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<title>net: ip_gre: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink</title>
<updated>2026-07-04T11:45:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Maoyi Xie</name>
<email>maoyixie.tju@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-12T08:59:35+00:00</published>
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commit 8165f7ff57d9667d2bb477ef6af83ede7fed4ad7 upstream.

A tunnel changelink() operates on at most two netns, dev_net(dev) and
the tunnel link netns t-&gt;net. They differ once the device is created in
or moved to a netns other than the one the request runs in. The rtnl
changelink path checks CAP_NET_ADMIN only against dev_net(dev), so a
caller privileged there but not in t-&gt;net can rewrite a tunnel that
lives in t-&gt;net.

Add rtnl_dev_link_net_capable() next to rtnl_get_net_ns_capable() in
net/core/rtnetlink.c. It requires CAP_NET_ADMIN in the link netns and is
skipped when the link netns is dev_net(dev), where the rtnl path already
checked it. The other patches in this series use the same helper.

Gate ipgre_changelink() and erspan_changelink() with it, at the top of
the op before any attribute is parsed, because the parsers update live
tunnel fields first. ipgre_netlink_parms() sets t-&gt;collect_md before
ip_tunnel_changelink() runs.

Commit 8b484efd5cb4 ("ip6: vti: Use ip6_tnl.net in
vti6_siocdevprivate().") added the same check on the ioctl path. This
adds it on RTM_NEWLINK.

Reported-by: Xiao Liang &lt;shaw.leon@gmail.com&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CABAhCOSzP1vaThGV35_VnsRCb=87_CPjPVsTHbq905k8A+BuUg@mail.gmail.com/
Fixes: b57708add314 ("gre: add x-netns support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Maoyi Xie &lt;maoyixie.tju@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260612085941.3158249-2-maoyixie.tju@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 8165f7ff57d9667d2bb477ef6af83ede7fed4ad7 upstream.

A tunnel changelink() operates on at most two netns, dev_net(dev) and
the tunnel link netns t-&gt;net. They differ once the device is created in
or moved to a netns other than the one the request runs in. The rtnl
changelink path checks CAP_NET_ADMIN only against dev_net(dev), so a
caller privileged there but not in t-&gt;net can rewrite a tunnel that
lives in t-&gt;net.

Add rtnl_dev_link_net_capable() next to rtnl_get_net_ns_capable() in
net/core/rtnetlink.c. It requires CAP_NET_ADMIN in the link netns and is
skipped when the link netns is dev_net(dev), where the rtnl path already
checked it. The other patches in this series use the same helper.

Gate ipgre_changelink() and erspan_changelink() with it, at the top of
the op before any attribute is parsed, because the parsers update live
tunnel fields first. ipgre_netlink_parms() sets t-&gt;collect_md before
ip_tunnel_changelink() runs.

Commit 8b484efd5cb4 ("ip6: vti: Use ip6_tnl.net in
vti6_siocdevprivate().") added the same check on the ioctl path. This
adds it on RTM_NEWLINK.

Reported-by: Xiao Liang &lt;shaw.leon@gmail.com&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CABAhCOSzP1vaThGV35_VnsRCb=87_CPjPVsTHbq905k8A+BuUg@mail.gmail.com/
Fixes: b57708add314 ("gre: add x-netns support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Maoyi Xie &lt;maoyixie.tju@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260612085941.3158249-2-maoyixie.tju@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>net: bridge: prevent too big nested attributes in br_fill_linkxstats()</title>
<updated>2026-05-21T15:47:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-05-20T11:42:07+00:00</published>
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After commit ff205bf8c554 ("netlink: add one debug check in nla_nest_end()")
syzbot found that br_fill_linkxstats() can send corrupted netlink packets.

Make sure the nested attribute size is bounded.

Fixes: a60c090361ea ("bridge: netlink: export per-vlan stats")
Reported-by: syzbot+a35f9259d08f907c06e6@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/6a0b0da3.050a0220.175f0c.0000.GAE@google.com/
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel &lt;idosch@nvidia.com&gt;
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov &lt;razor@blackwall.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260520114207.1394241-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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After commit ff205bf8c554 ("netlink: add one debug check in nla_nest_end()")
syzbot found that br_fill_linkxstats() can send corrupted netlink packets.

Make sure the nested attribute size is bounded.

