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<title>linux.git/drivers/firmware/efi, branch v7.3-rc2</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel source tree</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>efi: apple-properties: validate setup data header length</title>
<updated>2026-08-20T11:49:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pengpeng Hou</name>
<email>pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-06T09:18:13+00:00</published>
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map_properties() remaps the Apple properties setup_data payload
and then reads the properties header fields.

Reject a truncated payload before checking the header version and length
fields.

Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou &lt;pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn&gt;
Reviewed-by: Lukas Wunner &lt;lukas@wunner.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
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map_properties() remaps the Apple properties setup_data payload
and then reads the properties header fields.

Reject a truncated payload before checking the header version and length
fields.

Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou &lt;pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn&gt;
Reviewed-by: Lukas Wunner &lt;lukas@wunner.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>efi/runtime-wrappers: retire the worker if a wedged call ever returns</title>
<updated>2026-08-20T11:45:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Breno Leitao</name>
<email>leitao@debian.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-16T12:09:40+00:00</published>
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When __efi_queue_work() times out it disables runtime services and
returns, but the kworker is still blocked inside firmware. If the
firmware eventually unblocks, efi_call_rts() would run its tail on an
efi_rts_work that the timed-out caller has long abandoned: signalling a
stale completion and clearing efi_runtime_lock_owner that may by then
belong to another caller.

If runtime services have been disabled by the time the call returns,
park the worker with efi_rts_park_worker() instead, so it never touches
efi_rts_work again or returns to the workqueue.

Suggested-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao &lt;leitao@debian.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
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When __efi_queue_work() times out it disables runtime services and
returns, but the kworker is still blocked inside firmware. If the
firmware eventually unblocks, efi_call_rts() would run its tail on an
efi_rts_work that the timed-out caller has long abandoned: signalling a
stale completion and clearing efi_runtime_lock_owner that may by then
belong to another caller.

If runtime services have been disabled by the time the call returns,
park the worker with efi_rts_park_worker() instead, so it never touches
efi_rts_work again or returns to the workqueue.

Suggested-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao &lt;leitao@debian.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>efi/runtime-wrappers: honour EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES in the non-blocking paths</title>
<updated>2026-08-20T11:45:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Breno Leitao</name>
<email>leitao@debian.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-16T12:09:39+00:00</published>
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Three wrappers call firmware directly instead of going through
__efi_queue_work(), and none of them check whether runtime services are
still enabled: virt_efi_set_variable_nb(),
virt_efi_query_variable_info_nb() and virt_efi_reset_system(). Once a
hang has cleared EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES - or efi_recover_from_page_fault()
has cleared it on a firmware page fault - these paths still enter the
(possibly wedged) firmware, e.g. an EFI pstore write through the
non-blocking SetVariable() variant, in violation of UEFI's
non-reentrancy rules. reset_system() is reachable too: efi_reboot()
only gates it on the static efi_rt_services_supported() mask, which does
not track the runtime disable.

Check efi_enabled(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES) in each before calling into
firmware. Test it after taking efi_runtime_lock rather than before: the
bit is only ever cleared at runtime while that lock is held, so checking
it under the lock avoids racing with a concurrent timeout that clears the
bit and drops the lock.

Suggested-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao &lt;leitao@debian.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
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Three wrappers call firmware directly instead of going through
__efi_queue_work(), and none of them check whether runtime services are
still enabled: virt_efi_set_variable_nb(),
virt_efi_query_variable_info_nb() and virt_efi_reset_system(). Once a
hang has cleared EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES - or efi_recover_from_page_fault()
has cleared it on a firmware page fault - these paths still enter the
(possibly wedged) firmware, e.g. an EFI pstore write through the
non-blocking SetVariable() variant, in violation of UEFI's
non-reentrancy rules. reset_system() is reachable too: efi_reboot()
only gates it on the static efi_rt_services_supported() mask, which does
not track the runtime disable.

