[GIT PULL] sysctl fixes for v7.0-rc6

From: Joel Granados

Date: Fri Mar 27 2026 - 05:19:20 EST


Linus:

Small fix for sysctl bitmaps. If it is too late in the cycle, I can also
send during the merge window for v7.2.

Best

The following changes since commit c369299895a591d96745d6492d4888259b004a9e:

Linux 7.0-rc5 (2026-03-22 14:42:17 -0700)

are available in the Git repository at:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sysctl/sysctl.git tags/sysctl-7.00-fixes-rc6

for you to fetch changes up to f63a9df7e3f9f842945d292a19d9938924f066f9:

sysctl: fix uninitialized variable in proc_do_large_bitmap (2026-03-26 09:32:19 +0100)

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Summary

* Fix uninitialized variable error when writing to a sysctl bitmap

Removed the possibility of returning an unjustified -EINVAL when writing to a
sysctl bitmap

* Testing

Quickly passed through linux-next.

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Marc Buerg (1):
sysctl: fix uninitialized variable in proc_do_large_bitmap

kernel/sysctl.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

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Joel Granados

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