Fixes: a60c090361ea ("bridge: netlink: export per-vlan stats")
Reported-by: syzbot+a35f9259d08f907c06e6@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/6a0b0da3.050a0220.175f0c.0000.GAE@google.com/
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel &lt;idosch@nvidia.com&gt;
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov &lt;razor@blackwall.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260520114207.1394241-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>net: rtnetlink: zero ifla_vf_broadcast to avoid stack infoleak in rtnl_fill_vfinfo</title>
<updated>2026-05-02T00:04:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kai Zen</name>
<email>kai.aizen.dev@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-30T15:26:48+00:00</published>
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rtnl_fill_vfinfo() declares struct ifla_vf_broadcast on the stack
without initialisation:

	struct ifla_vf_broadcast vf_broadcast;

The struct contains a single fixed 32-byte field:

	/* include/uapi/linux/if_link.h */
	struct ifla_vf_broadcast {
		__u8 broadcast[32];
	};

The function then copies dev-&gt;broadcast into it using dev-&gt;addr_len
as the length:

	memcpy(vf_broadcast.broadcast, dev-&gt;broadcast, dev-&gt;addr_len);

On Ethernet devices (the overwhelming majority of SR-IOV NICs)
dev-&gt;addr_len is 6, so only the first 6 bytes of broadcast[] are
written. The remaining 26 bytes retain whatever was previously on
the kernel stack. The full struct is then handed to userspace via:

	nla_put(skb, IFLA_VF_BROADCAST,
		sizeof(vf_broadcast), &amp;vf_broadcast)

leaking up to 26 bytes of uninitialised kernel stack per VF per
RTM_GETLINK request, repeatable.

The other vf_* structs in the same function are explicitly zeroed
for exactly this reason - see the memset() calls for ivi,
vf_vlan_info, node_guid and port_guid a few lines above.
vf_broadcast was simply missed when it was added.

Reachability: any unprivileged local process can open AF_NETLINK /
NETLINK_ROUTE without capabilities and send RTM_GETLINK with an
IFLA_EXT_MASK attribute carrying RTEXT_FILTER_VF. The kernel walks
each VF and emits IFLA_VF_BROADCAST, leaking 26 bytes of stack per
VF per request. Stack residue at this call site can include return
addresses and transient sensitive data; KASAN with stack
instrumentation, or KMSAN, will flag the nla_put() when reproduced.

Zero the on-stack struct before the partial memcpy, matching the
existing pattern used for the other vf_* structs in the same
function.

Fixes: 75345f888f70 ("ipoib: show VF broadcast address")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kai Zen &lt;kai.aizen.dev@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/3c506e8f936e52b57620269b55c348af05d413a2.1777557228.git.kai.aizen.dev@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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rtnl_fill_vfinfo() declares struct ifla_vf_broadcast on the stack
without initialisation:

	struct ifla_vf_broadcast vf_broadcast;

The struct contains a single fixed 32-byte field:

	/* include/uapi/linux/if_link.h */
	struct ifla_vf_broadcast {
		__u8 broadcast[32];
	};

The function then copies dev-&gt;broadcast into it using dev-&gt;addr_len
as the length:

	memcpy(vf_broadcast.broadcast, dev-&gt;broadcast, dev-&gt;addr_len);

On Ethernet devices (the overwhelming majority of SR-IOV NICs)
dev-&gt;addr_len is 6, so only the first 6 bytes of broadcast[] are
written. The remaining 26 bytes retain whatever was previously on
the kernel stack. The full struct is then handed to userspace via:

	nla_put(skb, IFLA_VF_BROADCAST,
		sizeof(vf_broadcast), &amp;vf_broadcast)

leaking up to 26 bytes of uninitialised kernel stack per VF per
RTM_GETLINK request, repeatable.

The other vf_* structs in the same function are explicitly zeroed
for exactly this reason - see the memset() calls for ivi,
vf_vlan_info, node_guid and port_guid a few lines above.
vf_broadcast was simply missed when it was added.

Reachability: any unprivileged local process can open AF_NETLINK /
NETLINK_ROUTE without capabilities and send RTM_GETLINK with an
IFLA_EXT_MASK attribute carrying RTEXT_FILTER_VF. The kernel walks
each VF and emits IFLA_VF_BROADCAST, leaking 26 bytes of stack per
VF per request. Stack residue at this call site can include return
addresses and transient sensitive data; KASAN with stack
instrumentation, or KMSAN, will flag the nla_put() when reproduced.

