# changelog

author: CKI KWF Bot <cki-ci-bot+kwf-gitlab-com@redhat.com> [5.14.0-669.el9]
changelog:
  - nvme-tcp: fix NULL pointer dereferences in nvmet_tcp_build_pdu_iovec (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-144333] {CVE-2026-22998}
  - NFSv4: ensure the open stateid seqid doesn't go backwards (Scott Mayhew) [RHEL-141483]
  - virtio-net: remove unused delayed refill worker (Laurent Vivier) [RHEL-139819]
  - virtio-net: don't schedule delayed refill worker (Laurent Vivier) [RHEL-139819]
  - virtio-net: don't re-enable refill work too early when NAPI is disabled (Laurent Vivier) [RHEL-139819]
  - virtio-net: disable delayed refill when pausing rx (Laurent Vivier) [RHEL-139819]
  - virtio-net: Refactor napi_disable paths (Laurent Vivier) [RHEL-139819]
  - virtio-net: Refactor napi_enable paths (Laurent Vivier) [RHEL-139819]
  - virtio_net: separate virtnet_tx_resize() (Laurent Vivier) [RHEL-139819]
  - virtio_net: separate virtnet_rx_resize() (Laurent Vivier) [RHEL-139819]
  - vsock/vmci: Clear the vmci transport packet properly when initializing it (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-137698] {CVE-2025-38403}
  - ftrace: bpf: Fix IPMODIFY + DIRECT in modify_ftrace_direct() (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - ftrace: Fix BPF fexit with livepatch (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc64/modules: replace stub allocation sentinel with an explicit counter (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: ensure ftrace record ops are always set for NOPs (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - redhat: Add CONFIG_PPC_FTRACE_OUT_OF_LINE_NUM_RESERVE (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - ftrace: fix incorrect hash size in register_ftrace_direct() (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - kbuild: dummy-tools: pretend we understand -fpatchable-function-entry (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - ftrace: Fix modification of direct_function hash while in use (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc64/ftrace: fix module loading without patchable function entries (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc: Replace kretprobe code with rethook on powerpc (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc64/ftrace: fix clobbered r15 during livepatching (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/bpf: fix JIT code size calculation of bpf trampoline (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Fix ftrace bug with KASAN=y (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc64/bpf: Add support for bpf trampolines (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Add support for DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Add support for DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_CALL_OPS (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc64/ftrace: Support .text larger than 32MB with out-of-line stubs (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc64/ftrace: Move ftrace sequence out of line (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - kbuild: Add generic hook for architectures to use before the final vmlinux link (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Add a postlink script to validate function tracer (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc64/bpf: Fold bpf_jit_emit_func_call_hlp() into bpf_jit_emit_func_call_rel() (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Move ftrace stub used for init text before _einittext (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Skip instruction patching if the instructions are the same (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Remove pointer to struct module from dyn_arch_ftrace (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc64/ftrace: Nop out additional 'std' instruction emitted by gcc v5.x (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/kprobes: Use ftrace to determine if a probe is at function entry (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/trace: Account for -fpatchable-function-entry support by toolchain (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - kbuild: move vmlinux.o rule to the top Makefile (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/code-patching: Use dedicated memory routines for patching (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Ignore ftrace locations in exit text sections (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc: Fix build issue with LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION and FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Add support for -fpatchable-function-entry (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Implement ftrace_replace_code() (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Replace use of ftrace_call_replace() with ftrace_create_branch_inst() (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Simplify ftrace_modify_call() (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Simplify ftrace_make_call() (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Simplify ftrace_make_nop() (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Add separate ftrace_init_nop() with additional validation (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Stop re-purposing linker generated long branches for ftrace (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Refactor ftrace_modify_code() (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Simplify function_graph support in ftrace.c (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Use patch_instruction() return directly (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Refactor prepare_ftrace_return() (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Have arch_ftrace_get_regs() return NULL unless FL_SAVE_REGS is set (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Add recursion protection in prepare_ftrace_return() (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Also save r1 in ftrace_caller() (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: directly call of function graph tracer by ftrace caller (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Refactor ftrace_{en/dis}able_ftrace_graph_caller (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Implement CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]
  - powerpc/ftrace: Prepare PPC64's ftrace_caller() for CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-14156]


