mac80211 · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>

Paths

• F Documentation/networking/mac80211-injection.rst
• F Documentation/networking/mac80211_hwsim/mac80211_hwsim.rst
• F drivers/net/wireless/virtual/mac80211_hwsim*.[ch]
• F include/net/mac80211.h
• F net/mac80211/

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• WARM1d [PATCH 6.18 0000/1250] 6.18.53-rc1 review
  2026-09-17 17:07 · 9 replies in 7d · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 6.12 0000/1102] 6.12.111-rc1 review
  2026-09-17 18:05 · 5 replies in 7d · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH 0/1] wifi: mac80211: handle empty FILS association request payload
  2026-09-19 08:48 · 1 reply in 7d · Yuqi Xu <hidden>
• WARM1d [PATCH 0/1] wifi: mac80211: minstrel_ht: validate fixed rate index
  2026-09-19 08:46 · 1 reply in 7d · Yuqi Xu <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH wireless v3 1/1] wifi: mac80211: fix mesh fast xmit path deletion UAF
  2026-09-18 05:27 · 0 replies in 7d · Zihan Xi <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] wifi: mac80211: drain PS delivery work during station teardown
  2026-09-16 11:38 · 0 replies in 7d · Zhao Li <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 2/2] wifi: mac80211: account proxy paths against the mesh path limit
  2026-09-16 11:37 · 0 replies in 7d · Zhao Li <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH 1/2] wifi: mac80211: release mesh path quota on failed additions
  2026-09-16 11:37 · 0 replies in 7d · Zhao Li <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies Linux 6.1.188
  2026-09-14 11:58 · 1 reply in 7d · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COOLING6d Linux 5.15.221
  2026-09-14 11:58 · 1 reply in 7d · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Vega <hidden>
  5 attestations (5 Reported-by) · last on 2026-09-19
• Johannes Berg <hidden>
  5 attestations (5 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-09-17
• Luxing Yin <hidden>
  3 attestations (3 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-09-18
• Jouni Malinen <hidden>
  3 attestations (3 Reported-by) · last on 2026-09-17
• Emmanuel Grumbach <hidden>
  3 attestations (3 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-09-12
• Ren Wei <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-09-19
• Ilan Peer <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-09-17
• Miriam Rachel Korenblit <miriam.rachel.korenblit@intel.com>
  2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-09-17
• <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Reported-by) · last on 2026-09-02

