networking [ipv4/ipv6] · Maintained

Maintainers

• M David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
• M Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>

Paths

• F Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-addr.yaml
• F Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-neigh.yaml
• F Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-route.yaml
• F Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-rule.yaml
• F include/linux/inetdevice.h
• F include/linux/mroute*
• F include/net/addrconf.h
• F include/net/arp.h
• F include/net/fib*
• F include/net/if_inet6.h
• F include/net/inetpeer.h
• F include/net/ip*
• F include/net/lwtunnel.h
• F include/net/ndisc.h
• F include/net/netns/nexthop.h
• F include/net/nexthop.h
• F include/net/route.h
• F include/uapi/linux/fib_rules.h
• F include/uapi/linux/in_route.h
• F include/uapi/linux/mroute*
• F include/uapi/linux/nexthop.h
• F net/core/fib*
• F net/core/lwtunnel.c
• F net/ipv4/arp.c
• F net/ipv4/devinet.c
• F net/ipv4/fib*
• F net/ipv4/icmp.c
• F net/ipv4/igmp.c
• F net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c
• F net/ipv4/inetpeer.c
• F net/ipv4/ip*
• F net/ipv4/metrics.c
• F net/ipv4/netlink.c
• F net/ipv4/nexthop.c
• F net/ipv4/route.c
• F net/ipv6/addr*
• F net/ipv6/anycast.c
• F net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
• F net/ipv6/exthdrs_core.c
• F net/ipv6/fib*
• F net/ipv6/icmp.c
• F net/ipv6/ip*
• F net/ipv6/mcast*
• F net/ipv6/ndisc.c
• F net/ipv6/output_core.c
• F net/ipv6/reassembly.c
• F net/ipv6/route.c
• F tools/testing/selftests/net/fib*
• F tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/

Last 30 days

Recent patches

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

• STALE93d [PATCH 23/61] net/ipv6: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• STALE223d [PATCH v2] net: ipv6: fix spelling typos in comments
  2025-12-06 · Shi Hao <hidden>
• STALE232d [PATCH] net: ipv6: fix spelling typos in comments
  2025-11-27 · Shi Hao <hidden>
• STALE310d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH net-next v2 3/8] ipv4: icmp: Fix source IP derivation in presence of VRFs
  2025-09-08 · Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
• STALE310d REVIEWED: 4 (4M) [PATCH net-next v2 2/8] ipv4: icmp: Pass IPv4 control block structure as an argument to __icmp_send()
  2025-09-08 · Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
• STALE317d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next 2/8] ipv4: icmp: Pass IPv4 control block structure as an argument to __icmp_send()
  2025-09-01 · Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
• STALE317d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net-next 3/8] ipv4: icmp: Fix source IP derivation in presence of VRFs
  2025-09-01 · Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
• STALE674d [PATCH v8 7/8] net: Replace strcpy() with strscpy()
  2024-08-28 · Yafang Shao <hidden>
• STALE691d [PATCH net-next 12/13] net: Correct spelling in headers
  2024-08-22 · Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
• STALE657d [PATCH v7 7/8] net: Replace strcpy() with strscpy()
  2024-08-17 · Yafang Shao <hidden>
• STALE704d [PATCH v6 8/9] net: Replace strcpy() with strscpy()
  2024-08-12 · Yafang Shao <hidden>
• STALE712d [PATCH v5 8/9] net: Replace strcpy() with __get_task_comm()
  2024-08-04 · Yafang Shao <hidden>
• STALE718d [PATCH v4 10/11] net: Replace strcpy() with __get_task_comm()
  2024-07-29 · Yafang Shao <hidden>
• STALE750d [PATCH v4 10/11] net: Replace strcpy() with __get_task_comm()
  2024-06-28 · Yafang Shao <hidden>
• STALE756d [PATCH v3 10/11] net: Replace strcpy() with __get_task_comm()
  2024-06-21 · Yafang Shao <hidden>
• STALE764d [PATCH v2 09/10] net: Replace strcpy() with __get_task_comm()
  2024-06-13 · Yafang Shao <hidden>
• STALE797d [PATCH v3 08/11] ipv6/ndisc: constify ctl_table arguments of utility function
  2024-04-23 · Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
• STALE797d [PATCH v3 11/11] sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of handlers
  2024-04-23 · Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
• STALE855d [PATCH 08/11] ipv6/ndisc: constify ctl_table arguments of utility function
  2024-03-15 · Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
• STALE855d [PATCH 11/11] sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of handlers
  2024-03-15 · Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
• STALE1121d [PATCH 09/11] sysctl: Remove the end element in sysctl table arrays
  2023-06-21 · Joel Granados <hidden>
• STALE2063d [PATCH] lsm,selinux: pass flowi_common instead of flowi to the LSM hooks
  2020-11-19 · Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
• STALE2696d [PATCH 07/97] SCAFFOLD: Move security.h out of route.h
  2019-02-28 · Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
• STALE2700d [PATCH v2 1/2] NETWORKING: avoid use IPCB in cipso_v4_error
  2019-02-25 · Nazarov Sergey <hidden>
• STALE2700d Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] NETWORKING: avoid use IPCB in cipso_v4_error
  2019-02-22 · Nazarov Sergey <hidden>
• STALE2700d [PATCH] NETWORKING: avoid use IPCB in cipso_v4_error
  2019-02-12 · Nazarov Sergey <hidden>
• STALE2700d Re: Kernel memory corruption in CIPSO labeled TCP packets processing.
  2019-01-21 · Nazarov Sergey <hidden>
• STALE2935d [RFC PATCH v3] ipv6: make ipv6_renew_options() interrupt/kernel safe
  2018-07-04 · Paul Moore <hidden>
• STALE2936d [RFC PATCH v2] ipv6: make ipv6_renew_options() interrupt/kernel safe
  2018-07-02 · Paul Moore <hidden>
• STALE2938d [RFC PATCH] ipv6: make ipv6_renew_options() interrupt/kernel safe
  2018-07-02 · Paul Moore <hidden>

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.

• STALE93d [PATCH 23/61] net/ipv6: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>