Linux Kernel 4.19.178 Release

This post summarizes Linux Kernel new features, bugfixes and changes in Linux 4.19.178 Release. Linux 4.19.178 Release contains 248 changes, patches or new features.

In total, there are 239,909 lines of Linux source code changed/added in Linux 4.19.178 release compared to Linux 4.19 release. To view the source code of Linux 4.19.178 kernel release online, please check the linux-stable tree for Linux 4.19.178. If you would like to download the release package for Linux 4.19.178, please click: Linux 4.19.178. To download the patchset for Linux 4.19.178 release, please click: Linux 4.19.178 patch.

All changes in this Linux release are as follows.

• Linux 4.19.178
• ARM: dts: aspeed: Add LCLK to lpc-snoop
• net: qrtr: Fix memory leak in qrtr_tun_open
• dm era: Update in-core bitset after committing the metadata
• net: icmp: pass zeroed opts from icmp{,v6}_ndo_send before sending
• ipv6: silence compilation warning for non-IPV6 builds
• ipv6: icmp6: avoid indirect call for icmpv6_send()
• xfrm: interface: use icmp_ndo_send helper
• sunvnet: use icmp_ndo_send helper
• gtp: use icmp_ndo_send helper
• icmp: allow icmpv6_ndo_send to work with CONFIG_IPV6=n
• icmp: introduce helper for nat’d source address in network device context
• dm era: only resize metadata in preresume
• dm era: Reinitialize bitset cache before digesting a new writeset
• dm era: Use correct value size in equality function of writeset tree
• dm era: Fix bitset memory leaks
• dm era: Verify the data block size hasn’t changed
• dm era: Recover committed writeset after crash
• dm: fix deadlock when swapping to encrypted device
• gfs2: Don’t skip dlm unlock if glock has an lvb
• sparc32: fix a user-triggerable oops in clear_user()
• f2fs: fix out-of-repair __setattr_copy()
• cpufreq: intel_pstate: Get per-CPU max freq via MSR_HWP_CAPABILITIES if available
• printk: fix deadlock when kernel panic
• gpio: pcf857x: Fix missing first interrupt
• mmc: sdhci-esdhc-imx: fix kernel panic when remove module
• module: Ignore _GLOBAL_OFFSETTABLE when warning for undefined symbols
• arm64: Extend workaround for erratum 1024718 to all versions of Cortex-A55
• libnvdimm/dimm: Avoid race between probe and available_slots_show()
• hugetlb: fix copy_huge_page_from_user contig page struct assumption
• x86: fix seq_file iteration for pat/memtype.c
• seq_file: document how per-entry resources are managed.
• fs/affs: release old buffer head on error path
• mtd: spi-nor: hisi-sfc: Put child node np on error path
• watchdog: mei_wdt: request stop on unregister
• arm64: uprobe: Return EOPNOTSUPP for AARCH32 instruction probing
• floppy: reintroduce O_NDELAY fix
• x86/reboot: Force all cpus to exit VMX root if VMX is supported
• media: ipu3-cio2: Fix mbus_code processing in cio2_subdev_set_fmt()
• staging: rtl8188eu: Add Edimax EW-7811UN V2 to device table
• staging: gdm724x: Fix DMA from stack
• staging/mt7621-dma: mtk-hsdma.c->hsdma-mt7621.c
• dts64: mt7622: fix slow sd card access
• pstore: Fix typo in compression option name
• drivers/misc/vmw_vmci: restrict too big queue size in qp_host_alloc_queue
• misc: rtsx: init of rts522a add OCP power off when no card is present
• seccomp: Add missing return in non-void function
• crypto: sun4i-ss – handle BigEndian for cipher
• crypto: sun4i-ss – checking sg length is not sufficient
• crypto: arm64/sha – add missing module aliases
• btrfs: fix extent buffer leak on failure to copy root
• btrfs: fix reloc root leak with 0 ref reloc roots on recovery
• btrfs: abort the transaction if we fail to inc ref in btrfs_copy_root
• KEYS: trusted: Fix migratable=1 failing
• tpm_tis: Clean up locality release
• tpm_tis: Fix check_locality for correct locality acquisition
• ALSA: hda/realtek: modify EAPD in the ALC886
