packet sockets · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>

Paths

• F include/uapi/linux/if_packet.h
• F net/packet/af_packet.c

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net v3] net/packet: avoid fanout hook re-registration after unregister
  2026-07-07 10:44 · 0 replies in 7d · David Lee <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH net v2] packet: avoid re-registering fanout hook after device unregister
  2026-07-06 11:12 · 0 replies in 7d · David Lee <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net-next] net: Convert %pK back to %p
  2026-07-06 07:38 · 0 replies in 7d · Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-07-07
• David Lee <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Reported-by) · last on 2026-07-06

Recent patches

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

• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH net v3] net/packet: avoid fanout hook re-registration after unregister
  2026-07-07 · David Lee <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH net v2] packet: avoid re-registering fanout hook after device unregister
  2026-07-06 · David Lee <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH net-next] net: Convert %pK back to %p
  2026-07-06 · Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
• COOLING9d [PATCH net] net/packet: avoid fanout hook re-registration after unregister
  2026-07-01 · David Lee <hidden>
• STALE70d [PATCH net v1 2/3] af_packet: use skb_get_hwtstamp() for hardware timestamps
  2026-04-29 · Kohei Enju <hidden>
• STALE78d [PATCH net] net/packet: fix TOCTOU race on mmap'd vnet_hdr in tpacket_snd()
  2026-04-18 · Bingquan Chen <hidden>
• STALE84d [PATCH net] net/packet: fix TOCTOU race on mmap'd vnet_hdr in tpacket_snd()
  2026-04-17 · Zero Mark <hidden>
• STALE84d [PATCH] net/packet: fix TOCTOU race on mmap'd vnet_hdr in tpacket_snd()
  2026-04-17 · Zero Mark <hidden>
• COLD35d [PATCH net-next v3 3/4] af_packet: convert to getsockopt_iter
  2026-04-08 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• STALE99d [PATCH net-next v2 3/4] af_packet: convert to getsockopt_iter
  2026-04-01 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• STALE108d [PATCH] net: fix fanout UAF in packet_release() via NETDEV_UP race
  2026-03-19 · Yochai Eisenrich <hidden>
• STALE79d [PATCH RFC net-next v2 2/2] af_packet: Add port specific handling for HSR
  2026-03-09 · Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
• STALE116d [PATCH v3 03/12] net: change sock.sk_ino and sock_i_ino() to u64
  2026-03-04 · Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
• STALE128d [PATCH v2 004/110] net: change sock.sk_ino and sock_i_ino() to u64
  2026-03-02 · Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
• STALE127d [PATCH RFC net-next 2/2] af_packet: Add port specific handling for HSR
  2026-02-04 · Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
• STALE155d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v2 net-next] net: add vlan_get_protocol_offset_inline() helper
  2026-02-04 · Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
• STALE158d [PATCH v2 net] net: add RCU protection to (struct packet_type)->dev
  2026-02-02 · Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
• STALE156d [PATCH net-next] net: add vlan_get_protocol_offset_inline() helper
  2026-02-02 · Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
• STALE158d [PATCH net] net: add RCU protection to (struct packet_type)->dev
  2026-01-31 · Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
• STALE171d [PATCH 42/44] net: use min() instead of min_t()
  2025-11-19 · <hidden>
• STALE239d [PATCH net v5 1/2] virtio-net: correct hdr_len handling for VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_HDRLEN
  2025-11-11 · Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com>
• STALE247d [PATCH net-next v5 8/8] net: Convert struct sockaddr to fixed-size "sa_data[14]"
  2025-11-04 · Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
• STALE247d [PATCH net-next v5 2/8] net: Convert proto_ops bind() callbacks to use sockaddr_unsized
  2025-11-04 · Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
• STALE251d [net-next PATCH v4 7/7] net: Convert struct sockaddr to fixed-size "sa_data[14]"
  2025-10-29 · Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
• STALE251d [net-next PATCH v4 1/7] net: Convert proto_ops bind() callbacks to use sockaddr_unsized
  2025-10-29 · Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
• STALE260d [PATCH v3 9/9] net: Convert struct sockaddr to fixed-size "sa_data[14]"
  2025-10-20 · Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
• STALE260d [PATCH v3 3/9] net: Convert proto_ops bind() callbacks to use sockaddr_unspec
  2025-10-20 · Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
• STALE263d [PATCH v2 10/10] net: Convert struct sockaddr to fixed-size "sa_data[14]"
  2025-10-14 · Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
• STALE263d [PATCH v2 03/10] net: Convert proto_ops bind() callbacks to use sockaddr_unspec
  2025-10-14 · Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 6 (5M) [PATCH net-next v12 2/2] net: af_packet: Use hrtimer to do the retire operation
  2025-09-08 · Xin Zhao <hidden>

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.

• STALE155d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH v2 net-next] net: add vlan_get_protocol_offset_inline() helper
  2026-02-04 · Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> · 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.

• STALE116d [PATCH v3 03/12] net: change sock.sk_ino and sock_i_ino() to u64
  2026-03-04 · Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
• STALE99d [PATCH net-next v2 3/4] af_packet: convert to getsockopt_iter
  2026-04-01 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• COLD35d [PATCH net-next v3 3/4] af_packet: convert to getsockopt_iter
  2026-04-08 · Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
• STALE70d [PATCH net v1 2/3] af_packet: use skb_get_hwtstamp() for hardware timestamps
  2026-04-29 · Kohei Enju <hidden>