APPLIED/Cmnt: [SRU][Noble][PULL] Noble upstream stable patchset 2026-06-08

[Nicolas Dichtel]

Hello Alice,

Le 28/09/2026 à 17:41, Alice C. Munduruca a écrit :
[snip]

>>>> Pablo Neira Ayuso (7):
>>>>        netfilter: flowtable: strictly check for maximum number of actions
>>>>        netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: honor expectation helper field
>> This commit ...
>>
>>>>        netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: use expect->helper
>>>>        netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: store netns and zone in expectation
>>>>        netfilter: ctnetlink: ignore explicit helper on new expectations
>> ... and this one have introduced a regression.
>>
>> It has been fixed upstream in v7.1 in commit dcb0f9aefdd6 ("netfilter:
>> nf_conntrack_expect: restore helper propagation via expectation").
> 
> This commit has landed in upstream stable branches we track for these
> upstream stable patchsets. Some time this/next week, we will release a
> patchset containing changes from v6.6.151 and v6.12.103, both of which
> contain backports of this fix.
> 
> Once that patchset is applied, you will be able to test the kernel
> built with its changes a week later, available in -proposed. [1] After
> two weeks it will be released at large. [2]
> 

Thanks for the quick reply and the details.
I took a quick look at the "noble" git tree, but I didn't find the fix there. Is
it publicly visible somewhere?

>>
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dcb0f9aefdd6
>>
>> Should I open a launchpad entry to request a backport to the noble (6.8) kernel?
> 
> No launchpad bug is thus necessary, although thanks for letting us know :)

Regards,
Nicolas