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<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<title>memstick: ms_block: reject a card that reports too many blocks</title>
<updated>2026-07-24T14:21:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Maoyi Xie</name>
<email>maoyixie.tju@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-02T08:27:45+00:00</published>
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commit 718178f524b98bc920d74bc771aed823c8b81425 upstream.

msb_ftl_initialize() computes the zone count from the card block count
with no bound:

	msb-&gt;zone_count = msb-&gt;block_count / MS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE;
	...
	for (i = 0; i &lt; msb-&gt;zone_count; i++)
		msb-&gt;free_block_count[i] = MS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE;

msb-&gt;block_count is a card value. msb_read_boot_blocks() reads
number_of_blocks from the card boot page and byte swaps it.
free_block_count is a fixed int[MS_MAX_ZONES]. MS_MAX_ZONES is 16, so the
valid indices are 0 to 15. The init loop above indexes it by zone_count.
msb_mark_block_used() and msb_mark_block_unused() index it by
pba / MS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE, for pba up to block_count - 1. A card may report
up to 65535 blocks. A block_count above 8192 (MS_MAX_ZONES *
MS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE) lets the pba index reach 16. That writes past
free_block_count[] and corrupts struct msb_data. A larger count runs the
init loop past the end too.

A real Memory Stick has at most 16 zones. So it has at most 8192 blocks.
msb_ftl_initialize() now rejects a card that reports more than
MS_MAX_ZONES * MS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE blocks.

Fixes: 0ab30494bc4f ("memstick: add support for legacy memorysticks")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Maoyi Xie &lt;maoyixie.tju@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson &lt;ulfh@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 718178f524b98bc920d74bc771aed823c8b81425 upstream.

msb_ftl_initialize() computes the zone count from the card block count
with no bound:

	msb-&gt;zone_count = msb-&gt;block_count / MS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE;
	...
	for (i = 0; i &lt; msb-&gt;zone_count; i++)
		msb-&gt;free_block_count[i] = MS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE;

msb-&gt;block_count is a card value. msb_read_boot_blocks() reads
number_of_blocks from the card boot page and byte swaps it.
free_block_count is a fixed int[MS_MAX_ZONES]. MS_MAX_ZONES is 16, so the
valid indices are 0 to 15. The init loop above indexes it by zone_count.
msb_mark_block_used() and msb_mark_block_unused() index it by
pba / MS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE, for pba up to block_count - 1. A card may report
up to 65535 blocks. A block_count above 8192 (MS_MAX_ZONES *
MS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE) lets the pba index reach 16. That writes past
free_block_count[] and corrupts struct msb_data. A larger count runs the
init loop past the end too.

A real Memory Stick has at most 16 zones. So it has at most 8192 blocks.
msb_ftl_initialize() now rejects a card that reports more than
MS_MAX_ZONES * MS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE blocks.

Fixes: 0ab30494bc4f ("memstick: add support for legacy memorysticks")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Maoyi Xie &lt;maoyixie.tju@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson &lt;ulfh@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument</title>
<updated>2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-22T00:37:42+00:00</published>
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This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\&lt;k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\&lt;k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types</title>
<updated>2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kees Cook</name>
<email>kees@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-21T07:49:23+00:00</published>
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This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
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This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook &lt;kees@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>block: switch -&gt;getgeo() to struct gendisk</title>
<updated>2025-08-13T06:59:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2024-05-22T02:19:55+00:00</published>
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Instances are happier that way and it makes more sense anyway -
the only part of the result that is related to partition we are given
is the start sector, and that has been filled in by the caller.

Everything else is a function of the disk.  Only one instance
(DASD) is ever looking at anything other than bdev-&gt;bd_disk and
that one is trivial to adjust.

Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Acked-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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Instances are happier that way and it makes more sense anyway -
the only part of the result that is related to partition we are given
is the start sector, and that has been filled in by the caller.

Everything else is a function of the disk.  Only one instance
(DASD) is ever looking at anything other than bdev-&gt;bd_disk and
that one is trivial to adjust.

Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Acked-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>treewide, timers: Rename from_timer() to timer_container_of()</title>
<updated>2025-06-08T07:07:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ingo Molnar</name>
<email>mingo@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-05-09T05:51:14+00:00</published>
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Move this API to the canonical timer_*() namespace.

[ tglx: Redone against pre rc1 ]

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aB2X0jCKQO56WdMt@gmail.com

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Move this API to the canonical timer_*() namespace.

