24:55 -07:00
bounds.c x86/asm: Remove ANNOTATE_DATA_SPECIAL usage 2025-12-03 16:53:19 +01:00
capability.c capability: Remove unused has_capability 2025-03-07 22:03:09 -06:00
cfi.c cfi: Move BPF CFI types and helpers to generic code 2025-07-31 18:23:53 -07:00
compat.c sched_getaffinity: don't assume 'cpumask_size()' is fully initialized 2023-03-14 19:32:38 -07:00
configs.c proc: convert everything to "struct proc_ops" 2020-02-04 03:05:26 +00:00
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Remove rcu_task_trace_heavyweight_{enter,exit}() 2026-01-01 16:39:46 +08:00
cpu.c SPDX updates for 7.0-rc1 2026-02-17 09:46:03 -08:00
cpu_pm.c syscore: Pass context data to callbacks 2025-11-14 10:01:52 +01:00
crash_core.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
crash_core_test.c crash: add KUnit tests for crash_exclude_mem_range 2025-09-13 17:32:55 -07:00
crash_dump_dm_crypt.c crash_dump: don't log dm-crypt key bytes in read_key_from_user_keying 2026-03-10 16:01:48 -07:00
crash_reserve.c crash: let architecture decide crash memory export to iomem_resource 2025-11-12 10:00:15 -08:00
cred.c cred: remove unused set_security_override_from_ctx() 2026-01-06 20:52:57 -05:00
delayacct.c delayacct: fix uapi timespec64 definition 2026-02-08 00:13:32 -08:00
dma.c proc: introduce proc_create_single{,_data} 2018-05-16 07:23:35 +02:00
elfcorehdr.c crash: remove dependency of FA_DUMP on CRASH_DUMP 2024-02-23 17:48:22 -08:00
exec_domain.c proc: introduce proc_create_single{,_data} 2018-05-16 07:23:35 +02:00
exit.c kthread: consolidate kthread exit paths to prevent use-after-free 2026-02-26 10:45:49 +01:00
exit.h exit: add internal include file with helpers 2023-09-21 12:03:50 -06:00
extable.c context_tracking: Take NMI eqs entrypoints over RCU 2022-07-05 13:32:59 -07:00
fail_function.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
fork.c sched/mmcid: Avoid full tasklist walks 2026-03-11 12:01:07 +01:00
freezer.c freezer: Clarify that only cgroup1 freezer uses PM freezer 2025-10-30 20:10:27 +01:00
gen_kheaders.sh kheaders: make it possible to override TAR 2025-08-06 10:23:36 +09:00
groups.c treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
hung_task.c hung_task: add hung_task_sys_info sysctl to dump sys info on task-hung 2025-11-20 14:03:43 -08:00
iomem.c mm/memremap: Pass down MEMREMAP_* flags to arch_memremap_wb() 2025-02-21 15:05:38 +01:00
irq_work.c kasan: make kasan_record_aux_stack_noalloc() the default behaviour 2025-01-13 22:40:36 -08:00
jump_label.c jump_label: Use RCU in all users of __module_text_address(). 2025-03-10 11:54:46 +01:00
kallsyms.c mm.git review status for linus..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-02-12 12:13:01 -08:00
kallsyms_internal.h kallsyms: Get rid of kallsyms relative base 2026-01-22 15:58:22 -07:00
kallsyms_selftest.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kallsyms_selftest.h kallsyms: Add self-test facility 2022-11-15 00:42:02 -08:00
kcmp.c kcmp: improve performance adding an unlikely hint to task comparisons 2025-02-21 10:25:33 +01:00
Kconfig.freezer treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
Kconfig.hz kernel: Fix "select" wording on HZ_250 description 2025-02-21 09:20:30 +01:00
Kconfig.kexec liveupdate: kho: move to kernel/liveupdate 2025-11-27 14:24:33 -08:00
Kconfig.locks locking/rwlock: Provide RT variant 2021-08-17 17:50:51 +02:00
Kconfig.preempt sched: Further restrict the preemption modes 2026-01-08 12:43:57 +01:00
kcov.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kexec.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kexec_core.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
kexec_elf.c kexec: initialize ELF lowest address to ULONG_MAX 2025-03-16 22:30:47 -07:00
kexec_file.c kexec: derive purgatory entry from symbol 2026-01-31 16:16:07 -08:00
kexec_internal.h kexec: enable CMA based contiguous allocation 2025-08-02 12:01:38 -07:00
kheaders.c kheaders: Simplify attribute through __BIN_ATTR_SIMPLE_RO() 2024-12-24 09:46:49 +01:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Remove unneeded warnings from __arm_kprobe_ftrace() 2026-03-13 23:15:26 +09:00
kstack_erase.c sysctl: remove __user qualifier from stack_erasing_sysctl buffer argument 2025-11-27 15:44:53 +01:00
ksyms_common.c kallsyms: make kallsyms_show_value() as generic function 2023-06-08 12:27:20 -07:00
ksysfs.c kexec: move sysfs entries to /sys/kernel/kexec 2025-11-27 14:24:42 -08:00
kthread.c kthread: consolidate kthread exit paths to prevent use-after-free 2026-02-26 10:45:49 +01:00
latencytop.c treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
Makefile kcov: Enable context analysis 2026-01-05 16:43:34 +01:00
module_signature.c module: harden ELF info handling 2021-01-19 10:24:45 +01:00
notifier.c reboot: move reboot_notifier_list to kernel/reboot.c 2024-11-05 17:12:31 -08:00
