This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.14.7 release. There are 52 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 Dec 17 09:22:47 UTC 2017. Anything received after that time might be too late. The whole patch series can be found in one patch at: kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/stable-review/patch-4.14.7-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-4.14.y and the diffstat can be found below. thanks, greg k-h ------------- Pseudo-Shortlog of commits: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Linux 4.14.7-rc1 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx> dvb_frontend: don't use-after-free the frontend struct Daniel Scheller <d.scheller@xxxxxxx> media: dvb-core: always call invoke_release() in fe_free() Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@xxxxxxxxx> x86/intel_rdt: Fix potential deadlock during resctrl unmount Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx> RDMA/cxgb4: Annotate r2 and stag as __be32 Zdenek Kabelac <zkabelac@xxxxxxxxxx> md: free unused memory after bitmap resize Heinz Mauelshagen <heinzm@xxxxxxxxxx> dm raid: fix panic when attempting to force a raid to sync Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> audit: ensure that 'audit=1' actually enables audit for PID 1 Steve Grubb <sgrubb@xxxxxxxxxx> audit: Allow auditd to set pid to 0 to end auditing Israel Rukshin <israelr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> nvmet-rdma: update queue list during ib_device removal Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxx> blk-mq: Avoid that request queue removal can trigger list corruption Hongxu Jia <hongxu.jia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ide: ide-atapi: fix compile error with defining macro DEBUG Keefe Liu <liuqifa@xxxxxxxxxx> ipvlan: fix ipv6 outbound device Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> powerpc/powernv/idle: Round up latency and residency values Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> kbuild: do not call cc-option before KBUILD_CFLAGS initialization Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx> KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-its: Preserve the revious read from the pending table Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> fix kcm_clone() Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> fcntl: don't cap l_start and l_end values for F_GETLK64 in compat syscall Vincent Pelletier <plr.vincent@xxxxxxxxx> usb: gadget: ffs: Forbid usb_ep_alloc_request from sleeping Masamitsu Yamazaki <m-yamazaki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ipmi: Stop timers before cleaning up the module Xin Long <lucien.xin@xxxxxxxxx> sctp: use right member as the param of list_for_each_entry Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> cls_bpf: don't decrement net's refcount when offload fails Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> net: openvswitch: datapath: fix data type in queue_gso_packets Willem de Bruijn <willemb@xxxxxxxxxx> net: accept UFO datagrams from tuntap and packet Xin Long <lucien.xin@xxxxxxxxx> tun: fix rcu_read_lock imbalance in tun_build_skb David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx> net: ipv6: Fixup device for anycast routes during copy Wei Xu <wexu@xxxxxxxxxx> tun: free skb in early errors Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp: when scheduling TLP, time of RTO should account for current ACK Wei Xu <wexu@xxxxxxxxxx> tap: free skb if flags error Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxxxx> net: sched: cbq: create block for q->link.block Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp: use current time in tcp_rcv_space_adjust() Tommi Rantala <tommi.t.rantala@xxxxxxxxx> tipc: call tipc_rcv() only if bearer is up in tipc_udp_recv() David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx> tcp: use IPCB instead of TCP_SKB_CB in inet_exact_dif_match() Julian Wiedmann <jwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> s390/qeth: fix GSO throughput regression Julian Wiedmann <jwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> s390/qeth: fix thinko in IPv4 multicast address tracking Julian Wiedmann <jwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> s390/qeth: build max size GSO skbs on L2 devices Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp/dccp: block bh before arming time_wait timer Lars Persson <lars.persson@xxxxxxxx> stmmac: reset last TSO segment size after device open Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> net: remove hlist_nulls_add_tail_rcu() Bjørn Mork <bjorn@xxxxxxx> usbnet: fix alignment for frames with no ethernet header Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp: remove buggy call to tcp_v6_restore_cb() Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> net/packet: fix a race in packet_bind() and packet_notifier() Mike Maloney <maloney@xxxxxxxxxx> packet: fix crash in fanout_demux_rollover() Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> tcp: add tcp_v4_fill_cb()/tcp_v4_restore_cb() Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@xxxxxxxxx> sit: update frag_off info Håkon Bugge <Haakon.Bugge@xxxxxxxxxx> rds: Fix NULL pointer dereference in __rds_rdma_map Wei Xu <wexu@xxxxxxxxxx> vhost: fix skb leak in handle_rx() Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> tipc: fix memory leak in tipc_accept_from_sock() Julian Wiedmann <jwi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> s390/qeth: fix early exit from error path Tobias Jakobi <tjakobi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> net: realtek: r8169: implement set_link_ksettings() Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> net: thunderx: Fix TCP/UDP checksum offload for IPv4 pkts Sunil Goutham <sgoutham@xxxxxxxxxx> net: thunderx: Fix TCP/UDP checksum offload for IPv6 pkts Sebastian Sjoholm <ssjoholm@xxxxxxx> net: qmi_wwan: add Quectel BG96 2c7c:0296 ------------- Diffstat: Makefile | 25 ++++--- arch/arm64/include/asm/compat.h | 1 - arch/mips/include/asm/compat.h | 1 - arch/parisc/include/asm/compat.h | 1 - arch/powerpc/include/asm/compat.h | 1 - arch/s390/include/asm/compat.h | 1 - arch/sparc/include/asm/compat.h | 1 - arch/tile/include/asm/compat.h | 1 - arch/x86/include/asm/compat.h | 1 - arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c | 10 +-- block/blk-core.c | 1 + drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c | 44 +++++------ drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c | 4 +- drivers/ide/ide-atapi.c | 6 +- drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/t4fw_ri_api.h | 4 +- drivers/md/bitmap.c | 9 +++ drivers/md/dm-raid.c | 21 +++--- drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c | 10 +-- drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.c | 3 +- drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c | 38 ++++++---- drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 1 + drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c | 2 +- drivers/net/tap.c | 16 ++-- drivers/net/tun.c | 29 ++++++-- drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c | 3 + drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c | 5 +- drivers/nvme/target/rdma.c | 6 +- drivers/s390/net/qeth_core.h | 3 + drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c | 31 ++++++++ drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c | 4 +- drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c | 13 +++- drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c | 2 +- drivers/vhost/net.c | 20 ++--- fs/fcntl.c | 11 ++- include/linux/netdev_features.h | 4 +- include/linux/netdevice.h | 1 + include/linux/rculist_nulls.h | 38 ---------- include/linux/skbuff.h | 2 + include/linux/usb/usbnet.h | 1 + include/linux/virtio_net.h | 5 +- include/net/ipv6.h | 2 +- include/net/sock.h | 6 +- include/net/tcp.h | 5 +- kernel/audit.c | 39 +++++----- net/core/dev.c | 3 +- net/dccp/minisocks.c | 6 ++ net/ipv4/af_inet.c | 12 ++- net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 3 +- net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c | 59 ++++++++++----- net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c | 6 ++ net/ipv4/tcp_output.c | 8 +- net/ipv4/udp_offload.c | 49 ++++++++++++- net/ipv6/output_core.c | 6 +- net/ipv6/route.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/sit.c | 1 + net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c | 11 +-- net/ipv6/udp_offload.c | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++- net/kcm/kcmsock.c | 71 +++++++----------- net/openvswitch/datapath.c | 14 ++++ net/openvswitch/flow.c | 6 +- net/packet/af_packet.c | 37 ++++------ net/packet/internal.h | 1 - net/rds/rdma.c | 2 +- net/sched/act_csum.c | 6 ++ net/sched/cls_bpf.c | 21 ++++-- net/sched/sch_cbq.c | 9 ++- net/sctp/socket.c | 6 +- net/tipc/server.c | 1 + net/tipc/udp_media.c | 4 - virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c | 2 +- 70 files changed, 543 insertions(+), 320 deletions(-)