Check efi_enabled(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES) in each before calling into
firmware. Test it after taking efi_runtime_lock rather than before: the
bit is only ever cleared at runtime while that lock is held, so checking
it under the lock avoids racing with a concurrent timeout that clears the
bit and drops the lock.

Suggested-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao &lt;leitao@debian.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>efi/runtime-wrappers: bound the wait for EFI runtime service calls</title>
<updated>2026-08-20T11:45:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Breno Leitao</name>
<email>leitao@debian.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-16T12:09:38+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
When an EFI runtime service hangs in firmware, the efi_rts_wq worker is
stuck inside the call and cannot be cancelled. __efi_queue_work() then
waits on the completion forever while holding efi_runtime_lock, so every
later EFI caller is wedged until reboot; the only symptom is a "workqueue
lockup" and tasks piling up on the semaphore.

Replace wait_for_completion() with wait_for_completion_timeout() bounded
by EFI_RTS_TIMEOUT (120 seconds). On timeout, clear EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES
and return EFI_ABORTED so later callers fail fast at the entry check
instead of each paying another 120 seconds. The wedged worker is
intentionally leaked and keeps ownership of efi_rts_work.

A worker that only starts running after the timeout would otherwise
dereference efi_rts_work.args, now pointing into the caller's freed stack
frame, and hand stale pointers to firmware. Park it with
efi_rts_park_worker() at the entry of efi_call_rts() when runtime
services are already disabled, before it touches args or enters firmware.

Known limitation: a worker already inside firmware when the timeout fires
still holds efi_rts_args pointing into the caller's stack frame; if
firmware unblocks afterwards and writes the output buffers, they land in
reused memory. Firmware hung this long rarely recovers; a follow-up could
bounce the buffers through kmalloc.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao &lt;leitao@debian.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
When an EFI runtime service hangs in firmware, the efi_rts_wq worker is
stuck inside the call and cannot be cancelled. __efi_queue_work() then
waits on the completion forever while holding efi_runtime_lock, so every
later EFI caller is wedged until reboot; the only symptom is a "workqueue
lockup" and tasks piling up on the semaphore.

Replace wait_for_completion() with wait_for_completion_timeout() bounded
by EFI_RTS_TIMEOUT (120 seconds). On timeout, clear EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES
and return EFI_ABORTED so later callers fail fast at the entry check
instead of each paying another 120 seconds. The wedged worker is
intentionally leaked and keeps ownership of efi_rts_work.

A worker that only starts running after the timeout would otherwise
dereference efi_rts_work.args, now pointing into the caller's freed stack
frame, and hand stale pointers to firmware. Park it with
efi_rts_park_worker() at the entry of efi_call_rts() when runtime
services are already disabled, before it touches args or enters firmware.

Known limitation: a worker already inside firmware when the timeout fires
still holds efi_rts_args pointing into the caller's stack frame; if
firmware unblocks afterwards and writes the output buffers, they land in
reused memory. Firmware hung this long rarely recovers; a follow-up could
bounce the buffers through kmalloc.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao &lt;leitao@debian.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>efi/runtime-wrappers: check EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES before using efi_rts_work</title>
<updated>2026-08-20T11:45:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Breno Leitao</name>
<email>leitao@debian.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-16T12:09:37+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
Move the EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES check to the top of __efi_queue_work() and
return directly, so a caller that finds runtime services disabled returns
without touching the shared efi_rts_work. No functional change.

This prepares for bounding the wait, where a timeout will clear
EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES while the leaked worker still owns efi_rts_work; a
later caller must then bail out before reinitialising it.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao &lt;leitao@debian.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
Move the EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES check to the top of __efi_queue_work() and
return directly, so a caller that finds runtime services disabled returns
without touching the shared efi_rts_work. No functional change.