• USB: serial: mos7720: fix error code in mos7720_write()
• USB: serial: mos7840: fix error code in mos7840_write()
• USB: serial: ftdi_sio: fix FTX sub-integer prescaler
• usb: dwc3: gadget: Fix dep->interval for fullspeed interrupt
• usb: dwc3: gadget: Fix setting of DEPCFG.bInterval_m1
• usb: musb: Fix runtime PM race in musb_queue_resume_work
• USB: serial: option: update interface mapping for ZTE P685M
• Input: i8042 – add ASUS Zenbook Flip to noselftest list
• Input: joydev – prevent potential read overflow in ioctl
• Input: xpad – add support for PowerA Enhanced Wired Controller for Xbox Series X|S
• Input: raydium_ts_i2c – do not send zero length
• HID: wacom: Ignore attempts to overwrite the touch_max value from HID
• ACPI: configfs: add missing check after configfs_register_default_group()
• ACPI: property: Fix fwnode string properties matching
• blk-settings: align max_sectors on “logical_block_size” boundary
• scsi: bnx2fc: Fix Kconfig warning & CNIC build errors
• mm/rmap: fix potential pte_unmap on an not mapped pte
• i2c: brcmstb: Fix brcmstd_send_i2c_cmd condition
• arm64: Add missing ISB after invalidating TLB in __primary_switch
• r8169: fix jumbo packet handling on RTL8168e
• mm/hugetlb: fix potential double free in hugetlb_register_node() error path
• mm/memory.c: fix potential pte_unmap_unlock pte error
• ocfs2: fix a use after free on error
• vxlan: move debug check after netdev unregister
• net/mlx4_core: Add missed mlx4_free_cmd_mailbox()
• i40e: Fix add TC filter for IPv6
• i40e: Fix VFs not created
• i40e: Fix overwriting flow control settings during driver loading
• i40e: Add zero-initialization of AQ command structures
• i40e: Fix flow for IPv6 next header (extension header)
• regmap: sdw: use _no_pm functions in regmap_read/write
• ext4: fix potential htree index checksum corruption
• drm/msm/dsi: Correct io_start for MSM8994 (20nm PHY)
• PCI: Align checking of syscall user config accessors
• VMCI: Use set_page_dirty_lock() when unregistering guest memory
• pwm: rockchip: rockchip_pwm_probe(): Remove superfluous clk_unprepare()
• misc: eeprom_93xx46: Add module alias to avoid breaking support for non device tree users
• misc: eeprom_93xx46: Fix module alias to enable module autoprobe
• sparc64: only select COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF if BINFMT_ELF is set
• Input: elo – fix an error code in elo_connect()
• perf test: Fix unaligned access in sample parsing test
• perf intel-pt: Fix missing CYC processing in PSB
• Input: sur40 – fix an error code in sur40_probe()
• spi: pxa2xx: Fix the controller numbering for Wildcat Point
• clk: qcom: gcc-msm8998: Fix Alpha PLL type for all GPLLs
• powerpc/8xx: Fix software emulation interrupt
• powerpc/pseries/dlpar: handle ibm, configure-connector delay status
• mfd: wm831x-auxadc: Prevent use after free in wm831x_auxadc_read_irq()
• spi: stm32: properly handle 0 byte transfer
• RDMA/rxe: Correct skb on loopback path
• RDMA/rxe: Fix coding error in rxe_recv.c
• perf tools: Fix DSO filtering when not finding a map for a sampled address
• tracepoint: Do not fail unregistering a probe due to memory failure
• amba: Fix resource leak for drivers without .remove
• ARM: 9046/1: decompressor: Do not clear SCTLR.nTLSMD for ARMv7+ cores
• mmc: renesas_sdhi_internal_dmac: Fix DMA buffer alignment from 8 to 128-bytes
• mmc: usdhi6rol0: Fix a resource leak in the error handling path of the probe
• powerpc/47x: Disable 256k page size
• KVM: PPC: Make the VMX instruction emulation routines static
• IB/umad: Return EPOLLERR in case of when device disassociated
• IB/umad: Return EIO in case of when device disassociated
• auxdisplay: ht16k33: Fix refresh rate handling
• isofs: release buffer head before return
