networking [general] · Maintained

Maintainers

M "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
M Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
M Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
M Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
R Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>

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F Documentation/core-api/netlink.rst
F Documentation/netlink/
F Documentation/networking/
F Documentation/networking/net_cachelines/
F Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst
F Documentation/userspace-api/netlink/
F include/linux/ethtool.h
F include/linux/framer/framer-provider.h
F include/linux/framer/framer.h
F include/linux/in.h
F include/linux/in6.h
F include/linux/indirect_call_wrapper.h
F include/linux/inet.h
F include/linux/inet_diag.h
F include/linux/net.h
F include/linux/netdev*
F include/linux/netlink.h
F include/linux/netpoll.h
F include/linux/rtnetlink.h
F include/linux/sctp.h
F include/linux/seq_file_net.h
F include/linux/skbuff*
F include/net/
F include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
F include/uapi/linux/genetlink.h
F include/uapi/linux/hsr_netlink.h
F include/uapi/linux/in.h
F include/uapi/linux/inet_diag.h
F include/uapi/linux/nbd-netlink.h
F include/uapi/linux/net.h
F include/uapi/linux/net_namespace.h
F include/uapi/linux/netconf.h
F include/uapi/linux/netdev*
F include/uapi/linux/netlink.h
F include/uapi/linux/netlink_diag.h
F include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
F include/uapi/linux/sctp.h
F lib/net_utils.c
F lib/random32.c
F net/
F samples/pktgen/
F tools/net/
F tools/testing/selftests/net/
X Documentation/networking/batman-adv.rst
X Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.rst
X Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/
X Documentation/networking/regulatory.rst
X include/net/bluetooth/
X include/net/cfg80211.h
X include/net/ieee80211_radiotap.h
X include/net/iw_handler.h
X include/net/mac80211.h
X include/net/wext.h
X net/9p/
X net/batman-adv/
X net/bluetooth/
X net/can/
X net/ceph/
X net/mac80211/
X net/rfkill/
X net/wireless/
X tools/testing/selftests/net/can/

Last 30 days

Recent patches

Most-recent 30 patches in this subsystem on linux-crypto (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