This prepares for bounding the wait, where a timeout will clear
EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES while the leaked worker still owns efi_rts_work; a
later caller must then bail out before reinitialising it.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao &lt;leitao@debian.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>efi/runtime-wrappers: handle queue_work() failure with goto exit</title>
<updated>2026-08-20T11:45:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Breno Leitao</name>
<email>leitao@debian.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-16T12:09:36+00:00</published>
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Convert the queue_work() failure path in __efi_queue_work() to a
goto exit instead of falling through to the wait and the
WARN_ON_ONCE(status == EFI_ABORTED) below it. A failed queue_work()
leaves the status at its initial EFI_ABORTED, so that warning would
fire even though no call ran; it is meant for a completed call that
returned EFI_ABORTED.

No change for the common (successful enqueue) path. This also prepares
__efi_queue_work() for the timeout handling added later.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao &lt;leitao@debian.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
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Convert the queue_work() failure path in __efi_queue_work() to a
goto exit instead of falling through to the wait and the
WARN_ON_ONCE(status == EFI_ABORTED) below it. A failed queue_work()
leaves the status at its initial EFI_ABORTED, so that warning would
fire even though no call ran; it is meant for a completed call that
returned EFI_ABORTED.

No change for the common (successful enqueue) path. This also prepares
__efi_queue_work() for the timeout handling added later.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao &lt;leitao@debian.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>efi/runtime-wrappers: factor out efi_rts_park_worker()</title>
<updated>2026-08-20T11:45:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Breno Leitao</name>
<email>leitao@debian.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-16T12:09:35+00:00</published>
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x86's efi_crash_gracefully_on_page_fault() ends in an infinite
schedule() loop so the kworker that faulted in firmware never runs
efi_rts_wq again. A later change needs the same "park this worker
forever" primitive on the runtime service timeout path, so factor the
loop into a shared efi_rts_park_worker() and call it from the x86
page-fault handler.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao &lt;leitao@debian.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
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x86's efi_crash_gracefully_on_page_fault() ends in an infinite
schedule() loop so the kworker that faulted in firmware never runs
efi_rts_wq again. A later change needs the same "park this worker
forever" primitive on the runtime service timeout path, so factor the
loop into a shared efi_rts_park_worker() and call it from the x86
page-fault handler.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao &lt;leitao@debian.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2026-06-21-10-22' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm</title>
<updated>2026-06-21T20:20:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-21T20:20:19+00:00</published>
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Pull non-MM updates from Andrew Morton:

 - "taskstats: fix TGID dead-thread stat retention" (Yiyang Chen)

   Fix a taskstats TGID aggregation bug where fields added in the TGID
   query path were not preserved after thread exit, and adds a kselftest
   covering the regression.

 - "lib/tests: string_helpers: Slight improvements" (Andy Shevchenko)

   Improve lib/tests/string_helpers_kunit.c a little

 - "lib/base64: decode fixes" (Josh Law)

   Address minor issues in lib/base64.c

 - "selftests/filelock: Make output more kselftestish" (Mark Brown)

   Make the output from the ofdlocks test a bit easier for tooling to
   work with. Also ignore the generated file

 - "uaccess: unify inline vs outline copy_{from,to}_user() selection"
   (Yury Norov)

   Simplify the usercopy code by removing the selectability of inlining
   copy_{from,to}_user().

 - "ocfs2: validate inline xattr header consumers" (ZhengYuan Huang)

   Fix a number of possible issues in the ocfs2 xattr code

 - "lib and lib/cmdline enhancements" (Dmitry Antipov)

   Provide additional robustness checking in the cmdline handling code
   and its in-kernel testing and selftests

 - "cleanup the RAID6 P/Q library" (Christoph Hellwig)

   Clean up the RAID6 P/Q library to match the recent updates to the
   RAID 5 XOR library and other CRC/crypto libraries

 - "ocfs2: harden inode validators against forged metadata" (Michael
   Bommarito)

   Add three structural checks to OCFS2 dinode validation so malformed
   on-disk fields are rejected before ocfs2_populate_inode() copies them
   into the in-core inode