• regulator: s5m8767: Drop regulators OF node reference
• spi: atmel: Put allocated master before return
• certs: Fix blacklist flag type confusion
• regulator: axp20x: Fix reference cout leak
• clk: sunxi-ng: h6: Fix clock divider range on some clocks
• RDMA/mlx5: Use the correct obj_id upon DEVX TIR creation
• clocksource/drivers/mxs_timer: Add missing semicolon when DEBUG is defined
• rtc: s5m: select REGMAP_I2C
• power: reset: at91-sama5d2_shdwc: fix wkupdbc mask
• of/fdt: Make sure no-map does not remove already reserved regions
• fdt: Properly handle “no-map” field in the memory region
• mfd: bd9571mwv: Use devm_mfd_add_devices()
• dmaengine: hsu: disable spurious interrupt
• dmaengine: owl-dma: Fix a resource leak in the remove function
• dmaengine: fsldma: Fix a resource leak in an error handling path of the probe function
• dmaengine: fsldma: Fix a resource leak in the remove function
• HID: core: detect and skip invalid inputs to snto32()
• clk: sunxi-ng: h6: Fix CEC clock
• spi: cadence-quadspi: Abort read if dummy cycles required are too many
• quota: Fix memory leak when handling corrupted quota file
• clk: meson: clk-pll: fix initializing the old rate (fallback) for a PLL
• capabilities: Don’t allow writing ambiguous v3 file capabilities
• jffs2: fix use after free in jffs2_sum_write_data()
• fs/jfs: fix potential integer overflow on shift of a int
• ima: Free IMA measurement buffer after kexec syscall
• ima: Free IMA measurement buffer on error
• crypto: ecdh_helper – Ensure ‘len >= secret.len’ in decode_key()
• hwrng: timeriomem – Fix cooldown period calculation
• btrfs: clarify error returns values in __load_free_space_cache
• Drivers: hv: vmbus: Avoid use-after-free in vmbus_onoffer_rescind()
• drm/amdgpu: Prevent shift wrapping in amdgpu_read_mask()
• f2fs: fix to avoid inconsistent quota data
• ASoC: cpcap: fix microphone timeslot mask
• ata: ahci_brcm: Add back regulators management
• crypto: talitos – Work around SEC6 ERRATA (AES-CTR mode data size error)
• media: uvcvideo: Accept invalid bFormatIndex and bFrameIndex values
• media: pxa_camera: declare variable when DEBUG is defined
• media: cx25821: Fix a bug when reallocating some dma memory
• media: qm1d1c0042: fix error return code in qm1d1c0042_init()
• media: lmedm04: Fix misuse of comma
• drm/amd/display: Fix 10/12 bpc setup in DCE output bit depth reduction.
• crypto: bcm – Rename struct device_private to bcm_device_private
• ASoC: cs42l56: fix up error handling in probe
• media: tm6000: Fix memleak in tm6000_start_stream
• media: media/pci: Fix memleak in empress_init
• media: em28xx: Fix use-after-free in em28xx_alloc_urbs
• media: vsp1: Fix an error handling path in the probe function
• media: camss: missing error code in msm_video_register()
• media: i2c: ov5670: Fix PIXEL_RATE minimum value
• MIPS: lantiq: Explicitly compare LTQ_EBU_PCC_ISTAT against 0
• MIPS: c-r4k: Fix section mismatch for loongson2_sc_init
• drm/amdgpu: Fix macro name _AMDGPU_TRACEH in preprocessor if condition
• crypto: sun4i-ss – fix kmap usage
• gma500: clean up error handling in init
• drm/gma500: Fix error return code in psb_driver_load()
• fbdev: aty: SPARC64 requires FB_ATY_CT
• net: mvneta: Remove per-cpu queue mapping for Armada 3700
• net: amd-xgbe: Fix network fluctuations when using 1G BELFUSE SFP
• net: amd-xgbe: Reset link when the link never comes back
• net: amd-xgbe: Fix NETDEV WATCHDOG transmit queue timeout warning
• net: amd-xgbe: Reset the PHY rx data path when mailbox command timeout
• ibmvnic: skip send_request_unmap for timeout reset
• ibmvnic: add memory barrier to protect long term buffer
• b43: N-PHY: Fix the update of coef for the PHY revision >= 3case
• cxgb4/chtls/cxgbit: Keeping the max ofld immediate data size same in cxgb4 and ulds
