# Linux Kernel 6.12.105

- Product: Linux Kernel (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/linux-kernel)
- Vendor: Linux Kernel Organization
- Date: 2026-08-23
- Version: 6.12.105
- Original notes: https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.12.105
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/linux-kernel/releases/6.12.105
- Labels: longterm

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- **fixed** — net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: improve support for named interrupts and only use legacy mode on missing IRQ name
- **fixed** — ALSA: hda/realtek: Enable headset mic on F+ FLAPTOP r
- **fixed** — ring-buffer: Use current_context for safe per-CPU buffer swap
- **fixed** — perf/core: Fix group leader use-after-free after sibling detach
- **fixed** — erofs: fix EROFS_FS_ZIP_LZMA_DEFAULT_MAX_STREAMS on some UP platforms
- **fixed** — drm/xe/oa: Fix sync entry leak on OA config emit failure
- **fixed** — net/sched: cls_bpf: reject dev-bound programs bound to a different device
- **fixed** — net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw-nuss: Fix port_id extraction from SRC TAG
- **fixed** — net/sched: cls_u32: skip hash tables in u32_bind_class()
- **fixed** — net/sched: act_api: fix TOCTOU NULL deref on a->goto_chain
- **fixed** — af_packet: Don't send zero-byte data in tpacket_snd()
- **fixed** — net/tls: Fail tls_sw_splice_read() after a failed async decrypt
- **fixed** — net: packet: fix wrong transport_header when sending VLAN-tagged frame
- **fixed** — tcp: fix icsk_ack.ato bitfield overflow
- **fixed** — veth: fix queue index used to wake the peer txq in veth_poll
- **fixed** — macvlan: inherit needed_headroom and needed_tailroom from lowerdev
- **fixed** — ipvlan: inherit needed_headroom and needed_tailroom from phy_dev
- **fixed** — netfilter: ipset: fix list type element drift bug and refcount race between list:set GC and swap
- **fixed** — netfilter: flowtable: publish GC-visible tuple last
- **fixed** — crypto: tegra - fix rctx->cryptlen calculation in tegra_gcm_do_one_req()

The 115 most recent commits in this release — the full changelog is longer:

- Linux 6.12.105
- net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: improve support for named interrupts
- net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: only use legacy mode on missing IRQ name
- ALSA: hda/realtek: Enable headset mic on F+ FLAPTOP r
- ring-buffer: Use current_context for safe per-CPU buffer swap
- ring-buffer: Remove jump to out label in ring_buffer_swap_cpu()
- ip_tunnel: adapt iptunnel_xmit_stats() to NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_DSTATS
- net: harmonize tstats and dstats
- binfmt_misc: use exe_file_deny_write_access() for the interpreter clone
- fs: unlock the superblock during iterate_supers_type
- perf/core: Fix group leader use-after-free after sibling detach
- perf: Unify perf_event_free_task() / perf_event_exit_task_context()
- erofs: fix EROFS_FS_ZIP_LZMA_DEFAULT_MAX_STREAMS on some UP platforms
- drm/xe/oa: Fix sync entry leak on OA config emit failure
- net/sched: cls_bpf: reject dev-bound programs bound to a different device
- net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw-nuss: Fix port_id extraction from SRC TAG
- m68k: Define NR_CPUS to 1
- net/sched: cls_u32: skip hash tables in u32_bind_class()
- net/sched: act_api: fix TOCTOU NULL deref on a->goto_chain
- af_packet: Don't send zero-byte data in tpacket_snd().
- ASoC: xilinx: formatter_pcm: pass aud_drv_data to irq handlers
- net/tls: Fail tls_sw_splice_read() after a failed async decrypt
- net: packet: fix wrong transport_header when sending VLAN-tagged frame
- tcp: fix icsk_ack.ato bitfield overflow
- veth: fix queue index used to wake the peer txq in veth_poll
- macvlan: inherit needed_headroom and needed_tailroom from lowerdev
- ipvlan: inherit needed_headroom and needed_tailroom from phy_dev
- netfilter: ipset: let destroy callbacks adjust ext mem size
- netfilter: ipset: fix list type element drift bug
- netfilter: flowtable: publish GC-visible tuple last
- netfilter: nf_tables_offload: suppress WARN_ON_ONCE for ENOMEM in abort path
- netfilter: ipset: fix refcount race between list:set GC and swap
- crypto: tegra - fix rctx->cryptlen calculation in tegra_gcm_do_one_req()
- crypto: ccm - Set rfc4309 maxauthsize from child
- arm64: tegra: Add EL2 virtual timer interrupt for Tegra194
- net/x25: fix use-after-free of the socket by its timers
- ASoC: SOF: ipc4-topology: Refresh copier IPC payload before widget setup
- x86/mce: Set up the polling timer before CMCI discovery
- x86/mce: Set CR4.MCE last during init
- x86/mce: Remove __mcheck_cpu_init_early()
- ring-buffer: Prevent resizing of persistent ring buffer
- ring-buffer: Make ring_buffer_{un}map() simpler with guard(mutex)
- ring-buffer: Simplify ring_buffer_read_page() with guard()
- KVM: SVM: Serialize accesses to the owner and mirror list with separate lock
- mm/ptdump: always stabilise against page table freeing using init_mm
- mm/vmalloc: acquire init_mm lock on huge vmap to avoid ptdump UAF
- mm/pagewalk: split walk_page_range_novma() into kernel/user parts
- ring-buffer: Initialise reader page order in rb_allocate_cpu_buffer()
- ring-buffer: Simplify functions with __free(kfree) to free allocations
- drm/vmwgfx: take fman->lock around fence list mutation in fifo_down
- net: tap: set skb->dev before parsing virtio net header in tap_get_user_xdp()
- drm/amd/pm: fix pptable use-after-free
- drm/amd/pm: adjust the visibility of pp_table sysfs node
- drm/amdgpu: move debug_vm handling to amdgpu_cs_parser_fini
- drm/amdgpu: remove unused function parameter
- drm/amd/pm: fix torn gpu metrics reads
- drm/amd/pm: Use macro to initialize metrics table
- drm/amd/pm: Use same metric table for APU
- can: rcar_canfd: change the initializing flow for clocks and resets
- cifs: add fscache_resize_cookie() to cifs_setsize()
- smb: client: fix race with fallocate(2) and AIO+DIO
- include/linux/fs.h: add inode_lock_killable()
- ice: fix VF interrupts cleanup
- vxlan: use pskb_network_may_pull() for transmit path header pulls
- vxlan: Handle stats using NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_DSTATS.
- vrf: Make pc

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