 - "lib/raid: replace __get_free_pages() call with kmalloc()" (Mike
   Rapoport)

   Clean up the lib/raid code by using kmalloc() in more places

* tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2026-06-21-10-22' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm: (108 commits)
  ocfs2: fix circular locking dependency in ocfs2_dio_end_io_write
  ocfs2: fix NULL h_transaction deref in ocfs2_assure_trans_credits
  lib: interval_tree_test: validate benchmark parameters
  ocfs2: avoid moving extents to occupied clusters
  treewide: fix transposed "sign" typos and update spelling.txt
  ocfs2: fix UBSAN array-index-out-of-bounds in ocfs2_sum_rightmost_rec
  fat: reject BPB volumes whose data area starts beyond total sectors
  selftests/uevent: increase __UEVENT_BUFFER_SIZE to avoid ENOBUFS on busy systems
  lib/test_firmware: allocate the configured into_buf size
  fs: efs: remove unneeded debug prints
  checkpatch: cuppress warnings when Reported-by: is followed by Link:
  MAINTAINERS: add Alexander as a kcov reviewer
  mailmap: update Alexander Sverdlin's Email addresses
  fs: fat: inode: replace sprintf() with scnprintf()
  ocfs2: fix out-of-bounds write in ocfs2_remove_refcount_extent
  ocfs2: fix race between ocfs2_control_install_private() and ocfs2_control_release()
  ocfs2/dlm: require a ref for locking_state debugfs open
  ocfs2: reject FITRIM ranges shorter than a cluster
  ocfs2: validate fast symlink target during inode read
  ocfs2: add journal NULL check in ocfs2_checkpoint_inode()
  ...
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<pre>
Pull non-MM updates from Andrew Morton:

 - "taskstats: fix TGID dead-thread stat retention" (Yiyang Chen)

   Fix a taskstats TGID aggregation bug where fields added in the TGID
   query path were not preserved after thread exit, and adds a kselftest
   covering the regression.

 - "lib/tests: string_helpers: Slight improvements" (Andy Shevchenko)

   Improve lib/tests/string_helpers_kunit.c a little

 - "lib/base64: decode fixes" (Josh Law)

   Address minor issues in lib/base64.c

 - "selftests/filelock: Make output more kselftestish" (Mark Brown)

   Make the output from the ofdlocks test a bit easier for tooling to
   work with. Also ignore the generated file

 - "uaccess: unify inline vs outline copy_{from,to}_user() selection"
   (Yury Norov)

   Simplify the usercopy code by removing the selectability of inlining
   copy_{from,to}_user().

 - "ocfs2: validate inline xattr header consumers" (ZhengYuan Huang)

   Fix a number of possible issues in the ocfs2 xattr code

 - "lib and lib/cmdline enhancements" (Dmitry Antipov)

   Provide additional robustness checking in the cmdline handling code
   and its in-kernel testing and selftests

 - "cleanup the RAID6 P/Q library" (Christoph Hellwig)

   Clean up the RAID6 P/Q library to match the recent updates to the
   RAID 5 XOR library and other CRC/crypto libraries

 - "ocfs2: harden inode validators against forged metadata" (Michael
   Bommarito)

   Add three structural checks to OCFS2 dinode validation so malformed
   on-disk fields are rejected before ocfs2_populate_inode() copies them
   into the in-core inode

 - "lib/raid: replace __get_free_pages() call with kmalloc()" (Mike
   Rapoport)

