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 Linux 6.1.176
  2026-06-19 12:00 · 1 reply in 7d · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COOLING5d Linux 5.15.210
  2026-06-19 12:00 · 1 reply in 7d · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COOLING5d Linux 5.10.259
  2026-06-19 11:59 · 1 reply in 7d · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
  1 attestation (1 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-06-16

Recent patches

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

• COOLING5d Re: Linux 6.1.176
  2026-06-19 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.15.210
  2026-06-19 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.10.259
  2026-06-19 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH 6.1 069/522] net/packet: fix TOCTOU race on mmapd vnet_hdr in tpacket_snd()
  2026-06-16 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 6.1 068/522] net/packet: convert po->running to an atomic flag
  2026-06-16 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 6.1 067/522] net/packet: convert po->has_vnet_hdr to an atomic flag
  2026-06-16 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 6.1 066/522] net/packet: convert po->tp_loss to an atomic flag
  2026-06-16 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 6.1 065/522] net/packet: convert po->tp_tx_has_off to an atomic flag
  2026-06-16 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD26d [PATCH 5.10.y 1/2] net: Remove redundant if statements
  2026-05-29 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 7.0.2
  2026-04-27 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.18.25
  2026-04-27 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.12.84
  2026-04-27 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.6.136
  2026-04-27 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH 5.10.y] net/packet: fix TOCTOU race on mmap'd vnet_hdr in tpacket_snd()
  2026-04-25 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH 5.15.y] net/packet: fix TOCTOU race on mmap'd vnet_hdr in tpacket_snd()
  2026-04-25 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• COLD21d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH 6.1.y] net/packet: fix TOCTOU race on mmap'd vnet_hdr in tpacket_snd()
  2026-04-25 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
• COLD60d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] net/packet: fix TOCTOU race on mmap'd vnet_hdr in" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree
  2026-04-24 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD60d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] net/packet: fix TOCTOU race on mmap'd vnet_hdr in" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
  2026-04-24 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD21d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] net/packet: fix TOCTOU race on mmap'd vnet_hdr in" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree
  2026-04-24 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.15.203
  2026-04-18 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.10.253
  2026-04-18 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD27d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH 5.10 262/491] net: fix fanout UAF in packet_release() via NETDEV_UP race
  2026-04-13 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• COLD22d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH 5.15 329/570] net: fix fanout UAF in packet_release() via NETDEV_UP race
  2026-04-13 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.1.168
  2026-04-11 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE71d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH 6.1 046/312] net: fix fanout UAF in packet_release() via NETDEV_UP race
  2026-04-08 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE83d Re: Linux 6.19.11
  2026-04-02 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.18.21
  2026-04-02 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.12.80
  2026-04-02 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.6.131
  2026-04-02 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE78d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH 6.18 109/309] net: fix fanout UAF in packet_release() via NETDEV_UP race
  2026-03-31 · 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.

• COLD21d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] net/packet: fix TOCTOU race on mmap'd vnet_hdr in" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree
  2026-04-24 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD60d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] net/packet: fix TOCTOU race on mmap'd vnet_hdr in" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
  2026-04-24 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD60d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) FAILED: patch "[PATCH] net/packet: fix TOCTOU race on mmap'd vnet_hdr in" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree
  2026-04-24 · <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• COLD21d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH 6.1.y] net/packet: fix TOCTOU race on mmap'd vnet_hdr in tpacket_snd()
  2026-04-25 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH 5.15.y] net/packet: fix TOCTOU race on mmap'd vnet_hdr in tpacket_snd()
  2026-04-25 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• DORMANTno replies REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH 5.10.y] net/packet: fix TOCTOU race on mmap'd vnet_hdr in tpacket_snd()
  2026-04-25 · Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> · 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.

• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.6.131
  2026-04-02 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.12.80
  2026-04-02 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.18.21
  2026-04-02 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• STALE83d Re: Linux 6.19.11
  2026-04-02 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.1.168
  2026-04-11 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.10.253
  2026-04-18 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 5.15.203
  2026-04-18 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.6.136
  2026-04-27 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.12.84
  2026-04-27 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
• DORMANTno replies Re: Linux 6.18.25
  2026-04-27 · Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>