# Linux Kernel 6.12.103

- Product: Linux Kernel (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/linux-kernel)
- Vendor: Linux Kernel Organization
- Date: 2026-08-09
- Version: 6.12.103
- Original notes: https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.12.103
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/linux-kernel/releases/6.12.103
- Labels: longterm

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- **fixed** — drm/tegra: fbdev: Do not assign to struct drm_fb_helper.info
- **fixed** — drm/fb-helper: Fix a locking bug in an error path
- **fixed** — usb: typec: ucsi: Correct teardown ordering in ucsi_init() error path
- **fixed** — can: isotp: fix timer drain order, wakeup handling and tx_gen ordering
- **fixed** — can: use skb hash instead of private variable in headroom
- **fixed** — rxrpc: Fix irq-disabled in local_bh_enable()
- **changed** — rxrpc: Manage RTT per-call rather than per-peer
- **fixed** — rxrpc: Fix the calculation and use of RTO
- **changed** — rxrpc: Adjust the rxrpc_rtt_rx tracepoint
- **added** — rxrpc: Generate rtt_min
- **fixed** — drm/xe/pt: Reset current_op in xe_pt_update_ops_init()
- **added** — drm/xe: Stub out new pagefault layer
- **fixed** — drm/i915/hdcp: check streams[] bounds before overflow
- **fixed** — drm/i915/hdcp: Skip inactive MST connectors when building stream list
- **fixed** — drm/i915/hdcp: require monotonically increasing seq_num_v
- **changed** — drm/i915/hdcp: Move to using intel_display in intel_hdcp
- **fixed** — drm/xe: Hold a dma-buf reference for imported BOs
- **changed** — drm/xe: Rename ___xe_bo_create_locked()
- **fixed** — drm/i915/vrr: require valid min/max vfreq for VRR

The 120 most recent commits in this release — the full changelog is longer:

- Linux 6.12.103
- drm/tegra: fbdev: Do not assign to struct drm_fb_helper.info
- drm/fb-helper: Fix a locking bug in an error path
- usb: typec: ucsi: Correct teardown ordering in ucsi_init() error path
- can: isotp: fix timer drain order, wakeup handling and tx_gen ordering
- can: use skb hash instead of private variable in headroom
- rxrpc: Fix irq-disabled in local_bh_enable()
- rxrpc: Manage RTT per-call rather than per-peer
- rxrpc: Fix the calculation and use of RTO
- rxrpc: Adjust the rxrpc_rtt_rx tracepoint
- rxrpc: Generate rtt_min
- drm/xe/pt: Reset current_op in xe_pt_update_ops_init()
- drm/xe: Stub out new pagefault layer
- drm/i915/hdcp: check streams[] bounds before overflow
- drm/i915/hdcp: Skip inactive MST connectors when building stream list
- drm/i915/hdcp: require monotonically increasing seq_num_v
- drm/i915/hdcp: Move to using intel_display in intel_hdcp
- drm/xe: Hold a dma-buf reference for imported BOs
- drm/xe: Rename ___xe_bo_create_locked()
- drm/i915/vrr: require valid min/max vfreq for VRR
- drm/i915/vrr: Check HAS_VRR() first in intel_vrr_is_capable()
- drm/xe: Wait on external BO kernel fences in exec IOCTL
- drm/exec: Remove the index parameter from drm_exec_for_each_locked_obj[_reverse]
- drm/tegra: fbdev: Remove offset into framebuffer memory
- drm/fb-helper: Allocate and release fb_info in single place
- drm/amdgpu/gfx: fix cleaner shader IB buffer overflow
- drm/amdgpu: give each kernel job a unique id
- drm/sched: Store the drm client_id in drm_sched_fence
- drm/amdgpu: Fix context pstate override handling
- drm/amdgpu: Respect placement requirements in amdgpu_gtt_mgr functions
- mm/kmemleak: fix checksum computation for per-cpu objects
- kmemleak: iommu/iova: fix transient kmemleak false positive
- mptcp: pm: userspace: fix use-after-free in get_local_id
- mptcp: pm: use addr entry for get_local_id
- mptcp: add mptcp_userspace_pm_lookup_addr helper
- mptcp: pm: avoid code duplication to lookup endp
- ALSA: hda: codecs: hdmi: disable keep-alive before audio format change
- wifi: brcmfmac: set F2 blocksize to 256 for BCM43752
- wifi: brcmfmac: fix 43752 SDIO FWVID incorrectly labelled as Cypress (CYW)
- wifi: ath6kl: fix use-after-free in aggr_reset_state()
- wifi: brcmfmac: drain bus_reset work on device removal
- media: uapi: rkisp: Correct name version enum
- media: chips-media: wave5: Support CBP profile
- media: imx219: Fix maximum frame length in lines
- media: i2c: imx219: Rename VTS to FRM_LENGTH
- usb: typec: ucsi: Fix race condition and ordering in port unregistration
- usb: typec: ucsi: split connector lock classes
- usb: gadget: f_tcm: synchronize delayed set_alt with teardown
- gpio: pch: use raw_spinlock_t for the register lock
- mm/slab: prevent unbounded recursion in free path with new kmalloc type
- lib/alloc_tag: introduce mem_alloc_profiling_permanently_disabled()
- mm/huge_memory: unlock i_mmap_rwsem before releasing after-split folios
- fs/proc/task_mmu: fix PAGEMAP_SCAN written state for unpopulated ptes
- mm/hugetlb: fix swap entry corruption when clearing uffd-wp at fork()
- drm/xe/rtp: Ensure locking/ref counting for OA whitelists
- drm/xe/oa: (De-)whitelist OA registers on OA stream open/release
- drm/xe/rtp: (De-)whitelist OA registers for all hwe's for a gt
- drm/xe/rtp: Toggle 'deny' bit to (de-)whitelist OA regs
- drm/xe/rtp: Save OA nonpriv registers to register save/restore lists
- drm/xe/rtp: Generalize whitelist_apply_to_hwe
- drm/xe/rtp: Keep track of non-OA nonpriv slots
- drm/xe/rtp: Maintain OA whitelists separately
- drm/xe/rtp: Add RING_FORCE_TO_NONPRIV_DENY to OA whitelists
- drm/xe: Apply whitelist to engine save-restore
- drm/xe: Introduce xe_gt_dbg_printer()
- drm/xe/rtp: Refactor OAG MMIO trigger register whitelisting
- Bluetooth: ISO: fix CONNECTED -> CLOSED transition on shutdown/release
- of: reserved_mem: avoid post-init UAF when alloc_reserved_mem_array() fails
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