   Clean up the lib/raid code by using kmalloc() in more places

* tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2026-06-21-10-22' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm: (108 commits)
  ocfs2: fix circular locking dependency in ocfs2_dio_end_io_write
  ocfs2: fix NULL h_transaction deref in ocfs2_assure_trans_credits
  lib: interval_tree_test: validate benchmark parameters
  ocfs2: avoid moving extents to occupied clusters
  treewide: fix transposed "sign" typos and update spelling.txt
  ocfs2: fix UBSAN array-index-out-of-bounds in ocfs2_sum_rightmost_rec
  fat: reject BPB volumes whose data area starts beyond total sectors
  selftests/uevent: increase __UEVENT_BUFFER_SIZE to avoid ENOBUFS on busy systems
  lib/test_firmware: allocate the configured into_buf size
  fs: efs: remove unneeded debug prints
  checkpatch: cuppress warnings when Reported-by: is followed by Link:
  MAINTAINERS: add Alexander as a kcov reviewer
  mailmap: update Alexander Sverdlin's Email addresses
  fs: fat: inode: replace sprintf() with scnprintf()
  ocfs2: fix out-of-bounds write in ocfs2_remove_refcount_extent
  ocfs2: fix race between ocfs2_control_install_private() and ocfs2_control_release()
  ocfs2/dlm: require a ref for locking_state debugfs open
  ocfs2: reject FITRIM ranges shorter than a cluster
  ocfs2: validate fast symlink target during inode read
  ocfs2: add journal NULL check in ocfs2_checkpoint_inode()
  ...
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'x86-cpu-2026-06-14' of gitolite.kernel.org:pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2026-06-15T09:55:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-15T09:55:17+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=ff5ccdb8d5bd242f1064c6f7996603e47e28d095'/>
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<content type='text'>
Pull x86 cpuid updates from Ingo Molnar:

 - CPUID API updates (Ahmed S. Darwish):
    - Introduce a centralized CPUID parser
    - Introduce a centralized CPUID data model
    - Introduce &lt;asm/cpuid/leaf_types.h&gt;
    - Rename cpuid_leaf()/cpuid_subleaf() APIs
    - treewide: Explicitly include the x86 CPUID headers

 - Update to x86-cpuid-db v3.1 (Maciej Wieczor-Retman)

 - Continued removal of pre-i586 support and related simplifications
   (Ingo Molnar)

 - Add Intel CPU model number for rugged Panther Lake (Tony Luck)

 - Misc fixes, updates and cleanups by Arnd Bergmann, Chao Gao, Lukas
   Bulwahn, Sohil Mehta, Maciej Wieczor-Retman.

* tag 'x86-cpu-2026-06-14' of gitolite.kernel.org:pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (25 commits)
  x86/cpu: Make CONFIG_X86_CX8 unconditional
  x86/cpu: Remove unused !CONFIG_X86_TSC code
  x86/cpuid: Update bitfields to x86-cpuid-db v3.1
  tools/x86/kcpuid: Update bitfields to x86-cpuid-db v3.1
  x86/cpu: Make CONFIG_X86_TSC unconditional
  MAINTAINERS: Drop obsolete FPU EMULATOR section
  x86/cpu: Fix a F00F bug warning and clean up surrounding code
  x86/cpu: Add Intel CPU model number for rugged Panther Lake
  x86/cpuid: Introduce a centralized CPUID parser
  x86/cpu: Introduce a centralized CPUID data model
  x86/cpuid: Introduce &lt;asm/cpuid/leaf_types.h&gt;
  x86/cpuid: Rename cpuid_leaf()/cpuid_subleaf() APIs
  x86/cpu: Do not include the CPUID API header in asm/processor.h
  Documentation: core-api/cpu_hotplug: Remove stale cpu0_hotplug docs
  x86/cpu, cpufreq: Remove AMD ELAN support
  x86/fpu: Remove the math-emu/ FPU emulation library
  x86/fpu: Remove the 'no387' boot option
  x86/fpu: Remove MATH_EMULATION and related glue code
  treewide: Explicitly include the x86 CPUID headers
  x86/cpu: Remove the CONFIG_X86_INVD_BUG quirk
  ...
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Pull x86 cpuid updates from Ingo Molnar:

 - CPUID API updates (Ahmed S. Darwish):
    - Introduce a centralized CPUID parser
    - Introduce a centralized CPUID data model
    - Introduce &lt;asm/cpuid/leaf_types.h&gt;
    - Rename cpuid_leaf()/cpuid_subleaf() APIs
    - treewide: Explicitly include the x86 CPUID headers