Zero the on-stack struct before the partial memcpy, matching the
existing pattern used for the other vf_* structs in the same
function.

Fixes: 75345f888f70 ("ipoib: show VF broadcast address")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kai Zen &lt;kai.aizen.dev@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/3c506e8f936e52b57620269b55c348af05d413a2.1777557228.git.kai.aizen.dev@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>net: introduce ndo_set_rx_mode_async and netdev_rx_mode_work</title>
<updated>2026-04-21T10:50:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stanislav Fomichev</name>
<email>sdf.kernel@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-16T18:56:59+00:00</published>
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Add ndo_set_rx_mode_async callback that drivers can implement instead
of the legacy ndo_set_rx_mode. The legacy callback runs under the
netif_addr_lock spinlock with BHs disabled, preventing drivers from
sleeping. The async variant runs from a work queue with rtnl_lock and
netdev_lock_ops held, in fully sleepable context.

When __dev_set_rx_mode() sees ndo_set_rx_mode_async, it schedules
netdev_rx_mode_work instead of calling the driver inline. The work
function takes two snapshots of each address list (uc/mc) under
the addr_lock, then drops the lock and calls the driver with the
work copies. After the driver returns, it reconciles the snapshots
back to the real lists under the lock.

Add netif_rx_mode_sync() to opportunistically execute the pending
workqueue update inline, so that rx mode changes are committed
before returning to userspace:
  - dev_change_flags (SIOCSIFFLAGS / RTM_NEWLINK)
  - dev_set_promiscuity
  - dev_set_allmulti
  - dev_ifsioc SIOCADDMULTI / SIOCDELMULTI
  - do_setlink (RTM_SETLINK)

Note that some deep hierarchies still do skip the lower updates via:
  - dev_uc_sync
  - dev_mc_sync

If we do end up hitting user-visible issues, we can add more calls to
netif_rx_mode_sync in specific places. But hopefully we should not,
the actual user-visible lists are still synced, it's that just HW state
that might be lagging.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260416185712.2155425-3-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
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Add ndo_set_rx_mode_async callback that drivers can implement instead
of the legacy ndo_set_rx_mode. The legacy callback runs under the
netif_addr_lock spinlock with BHs disabled, preventing drivers from
sleeping. The async variant runs from a work queue with rtnl_lock and
netdev_lock_ops held, in fully sleepable context.

When __dev_set_rx_mode() sees ndo_set_rx_mode_async, it schedules
netdev_rx_mode_work instead of calling the driver inline. The work
function takes two snapshots of each address list (uc/mc) under
the addr_lock, then drops the lock and calls the driver with the
work copies. After the driver returns, it reconciles the snapshots
back to the real lists under the lock.

Add netif_rx_mode_sync() to opportunistically execute the pending
workqueue update inline, so that rx mode changes are committed
before returning to userspace:
  - dev_change_flags (SIOCSIFFLAGS / RTM_NEWLINK)
  - dev_set_promiscuity
  - dev_set_allmulti
  - dev_ifsioc SIOCADDMULTI / SIOCDELMULTI
  - do_setlink (RTM_SETLINK)

Note that some deep hierarchies still do skip the lower updates via:
  - dev_uc_sync
  - dev_mc_sync

If we do end up hitting user-visible issues, we can add more calls to
netif_rx_mode_sync in specific places. But hopefully we should not,
the actual user-visible lists are still synced, it's that just HW state
that might be lagging.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev &lt;sdf@fomichev.me&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260416185712.2155425-3-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rtnetlink: add missing netlink_ns_capable() check for peer netns</title>
<updated>2026-04-03T22:07:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nikolaos Gkarlis</name>
<email>nickgarlis@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-02T18:14:32+00:00</published>
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rtnl_newlink() lacks a CAP_NET_ADMIN capability check on the peer
network namespace when creating paired devices (veth, vxcan,
netkit). This allows an unprivileged user with a user namespace
to create interfaces in arbitrary network namespaces, including
init_net.

Add a netlink_ns_capable() check for CAP_NET_ADMIN in the peer
namespace before allowing device creation to proceed.

