tipc network layer · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>
• M Tung Quang Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>

Paths

• F include/uapi/linux/tipc*.h
• F net/tipc/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] tipc: validate data size before reading Gap ACK block header
  2026-09-06 23:38 · 0 replies in 7d · Aamir Ahmed <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH net-next v4] tipc: replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy in tipc_bearer_get_name()
  2026-09-03 11:54 · 1 reply in 7d · Ajith P V <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH net-next v5] tipc: replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy in tipc_bearer_get_name()
  2026-09-03 13:27 · 0 replies in 7d · Ajith P V <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH net v2] tipc: purge cong_links under the socket lock in tipc_release()
  2026-09-02 11:19 · 0 replies in 7d · Jun Yang <hidden>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Xiang Mei <hidden>
  6 attestations (6 Reported-by) · last on 2026-08-27
• Weiming Shi <hidden>
  6 attestations (6 Tested-by) · last on 2026-08-27
• TencentOS Corvus AI <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Reported-by) · last on 2026-09-02
• Abaci <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Reported-by) · last on 2026-08-18
• <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Reported-by) · last on 2026-08-12

Recent patches

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

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] tipc: validate data size before reading Gap ACK block header
  2026-09-06 · Aamir Ahmed <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH net-next v5] tipc: replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy in tipc_bearer_get_name()
  2026-09-03 · Ajith P V <hidden>
• WARM3d RE: [PATCH net-next v4] tipc: replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy in tipc_bearer_get_name()
  2026-09-03 · Tung Quang Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
• WARM3d [PATCH net v2] tipc: purge cong_links under the socket lock in tipc_release()
  2026-09-02 · Jun Yang <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH net-next v4] tipc: replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy in tipc_bearer_get_name()
  2026-09-02 · Ajith P V <hidden>
• COOLING6d [PATCH net] tipc: Dont send random pad bytes in RESET/ACTIVATE messages
  2026-08-29 · David Laight <hidden>
• COOLING6d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net v17] tipc: fix NULL deref in tipc_named_node_up() on empty publication list
  2026-08-27 · Tung Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
• COOLING9d [PATCH net v3] tipc: protect node reset trace dump with node lock
  2026-08-25 · Chengfeng Ye <hidden>
• COOLING9d [PATCH net v2] tipc: protect node reset trace dump with node lock
  2026-08-24 · Chengfeng Ye <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies Re: [PATCH net] tipc: protect node reset trace dump with node lock
  2026-08-24 · Chengfeng Ye <hidden>
• COOLING14d Re: [PATCH net] tipc: protect node reset trace dump with node lock
  2026-08-24 · Tung Quang Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
• COOLING14d [PATCH net] tipc: protect node reset trace dump with node lock
  2026-08-22 · Chengfeng Ye <hidden>
• COOLING13d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net v16] tipc: fix NULL deref in tipc_named_node_up() on empty publication list
  2026-08-22 · Tung Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net v15] tipc: fix NULL deref in tipc_named_node_up() on empty publication list
  2026-08-19 · Tung Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] tipc: limit the memory pinned by incomplete fragment chains
  2026-08-18 · Chuyf26 <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] tipc: validate the size of discovery messages before parsing
  2026-08-18 · Chuyf26 <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net v14] tipc: fix NULL deref in tipc_named_node_up() on empty publication list
  2026-08-17 · Tung Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
• COLD23d Re: [PATCH] tipc: defer local Nagle backlog xmit from receive path
  2026-08-14 · Bartosz Chronowski <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net v13] tipc: fix NULL deref in tipc_named_node_up() on empty publication list
  2026-08-14 · Tung Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
• COLD20d [PATCH net-next v3] tipc: replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy in tipc_bearer_get_name()
  2026-08-13 · Ajith P V <hidden>
• COLD25d [PATCH net-next v2] net: tipc: replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy
  2026-08-12 · Ajith P V <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH net-next v2] net: tipc: replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy
  2026-08-12 · Ajith P V <hidden>
• COLD25d [PATCH] tipc: defer local Nagle backlog xmit from receive path
  2026-08-12 · "syzbot" <syzbot@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net v12] tipc: fix NULL deref in tipc_named_node_up() on empty publication list
  2026-08-12 · Tung Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
• COLD26d [PATCH] net: tipc: replace deprecated strcpy with strscpy
  2026-08-11 · Ajith P V <hidden>
• COLD26d [PATCH net v2] tipc: read le->link under the node lock in tipc_node_link_down()
  2026-08-10 · Jun Yang <hidden>
• COLD31d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net v11] tipc: fix NULL deref in tipc_named_node_up() on empty publication list
  2026-08-05 · Tung Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
• COLD23d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net v10] tipc: fix NULL deref in tipc_named_node_up() on empty publication list
  2026-08-04 · Tung Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
• COLD35d [PATCH net] tipc: read le->link under the node lock in tipc_node_link_down()
  2026-07-31 · Jun Yang <hidden>
• COLD35d [PATCH net] tipc: purge cong_links under the socket lock in tipc_release()
  2026-07-31 · Jun Yang <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.

• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 4 (4M) FAILED: Patch "tipc: fix RCU dereference race in tipc_aead_users_dec()" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree
  2026-03-01 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 4 (4M) FAILED: Patch "tipc: fix RCU dereference race in tipc_aead_users_dec()" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
  2026-03-01 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 4 (4M) FAILED: Patch "tipc: fix RCU dereference race in tipc_aead_users_dec()" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree
  2026-03-01 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 4 (4M) FAILED: Patch "tipc: fix RCU dereference race in tipc_aead_users_dec()" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
  2026-03-01 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 4 (4M) FAILED: Patch "tipc: fix RCU dereference race in tipc_aead_users_dec()" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree
  2026-03-01 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE154d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net 1/1] tipc: validate Gap ACK blocks in STATE message
  2026-04-05 · Ren Wei <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE150d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v4 net-next] net: use get_random_u{16,32,64}() where appropriate
  2026-04-07 · David Carlier <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE147d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH net 1/1] tipc: validate Gap ACK blocks in STATE message
  2026-04-10 · Ren Wei <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE84d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net v2] tipc: fix slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_decrypt_done
  2026-06-10 · Doruk Tan Ozturk <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE82d REVIEWED: 2 (2M) [PATCH net v3] tipc: fix slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_decrypt_done
  2026-06-15 · Doruk Tan Ozturk <hidden> · 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.

• STALE159d [PATCH 07/10 net-next] net: convert remaining ipv6_stub users to direct function calls
  2026-03-09 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• STALE144d [PATCH 31/61] net/tipc: Prefer IS_ERR_OR_NULL over manual NULL check
  2026-03-10 · Philipp Hahn <hidden>
• STALE174d [PATCH 07/10 net-next v2] net: convert remaining ipv6_stub users to direct function calls
  2026-03-10 · Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
• STALE153d [PATCH net-next v8 11/11] net: tipc: convert tipc_udp_xmit to use a noref dst
  2026-03-12 · Marek Mietus <hidden>
• STALE153d [PATCH net-next v8 03/11] net: tunnel: convert udp_tunnel{6,}_xmit_skb to noref
  2026-03-12 · Marek Mietus <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies RE: [PATCH net] tipc: fix UAF in tipc_buf_append via tipc_msg_validate
  2026-03-31 · Tung Quang Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
• DORMANTno replies RE: [PATCH net] tipc: fix bc_ackers underflow on duplicate GRP_ACK_MSG
  2026-04-01 · Tung Quang Nguyen <tung.quang.nguyen@est.tech>
• STALE124d [PATCH v1 net-next 02/15] udp_tunnel: Pass struct sock to setup_udp_tunnel_sock().
  2026-05-02 · Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
• STALE96d [PATCH net 1/4] tipc: require net admin for TIPCv2 netlink mutators
  2026-06-02 · Michael Bommarito <hidden>
• STALE96d [PATCH net 2/4] tipc: validate discovery message length before reading media address
  2026-06-02 · Michael Bommarito <hidden>