WARM3d [PATCH 33/33] net: tipc: Use AES-GCM library instead of crypto_aead
2026-07-07 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
WARM3d [PATCH 26/33] macsec: Use AES-GCM library instead of crypto_aead
2026-07-07 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
WARM3d [PATCH 28/33] mac802154: Use AES-CCM and AES-CTR libraries
2026-07-07 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
COLD32d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH RESEND 1/6] sock: add sock_kzalloc helper
2026-05-27 · Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
COLD46d [PATCH 1/3] net: Remove support for AIO on sockets
2026-05-23 · Demi Marie Obenour <hidden>
COLD38d [PATCH 1/3] xfrm: extend ESP offload infrastructure for packet engines
2026-05-23 · Jihong Min <hidden>
COLD39d REVIEWED: 8 (8M) [PATCH net-next v2 3/5] net/rxrpc: Reimplement DES-PCBC using DES library
2026-05-22 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
COLD39d REVIEWED: 8 (8M) [PATCH net-next v2 2/5] net/rxrpc: Use local FCrypt-PCBC implementation
2026-05-22 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
COLD39d REVIEWED: 8 (8M) [PATCH net-next v2 1/5] net/rxrpc: Add local FCrypt-PCBC implementation
2026-05-22 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
COLD59d [PATCH net v4 1/3] crypto/krb5, rxrpc: Fix lack of pre-decrypt/pre-verify length checks
2026-05-15 · David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
STALE66d [PATCH net v3 2/4] crypto/krb5, rxrpc: Fix lack of pre-decrypt/pre-verify length checks
2026-05-14 · David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
STALE66d [PATCH net v2 2/4] crypto/krb5, rxrpc: Fix lack of pre-decrypt/pre-verify length checks
2026-05-13 · David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
STALE77d [PATCH net-next] Documentation/tcp_ao: Document the supported MAC algorithms and lengths
2026-04-29 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
STALE64d [PATCH net-next 3/5] net/rxrpc: Reimplement DES-PCBC using DES library
2026-04-28 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
STALE64d [PATCH net-next 2/5] net/rxrpc: Use local FCrypt-PCBC implementation
2026-04-28 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
STALE64d [PATCH net-next 1/5] net/rxrpc: Add local FCrypt-PCBC implementation
2026-04-28 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
STALE80d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH net-next v2 5/5] net/tcp: Remove tcp_sigpool
2026-04-27 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
STALE80d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH net-next v2 4/5] net/tcp-ao: Return void from functions that can no longer fail
2026-04-27 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
STALE80d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH net-next v2 3/5] net/tcp-ao: Use stack-allocated MAC and traffic_key buffers
2026-04-27 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
STALE80d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH net-next v2 2/5] net/tcp-ao: Use crypto library API instead of crypto_ahash
2026-04-27 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
STALE80d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH net-next v2 1/5] net/tcp-ao: Drop support for most non-RFC-specified algorithms
2026-04-27 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
COLD53d [PATCH 1/6] sock: add sock_kzalloc helper
2026-04-27 · Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
STALE102d [PATCH ipsec-next] xfrm: Drop support for HMAC-RIPEMD-160
2026-04-05 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
STALE107d [PATCH 07/11] net: tipc: Use crypto_stdrng_get_bytes()
2026-03-26 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
DORMANTno replies [PATCH 5.10] net/tcp-md5: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time
2026-03-10 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
DORMANTno replies [PATCH 5.15] net/tcp-md5: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time
2026-03-10 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
DORMANTno replies [PATCH 6.1] net/tcp-md5: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time
2026-03-10 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
DORMANTno replies [PATCH 6.6] net/tcp-md5: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time
2026-03-10 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
DORMANTno replies [PATCH 6.12] net/tcp-md5: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time
2026-03-10 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
DORMANTno replies [PATCH 6.18] net/tcp-md5: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time
2026-03-10 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>

Needs attention (review trailers in, no pickup)

Patches with review trailers that haven't landed in mainline and haven't been Acked by a maintainer. Oldest first.

STALE172d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH net-next 1/2] ipv6: Switch to higher-level SHA-1 functions
2026-01-23 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
STALE80d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH net-next v2 5/5] net/tcp: Remove tcp_sigpool
2026-04-27 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
COLD32d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH RESEND 1/6] sock: add sock_kzalloc helper
2026-05-27 · Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev> · 1 Reviewed-by

Quiet for 30+ days

Patches with no review trailers and no replies. Either the author is heads-down elsewhere or these slipped through. Oldest first.

STALE195d [PATCH RFC 07/13] vsock/virtio: fix DMA alignment for event_list
2025-12-30 · "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
STALE195d [PATCH RFC 13/13] vsock/virtio: reorder fields to reduce struct padding
2025-12-30 · "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
STALE131d [RFC PATCH 1/8] net/tcp-ao: Drop support for most non-RFC-specified algorithms
2026-03-07 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
STALE131d [RFC PATCH 2/8] net/tcp-ao: Use crypto library API instead of crypto_ahash
2026-03-07 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
STALE131d [RFC PATCH 3/8] net/tcp-ao: Use stack-allocated MAC and traffic_key buffers
2026-03-07 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
STALE131d [RFC PATCH 4/8] net/tcp-ao: Return void from functions that can no longer fail
2026-03-07 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
STALE131d [RFC PATCH 5/8] net/tcp: Remove tcp_sigpool
2026-03-07 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
DORMANTno replies [PATCH 6.18] net/tcp-md5: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time
2026-03-10 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
DORMANTno replies [PATCH 6.12] net/tcp-md5: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time
2026-03-10 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
DORMANTno replies [PATCH 6.6] net/tcp-md5: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time
2026-03-10 · Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>

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