 - Update to x86-cpuid-db v3.1 (Maciej Wieczor-Retman)

 - Continued removal of pre-i586 support and related simplifications
   (Ingo Molnar)

 - Add Intel CPU model number for rugged Panther Lake (Tony Luck)

 - Misc fixes, updates and cleanups by Arnd Bergmann, Chao Gao, Lukas
   Bulwahn, Sohil Mehta, Maciej Wieczor-Retman.

* tag 'x86-cpu-2026-06-14' of gitolite.kernel.org:pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (25 commits)
  x86/cpu: Make CONFIG_X86_CX8 unconditional
  x86/cpu: Remove unused !CONFIG_X86_TSC code
  x86/cpuid: Update bitfields to x86-cpuid-db v3.1
  tools/x86/kcpuid: Update bitfields to x86-cpuid-db v3.1
  x86/cpu: Make CONFIG_X86_TSC unconditional
  MAINTAINERS: Drop obsolete FPU EMULATOR section
  x86/cpu: Fix a F00F bug warning and clean up surrounding code
  x86/cpu: Add Intel CPU model number for rugged Panther Lake
  x86/cpuid: Introduce a centralized CPUID parser
  x86/cpu: Introduce a centralized CPUID data model
  x86/cpuid: Introduce &lt;asm/cpuid/leaf_types.h&gt;
  x86/cpuid: Rename cpuid_leaf()/cpuid_subleaf() APIs
  x86/cpu: Do not include the CPUID API header in asm/processor.h
  Documentation: core-api/cpu_hotplug: Remove stale cpu0_hotplug docs
  x86/cpu, cpufreq: Remove AMD ELAN support
  x86/fpu: Remove the math-emu/ FPU emulation library
  x86/fpu: Remove the 'no387' boot option
  x86/fpu: Remove MATH_EMULATION and related glue code
  treewide: Explicitly include the x86 CPUID headers
  x86/cpu: Remove the CONFIG_X86_INVD_BUG quirk
  ...
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<title>Merge tag 'kernel-7.2-rc1.task_exec_state' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs</title>
<updated>2026-06-14T21:30:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-14T21:30:58+00:00</published>
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Pull task_exec_state updates from Christian Brauner:
 "This introduces a new per-task task_exec_state structure and relocates
  the dumpable mode and the user namespace captured at execve() from
  mm_struct onto it. It stays attached to the task for its full
  lifetime.

  __ptrace_may_access() and several /proc owner and visibility checks
  need to consult two pieces of state for any observable task, including
  zombies that have already gone through exit_mm(): the dumpable mode
  and the user namespace captured at execve(). Both live on mm_struct
  today, which exit_mm() clears from the task long before the task is
  reaped. A reader that races with do_exit() observes task-&gt;mm == NULL
  and either fails the check or falls back to init_user_ns - which
  denies legitimate access to non-dumpable zombies that were running in
  a nested user namespace.

  mm_struct loses -&gt;user_ns and the dumpability bits in -&gt;flags.
  MMF_DUMPABLE_BITS is reserved so the MMF_DUMP_FILTER_* layout exposed
  via /proc/&lt;pid&gt;/coredump_filter stays stable. task-&gt;user_dumpable and
  its exit_mm() snapshot are removed.

  task_exec_state is the privilege domain established by an execve().
  Within a thread group it is shared via refcount; across thread groups
  each task has its own:

   - CLONE_VM siblings (thread-group members, io_uring workers)
     refcount-share the parent's exec_state.

   - Non-CLONE_VM clones (fork(), vfork() without CLONE_VM) allocate a
     fresh exec_state inheriting the parent's dumpable mode and user_ns.

   - execve() in the child allocates a fresh instance and installs it
     under task_lock + exec_update_lock via task_exec_state_replace().