• tcp: fix SO_RCVLOWAT related hangs under mem pressure
• bpf: Fix bpf_fib_lookup helper MTU check for SKB ctx
• mac80211: fix potential overflow when multiplying to u32 integers
• xen/netback: fix spurious event detection for common event case
• bnxt_en: reverse order of TX disable and carrier off
• ibmvnic: Set to CLOSED state even on error
• ath9k: fix data bus crash when setting nf_override via debugfs
• bpf_lru_list: Read double-checked variable once without lock
• soc: aspeed: snoop: Add clock control logic
• ARM: s3c: fix fiq for clang IAS
• arm64: dts: msm8916: Fix reserved and rfsa nodes unit address
• ARM: dts: armada388-helios4: assign pinctrl to each fan
• ARM: dts: armada388-helios4: assign pinctrl to LEDs
• staging: rtl8723bs: wifi_regd.c: Fix incorrect number of regulatory rules
• usb: dwc2: Make “trimming xfer length” a debug message
• usb: dwc2: Abort transaction after errors with unknown reason
• usb: dwc2: Do not update data length if it is 0 on inbound transfers
• ARM: dts: Configure missing thermal interrupt for 4430
• memory: ti-aemif: Drop child node when jumping out loop
• Bluetooth: Put HCI device if inquiry procedure interrupts
• Bluetooth: drop HCI device reference before return
• usb: gadget: u_audio: Free requests only after callback
• ACPICA: Fix exception code class checks
• cpufreq: brcmstb-avs-cpufreq: Fix resource leaks in ->remove()
• cpufreq: brcmstb-avs-cpufreq: Free resources in error path
• arm64: dts: allwinner: A64: Limit MMC2 bus frequency to 150 MHz
• arm64: dts: allwinner: Drop non-removable from SoPine/LTS SD card
• arm64: dts: allwinner: A64: properly connect USB PHY to port 0
• bpf: Avoid warning when re-casting bpf_call_base into bpf_call_base_args
• arm64: dts: exynos: correct PMIC interrupt trigger level on Espresso
• arm64: dts: exynos: correct PMIC interrupt trigger level on TM2
• ARM: dts: exynos: correct PMIC interrupt trigger level on Odroid XU3 family
• ARM: dts: exynos: correct PMIC interrupt trigger level on Arndale Octa
• ARM: dts: exynos: correct PMIC interrupt trigger level on Spring
• ARM: dts: exynos: correct PMIC interrupt trigger level on Rinato
• ARM: dts: exynos: correct PMIC interrupt trigger level on Monk
• ARM: dts: exynos: correct PMIC interrupt trigger level on Artik 5
• Bluetooth: Fix initializing response id after clearing struct
• Bluetooth: btqcomsmd: Fix a resource leak in error handling paths in the probe function
• ath10k: Fix error handling in case of CE pipe init failure
• random: fix the RNDRESEEDCRNG ioctl
• MIPS: vmlinux.lds.S: add missing PAGE_ALIGNED_DATA() section
• ALSA: usb-audio: Fix PCM buffer allocation in non-vmalloc mode
• bfq: Avoid false bfq queue merging
• PCI: qcom: Use PHY_REFCLK_USE_PAD only for ipq8064
• kdb: Make memory allocations more robust
• vmlinux.lds.h: add DWARF v5 sections
• locking/static_key: Fix false positive warnings on concurrent dec/inc
• jump_label/lockdep: Assert we hold the hotplug lock for _cpuslocked() operations
• scripts/recordmcount.pl: support big endian for ARCH sh
• cifs: Set CIFS_MOUNT_USE_PREFIX_PATH flag on setting cifs_sb->prepath.
• NET: usb: qmi_wwan: Adding support for Cinterion MV31
• block: don’t release queue’s sysfs lock during switching elevator
• block: fix race between switching elevator and removing queues
• block: split .sysfs_lock into two locks
• block: add helper for checking if queue is registered
• scripts: set proper OpenSSL include dir also for sign-file
• scripts: use pkg-config to locate libcrypto
• arm64: tegra: Add power-domain for Tegra210 HDA
• ntfs: check for valid standard information attribute
• usb: quirks: add quirk to start video capture on ELMO L-12F document camera reliable
• USB: quirks: sort quirk entries
• HID: make arrays usage and value to be the same