[ tglx: Redone against pre rc1 ]

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aB2X0jCKQO56WdMt@gmail.com

</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>treewide: Switch/rename to timer_delete[_sync]()</title>
<updated>2025-04-05T08:30:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2025-04-05T08:17:26+00:00</published>
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timer_delete[_sync]() replaces del_timer[_sync](). Convert the whole tree
over and remove the historical wrapper inlines.

Conversion was done with coccinelle plus manual fixups where necessary.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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timer_delete[_sync]() replaces del_timer[_sync](). Convert the whole tree
over and remove the historical wrapper inlines.

Conversion was done with coccinelle plus manual fixups where necessary.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>block: remove unused parameter 'q' parameter in __blk_rq_map_sg()</title>
<updated>2025-03-13T11:46:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Anuj Gupta</name>
<email>anuj20.g@samsung.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-13T03:53:18+00:00</published>
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request_queue param is no longer used by blk_rq_map_sg and
__blk_rq_map_sg. Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Anuj Gupta &lt;anuj20.g@samsung.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250313035322.243239-1-anuj20.g@samsung.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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request_queue param is no longer used by blk_rq_map_sg and
__blk_rq_map_sg. Remove it.

Signed-off-by: Anuj Gupta &lt;anuj20.g@samsung.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250313035322.243239-1-anuj20.g@samsung.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>block: remove BLK_MQ_F_SHOULD_MERGE</title>
<updated>2024-12-23T15:17:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoph Hellwig</name>
<email>hch@lst.de</email>
</author>
<published>2024-12-19T06:01:59+00:00</published>
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BLK_MQ_F_SHOULD_MERGE is set for all tag_sets except those that purely
process passthrough commands (bsg-lib, ufs tmf, various nvme admin
queues) and thus don't even check the flag.  Remove it to simplify the
driver interface.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241219060214.1928848-1-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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BLK_MQ_F_SHOULD_MERGE is set for all tag_sets except those that purely
process passthrough commands (bsg-lib, ufs tmf, various nvme admin
queues) and thus don't even check the flag.  Remove it to simplify the
driver interface.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241219060214.1928848-1-hch@lst.de
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>memstick: Constify struct memstick_device_id</title>
<updated>2024-10-14T10:40:10+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christophe JAILLET</name>
<email>christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-28T16:20:56+00:00</published>
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'struct memstick_device_id' are not modified in these drivers.

Constifying this structure moves some data to a read-only section, so
increases overall security.

Update memstick_dev_match(), memstick_bus_match() and struct
memstick_driver accordingly.

On a x86_64, with allmodconfig, as an example:
Before:
======
   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
  74055	   3455	     88	  77598	  12f1e	drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.o

After:
=====
   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
  74087	   3423	     88	  77598	  12f1e	drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.o

Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET &lt;christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/6509d6f6ed64193f04e747a98ccea7492c976ca8.1727540434.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr
Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson &lt;ulf.hansson@linaro.org&gt;
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'struct memstick_device_id' are not modified in these drivers.

Constifying this structure moves some data to a read-only section, so
increases overall security.

Update memstick_dev_match(), memstick_bus_match() and struct
memstick_driver accordingly.

On a x86_64, with allmodconfig, as an example:
Before:
======
   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
  74055	   3455	     88	  77598	  12f1e	drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.o

After:
=====
   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
  74087	   3423	     88	  77598	  12f1e	drivers/memstick/core/ms_block.o

Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET &lt;christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/6509d6f6ed64193f04e747a98ccea7492c976ca8.1727540434.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr
Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson &lt;ulf.hansson@linaro.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>memstick: Fix typo in comment</title>
<updated>2024-10-14T10:29:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yu Jiaoliang</name>
<email>yujiaoliang@vivo.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-09-18T08:16:38+00:00</published>
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Fix typos:
exectly-&gt;exactly,
cylynders-&gt;cylinders,
intersting-&gt;interesting,
inteface-&gt;interface.

Signed-off-by: Yu Jiaoliang &lt;yujiaoliang@vivo.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240918081640.1493847-1-yujiaoliang@vivo.com
Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson &lt;ulf.hansson@linaro.org&gt;
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Fix typos:
exectly-&gt;exactly,
cylynders-&gt;cylinders,
intersting-&gt;interesting,
inteface-&gt;interface.

Signed-off-by: Yu Jiaoliang &lt;yujiaoliang@vivo.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240918081640.1493847-1-yujiaoliang@vivo.com
Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson &lt;ulf.hansson@linaro.org&gt;
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