   - Credential changes (setresuid, capset, ...) and
     prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE) update dumpability on the current task's
     exec_state, i.e., on the thread group's shared instance.

  On top of this exec_mmap() no longer tears down the old mm while
  holding exec_update_lock for writing and cred_guard_mutex. Neither
  lock is needed for that: exec_update_lock only exists to make the mm
  swap atomic with the later commit_creds() and all its readers operate
  on the new mm; none looks at the detached old mm.

  The cost was real: __mmput() runs exit_mmap() over the entire old
  address space and can block in exit_aio() waiting for in-flight AIO,
  so execve() of a large process blocked ptrace_attach() and every
  exec_update_lock reader for the duration of the teardown.

  The old mm is now stashed in bprm-&gt;old_mm and released from
  setup_new_exec() after both locks are dropped, with a backstop in
  free_bprm() for the error paths"

* tag 'kernel-7.2-rc1.task_exec_state' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs:
  exec: free the old mm outside the exec locks
  exec_state: relocate dumpable information
  ptrace: add ptracer_access_allowed()
  exec: introduce struct task_exec_state
  sched/coredump: introduce enum task_dumpable
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<pre>
Pull task_exec_state updates from Christian Brauner:
 "This introduces a new per-task task_exec_state structure and relocates
  the dumpable mode and the user namespace captured at execve() from
  mm_struct onto it. It stays attached to the task for its full
  lifetime.

  __ptrace_may_access() and several /proc owner and visibility checks
  need to consult two pieces of state for any observable task, including
  zombies that have already gone through exit_mm(): the dumpable mode
  and the user namespace captured at execve(). Both live on mm_struct
  today, which exit_mm() clears from the task long before the task is
  reaped. A reader that races with do_exit() observes task-&gt;mm == NULL
  and either fails the check or falls back to init_user_ns - which
  denies legitimate access to non-dumpable zombies that were running in
  a nested user namespace.

  mm_struct loses -&gt;user_ns and the dumpability bits in -&gt;flags.
  MMF_DUMPABLE_BITS is reserved so the MMF_DUMP_FILTER_* layout exposed
  via /proc/&lt;pid&gt;/coredump_filter stays stable. task-&gt;user_dumpable and
  its exit_mm() snapshot are removed.

  task_exec_state is the privilege domain established by an execve().
  Within a thread group it is shared via refcount; across thread groups
  each task has its own:

   - CLONE_VM siblings (thread-group members, io_uring workers)
     refcount-share the parent's exec_state.

   - Non-CLONE_VM clones (fork(), vfork() without CLONE_VM) allocate a
     fresh exec_state inheriting the parent's dumpable mode and user_ns.

   - execve() in the child allocates a fresh instance and installs it
     under task_lock + exec_update_lock via task_exec_state_replace().

   - Credential changes (setresuid, capset, ...) and
     prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE) update dumpability on the current task's
     exec_state, i.e., on the thread group's shared instance.

  On top of this exec_mmap() no longer tears down the old mm while
  holding exec_update_lock for writing and cred_guard_mutex. Neither
  lock is needed for that: exec_update_lock only exists to make the mm
  swap atomic with the later commit_creds() and all its readers operate
  on the new mm; none looks at the detached old mm.

  The cost was real: __mmput() runs exit_mmap() over the entire old
  address space and can block in exit_aio() waiting for in-flight AIO,
  so execve() of a large process blocked ptrace_attach() and every
  exec_update_lock reader for the duration of the teardown.

  The old mm is now stashed in bprm-&gt;old_mm and released from
  setup_new_exec() after both locks are dropped, with a backstop in
  free_bprm() for the error paths"

* tag 'kernel-7.2-rc1.task_exec_state' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs:
  exec: free the old mm outside the exec locks
  exec_state: relocate dumpable information
  ptrace: add ptracer_access_allowed()
  exec: introduce struct task_exec_state
  sched/coredump: introduce enum task_dumpable
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