Fixes: 81adee47dfb6 ("net: Support specifying the network namespace upon device creation.")
Signed-off-by: Nikolaos Gkarlis &lt;nickgarlis@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260402181432.4126920-1-nickgarlis@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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rtnl_newlink() lacks a CAP_NET_ADMIN capability check on the peer
network namespace when creating paired devices (veth, vxcan,
netkit). This allows an unprivileged user with a user namespace
to create interfaces in arbitrary network namespaces, including
init_net.

Add a netlink_ns_capable() check for CAP_NET_ADMIN in the peer
namespace before allowing device creation to proceed.

Fixes: 81adee47dfb6 ("net: Support specifying the network namespace upon device creation.")
Signed-off-by: Nikolaos Gkarlis &lt;nickgarlis@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260402181432.4126920-1-nickgarlis@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rtnetlink: fix leak of SRCU struct in rtnl_link_register</title>
<updated>2026-03-25T03:56:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sabrina Dubroca</name>
<email>sd@queasysnail.net</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-23T15:19:43+00:00</published>
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Commit 6b57ff21a310 ("rtnetlink: Protect link_ops by mutex.") swapped
the EEXIST check with the init_srcu_struct, but didn't add cleanup of
the SRCU struct we just allocated in case of error.

Fixes: 6b57ff21a310 ("rtnetlink: Protect link_ops by mutex.")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca &lt;sd@queasysnail.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/e77fe499f9a58c547b33b5212b3596dad417cec6.1774025341.git.sd@queasysnail.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Commit 6b57ff21a310 ("rtnetlink: Protect link_ops by mutex.") swapped
the EEXIST check with the init_srcu_struct, but didn't add cleanup of
the SRCU struct we just allocated in case of error.

Fixes: 6b57ff21a310 ("rtnetlink: Protect link_ops by mutex.")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca &lt;sd@queasysnail.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/e77fe499f9a58c547b33b5212b3596dad417cec6.1774025341.git.sd@queasysnail.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rtnetlink: count IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_KIND in if_nlmsg_size</title>
<updated>2026-03-21T02:05:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sabrina Dubroca</name>
<email>sd@queasysnail.net</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-19T23:02:53+00:00</published>
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rtnl_link_get_slave_info_data_size counts IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_DATA, but
rtnl_link_slave_info_fill adds both IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_DATA and
IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_KIND.

Fixes: ba7d49b1f0f8 ("rtnetlink: provide api for getting and setting slave info")
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko &lt;jiri@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca &lt;sd@queasysnail.net&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/049843b532e23cde7ddba263c0bbe35ba6f0d26d.1773919462.git.sd@queasysnail.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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rtnl_link_get_slave_info_data_size counts IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_DATA, but
rtnl_link_slave_info_fill adds both IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_DATA and
IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_KIND.

Fixes: ba7d49b1f0f8 ("rtnetlink: provide api for getting and setting slave info")
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko &lt;jiri@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca &lt;sd@queasysnail.net&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/049843b532e23cde7ddba263c0bbe35ba6f0d26d.1773919462.git.sd@queasysnail.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rtnetlink: count IFLA_PARENT_DEV_{NAME,BUS_NAME} in if_nlmsg_size</title>
<updated>2026-03-21T02:05:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sabrina Dubroca</name>
<email>sd@queasysnail.net</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-19T23:02:52+00:00</published>
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Commit 00e77ed8e64d ("rtnetlink: add IFLA_PARENT_[DEV|DEV_BUS]_NAME")
added those attributes to rtnl_fill_ifinfo, but forgot to extend
if_nlmsg_size.

Fixes: 00e77ed8e64d ("rtnetlink: add IFLA_PARENT_[DEV|DEV_BUS]_NAME")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca &lt;sd@queasysnail.net&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/0b849da95562af45487080528d60f578636aba5c.1773919462.git.sd@queasysnail.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Commit 00e77ed8e64d ("rtnetlink: add IFLA_PARENT_[DEV|DEV_BUS]_NAME")
added those attributes to rtnl_fill_ifinfo, but forgot to extend
if_nlmsg_size.

Fixes: 00e77ed8e64d ("rtnetlink: add IFLA_PARENT_[DEV|DEV_BUS]_NAME")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca &lt;sd@queasysnail.net&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/0b849da95562af45487080528d60f578636aba5c.1773919462.git.sd@queasysnail.net
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<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>
<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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