nscommon.c nsfs: tighten permission checks for ns iteration ioctls 2026-02-27 22:00:08 +01:00
nsproxy.c nsproxy: fix free_nsproxy() and simplify create_new_namespaces() 2025-11-14 13:10:38 +01:00
nstree.c nstree: tighten permission checks for listing 2026-02-27 22:00:11 +01:00
padata.c Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments 2026-02-21 20:03:00 -08:00
panic.c panic: add panic_force_cpu= parameter to redirect panic to a specific CPU 2026-02-03 08:21:26 -08:00
params.c Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments 2026-02-21 20:03:00 -08:00
pid.c Revert "pid: make __task_pid_nr_ns(ns => NULL) safe for zombie callers" 2026-02-10 11:39:30 +01:00
pid_namespace.c pid: rely on common reference count behavior 2025-11-11 10:01:32 +01:00
pid_sysctl.h treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
profile.c profiling: remove profile=sleep support 2024-08-04 13:36:28 -07:00
ptrace.c rseq: Introduce struct rseq_data 2025-11-04 08:30:50 +01:00
range.c kernel.h: split out min()/max() et al. helpers 2020-10-16 11:11:19 -07:00
reboot.c treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
regset.c regset: use kvzalloc() for regset_get_alloc() 2024-04-25 21:07:03 -07:00
relay.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
resource.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
resource_kunit.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
rseq.c rseq: slice ext: Ensure rseq feature size differs from original rseq size 2026-02-23 11:19:19 +01:00
scftorture.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
scs.c scs: fix a wrong parameter in __scs_magic 2025-11-12 10:00:13 -08:00
seccomp.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
signal.c compiler-context-analysis: Remove __cond_lock() function-like helper 2026-01-05 16:43:33 +01:00
smp.c smp: Introduce a helper function to check for pending IPIs 2025-11-19 18:06:50 +01:00
smpboot.c sched/smp: Use the SMP version of idle_thread_set_boot_cpu() 2025-06-13 08:47:20 +02:00
smpboot.h License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
softirq.c softirq: Allow to drop the softirq-BKL lock on PREEMPT_RT 2025-09-17 16:25:41 +02:00
stacktrace.c stacktrace: fix kernel-doc typo 2023-12-29 12:22:29 -08:00
static_call.c static_call: Don't make __static_call_return0 static 2022-04-05 09:59:38 +02:00
static_call_inline.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
stop_machine.c sched/core: Fix migrate_swap() vs. hotplug 2025-07-01 15:02:03 +02:00
sys.c RISC-V updates for v7.0 2026-02-12 19:17:44 -08:00
sys_ni.c rseq: Implement sys_rseq_slice_yield() 2026-01-22 11:11:17 +01:00
sysctl-test.c sysctl: move u8 register test to lib/test_sysctl.c 2025-04-14 14:13:41 +02:00
sysctl.c sysctl: fix uninitialized variable in proc_do_large_bitmap 2026-03-26 09:32:19 +01:00
task_work.c task_work: Fix NMI race condition 2025-10-29 10:29:54 +01:00
taskstats.c fdget(), more trivial conversions 2024-11-03 01:28:06 -05:00
torture.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
tracepoint.c Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
tsacct.c tsacct: skip all kernel threads 2026-01-26 19:07:13 -08:00
ucount.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
uid16.c fs: add do_fchownat(), ksys_fchown() helpers and ksys_{,l}chown() wrappers 2018-04-02 20:15:59 +02:00
uid16.h kernel: provide ksys_*() wrappers for syscalls called by kernel/uid16.c 2018-04-02 20:15:30 +02:00
umh.c treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
up.c smp: Change function signatures to use call_single_data_t 2023-09-13 14:59:24 +02:00
user-return-notifier.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
user.c ns: drop custom reference count initialization for initial namespaces 2025-11-11 10:01:32 +01:00
user_namespace.c Convert remaining multi-line kmalloc_obj/flex GFP_KERNEL uses 2026-02-22 08:26:33 -08:00
utsname.c namespace-6.18-rc1 2025-09-29 11:20:29 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
vhost_task.c Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
vmcore_info.c mm.git review status for linus..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-02-12 12:13:01 -08:00
watch_queue.c Convert 'alloc_flex' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
watchdog.c watchdog/softlockup: fix sample ring index wrap in need_counting_irqs() 2026-02-08 00:13:34 -08:00
watchdog_buddy.c watchdog: fix opencoded cpumask_next_wrap() in watchdog_next_cpu() 2025-07-31 11:28:03 -04:00
watchdog_perf.c watchdog/hardlockup: simplify perf event probe and remove per-cpu dependency 2026-02-08 00:13:35 -08:00
workqueue.c workqueue: Better describe stall check 2026-03-25 05:51:02 -10:00
workqueue_internal.h workqueue: Show in-flight work item duration in stall diagnostics 2026-03-05 07:27:48 -10:00