Re: [PATCH 5.6 00/23] 5.6.1-rc1 review

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, Apr 01, 2020 at 09:40:31AM -0600, shuah wrote:
> On 3/31/20 9:06 PM, Woody Suwalski wrote:
> > Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.6.1 release.
> > > There are 23 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 Thu, 02 Apr 2020 08:50:37 +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/v5.x/stable-review/patch-5.6.1-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-5.6.y
> > > and the diffstat can be found below.
> > > 
> > > thanks,
> > > 
> > > greg k-h
> > > 
> > > -------------
> > > Pseudo-Shortlog of commits:
> > > 
> > > Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> > >      Linux 5.6.1-rc1
> > > 
> > > Dafna Hirschfeld <dafna.hirschfeld@collabora.com>
> > >      media: v4l2-core: fix a use-after-free bug of sd->devnode
> > > 
> > > Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
> > >      media: xirlink_cit: add missing descriptor sanity checks
> > > 
> > > Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
> > >      media: stv06xx: add missing descriptor sanity checks
> > > 
> > > Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
> > >      media: dib0700: fix rc endpoint lookup
> > > 
> > > Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
> > >      media: ov519: add missing endpoint sanity checks
> > > 
> > > Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
> > >      libfs: fix infoleak in simple_attr_read()
> > > 
> > > Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@canonical.com>
> > >      ahci: Add Intel Comet Lake H RAID PCI ID
> > > 
> > > Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl>
> > >      staging: wfx: annotate nested gc_list vs tx queue locking
> > > 
> > > Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl>
> > >      staging: wfx: fix init/remove vs IRQ race
> > > 
> > > Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl>
> > >      staging: wfx: add proper "compatible" string
> > > 
> > > Qiujun Huang <hqjagain@gmail.com>
> > >      staging: wlan-ng: fix use-after-free Read in hfa384x_usbin_callback
> > > 
> > > Qiujun Huang <hqjagain@gmail.com>
> > >      staging: wlan-ng: fix ODEBUG bug in prism2sta_disconnect_usb
> > > 
> > > Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
> > >      staging: rtl8188eu: Add ASUS USB-N10 Nano B1 to device table
> > > 
> > > Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
> > >      staging: kpc2000: prevent underflow in cpld_reconfigure()
> > > 
> > > Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
> > >      media: usbtv: fix control-message timeouts
> > > 
> > > Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
> > >      media: flexcop-usb: fix endpoint sanity check
> > > 
> > > Mans Rullgard <mans@mansr.com>
> > >      usb: musb: fix crash with highmen PIO and usbmon
> > > 
> > > Qiujun Huang <hqjagain@gmail.com>
> > >      USB: serial: io_edgeport: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in
> > > edge_interrupt_callback
> > > 
> > > Matthias Reichl <hias@horus.com>
> > >      USB: cdc-acm: restore capability check order
> > > 
> > > Pawel Dembicki <paweldembicki@gmail.com>
> > >      USB: serial: option: add Wistron Neweb D19Q1
> > > 
> > > Pawel Dembicki <paweldembicki@gmail.com>
> > >      USB: serial: option: add BroadMobi BM806U
> > > 
> > > Pawel Dembicki <paweldembicki@gmail.com>
> > >      USB: serial: option: add support for ASKEY WWHC050
> > > 
> > > Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
> > >      bpf: Undo incorrect __reg_bound_offset32 handling
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -------------
> > > 
> > > Diffstat:
> > > 
> > >   Makefile                                           |  4 +--
> > >   drivers/ata/ahci.c                                 |  1 +
> > >   drivers/media/usb/b2c2/flexcop-usb.c               |  6 ++--
> > >   drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dib0700_core.c           |  4 +--
> > >   drivers/media/usb/gspca/ov519.c                    | 10 ++++++
> > >   drivers/media/usb/gspca/stv06xx/stv06xx.c          | 19 +++++++++-
> > >   drivers/media/usb/gspca/stv06xx/stv06xx_pb0100.c   |  4 +++
> > >   drivers/media/usb/gspca/xirlink_cit.c              | 18 +++++++++-
> > >   drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c               |  2 +-
> > >   drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-video.c              |  5 +--
> > >   drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c              |  1 +
> > >   drivers/staging/kpc2000/kpc2000/core.c             |  4 +--
> > >   drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/usb_intf.c        |  1 +
> > >   .../bindings/net/wireless/siliabs,wfx.txt          |  7 ++--
> > >   drivers/staging/wfx/bus_sdio.c                     | 15 ++++----
> > >   drivers/staging/wfx/bus_spi.c                      | 41
> > > +++++++++++++---------
> > >   drivers/staging/wfx/main.c                         | 21 ++++++-----
> > >   drivers/staging/wfx/main.h                         |  1 -
> > >   drivers/staging/wfx/queue.c                        | 16 ++++-----
> > >   drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x_usb.c              |  2 ++
> > >   drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2usb.c                |  1 +
> > >   drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c                        | 18 +++++-----
> > >   drivers/usb/musb/musb_host.c                       | 17 +++------
> > >   drivers/usb/serial/io_edgeport.c                   |  2 +-
> > >   drivers/usb/serial/option.c                        |  6 ++++
> > >   fs/libfs.c                                         |  8 +++--
> > >   kernel/bpf/verifier.c                              | 19 ----------
> > >   27 files changed, 149 insertions(+), 104 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > 
> > I think you have missed the
> > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git/commit/?id=be8c827f50a0bcd56361b31ada11dc0a3c2fd240
> > 
> > 
> > Without it 5.6 is completely broken on iwlwifi.
> > 
> 
> I am seeing this on my primary laptop with Linux 5.6. I switched
> back to Linux 5.6-rc7 for now. Is this issue introduced in 5.6
> when Dave's networking pull? 5.6-rc7 is just fine.
> 
> wifi authentication keeps on failing and can't connect at all.
> 
> Just about to report this for 5.6 and saw this thread.

It will be in the next 5.6.y release, thanks.

greg k-h