Recent patches

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

• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH 1/1] wifi: mac80211: handle empty FILS association request payload
  2026-09-19 · Yuqi Xu <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH 1/1] wifi: mac80211: minstrel_ht: validate fixed rate index
  2026-09-19 · Yuqi Xu <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH wireless v3 1/1] wifi: mac80211: fix mesh fast xmit path deletion UAF
  2026-09-18 · Zihan Xi <hidden>
• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH 6.12 0397/1102] wifi: mac80211: ibss: wait for in-flight TX on disconnect
  2026-09-17 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 6.12 0389/1102] wifi: mac80211: validate deauth frame length before reason access
  2026-09-17 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 6.12 0111/1102] wifi: mac80211: dont call ieee80211_handle_reconfig_failure when not needed
  2026-09-17 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 6.12 0051/1102] wifi: mac80211: explicitly disable FTM responder on AP stop
  2026-09-17 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 6.12 0021/1102] wifi: mac80211: always allow transmitting null-data on TXQs
  2026-09-17 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• WARM1d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH 6.18 0501/1250] wifi: mac80211: ibss: wait for in-flight TX on disconnect
  2026-09-17 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH 6.18 0493/1250] wifi: mac80211: validate deauth frame length before reason access
  2026-09-17 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH 6.18 0305/1250] wifi: mac80211: unify link STA removal in vif link removal
  2026-09-17 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH 6.18 0304/1250] wifi: mac80211: clarify beacon parsing with MBSSID/EMA
  2026-09-17 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH 6.18 0163/1250] wifi: mac80211: dont call ieee80211_handle_reconfig_failure when not needed
  2026-09-17 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH 6.18 0031/1250] wifi: mac80211: always allow transmitting null-data on TXQs
  2026-09-17 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• WARM1d [PATCH 6.18 0072/1250] wifi: mac80211: explicitly disable FTM responder on AP stop
  2026-09-17 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• WARM1d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH 6.18 0054/1250] wifi: mac80211: avoid out-of-bounds access in monitor
  2026-09-17 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• WARM1d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH 6.18 0032/1250] wifi: mac80211: use chandef in ieee80211_get_sta_bw()
  2026-09-17 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] wifi: mac80211: drain PS delivery work during station teardown
  2026-09-16 · Zhao Li <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 2/2] wifi: mac80211: account proxy paths against the mesh path limit
  2026-09-16 · Zhao Li <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH 1/2] wifi: mac80211: release mesh path quota on failed additions
  2026-09-16 · Zhao Li <hidden>
• COOLING6d Re: Linux 6.1.188
  2026-09-14 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.15.221
  2026-09-14 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.10.270
  2026-09-14 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COOLING5d [PATCH 5.10 572/798] mac80211: add ieee80211_is_tx_data helper function
  2026-09-12 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 5.15 665/935] wifi: mac80211: skip unused probe response countdown offsets
  2026-09-12 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 5.15 663/935] wifi: mac80211: send TWT teardown to peer after setup TX failure
  2026-09-12 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 6.1 0898/1191] wifi: mac80211: skip default WMM setup for AP_VLAN links
  2026-09-12 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 6.1 0827/1191] wifi: mac80211: send TWT teardown to peer after setup TX failure
  2026-09-12 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 6.1 0829/1191] wifi: mac80211: skip unused probe response countdown offsets
  2026-09-12 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COOLING6d [PATCH 6.6 1085/1424] wifi: mac80211: skip default WMM setup for AP_VLAN links
  2026-09-12 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.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.

• STALE174d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.19-6.12] wifi: mac80211: check tdls flag in ieee80211_tdls_oper
  2026-03-24 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE153d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH AUTOSEL 7.0-6.12] wifi: mac80211: properly handle error in ieee80211_add_virtual_monitor
  2026-04-20 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH wireless] wifi: mac80211: remove station if connection prep fails
  2026-05-05 · Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE130d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] wifi: mac80211: remove station if connection prep fails" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree
  2026-05-12 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (1M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] wifi: mac80211: remove station if connection prep fails" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree
  2026-05-12 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (1M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] wifi: mac80211: remove station if connection prep fails" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
  2026-05-12 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH 6.1.y] wifi: mac80211: remove station if connection prep fails
  2026-05-13 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE109d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v3] wifi: mac80211: fix monitor mode frame capture for real chanctx drivers
  2026-05-18 · Devin Wittmayer <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE109d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v4] wifi: mac80211: fix monitor mode frame capture for real chanctx drivers
  2026-05-19 · Devin Wittmayer <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE118d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH 6.6.y] wifi: mac80211: check tdls flag in ieee80211_tdls_oper
  2026-05-25 · Li hongliang <hidden> · 1 Tested-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.

• STALE199d [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.19-6.1] wifi: mac80211: set default WMM parameters on all links
  2026-03-05 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH 5.10.y] wifi: mac80211: fix NULL pointer dereference in mesh_rx_csa_frame()
  2026-03-09 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• STALE189d [PATCH 6.19 136/311] wifi: mac80211: fix NULL pointer dereference in mesh_rx_csa_frame()
  2026-03-10 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• STALE187d [PATCH 6.18 165/314] wifi: mac80211: fix NULL pointer dereference in mesh_rx_csa_frame()
  2026-03-10 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.19.7
  2026-03-12 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• STALE190d Re: Linux 6.18.17
  2026-03-12 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.12.77
  2026-03-13 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE179d [PATCH 6.19 016/378] wifi: mac80211: set default WMM parameters on all links
  2026-03-17 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE186d [PATCH 6.18 008/333] wifi: mac80211: set default WMM parameters on all links
  2026-03-17 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE173d Re: Linux 6.18.19
  2026-03-19 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>