linux-bluetooth Weekly Report - Week 44
Total messages: 298 (189 human, 109 CI/bot)
linux-bluetooth Weekly Report - Week 39
27 September 2026
Total messages: 356 (255 human, 101 CI/bot)
Note: Of the 356 messages, 255 are human-generated, 101 are CI/bot (bluez.test.bot: 59, patchwork-bot+bluetooth: 19, BluezTestBot: 14, github-actions[bot]: 3, patchwork-bot+netdevbpf: 2, Sasha Levin: 1, bugzilla-daemon: 1, syzbot: 1, kernel test robot: 1).
Summary
During week 39 (21 - 27 September 2026) the linux-bluetooth mailing list carried 356 messages, 255 from contributors and 101 from CI and bots. There were 78 human-initiated threads: 40 kernel patch series, 34 BlueZ userspace series and 4 discussions or reports. 19 patches were applied via patchwork and 21 commits were pushed to bluez repositories. The most active contributor was Luiz Augusto von Dentz (Intel) with 71 messages. 8 series went through more than one revision during the week.
Key Patch Series & Discussions
Kernel Patches
BlueZ Userspace Patches
Discussions & Bug Reports
| Topic | From | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| [GIT PULL] bluetooth 2026-09-21 | Luiz Augusto von Dentz | 2 messages |
| [REGRESSION] Bluetooth: ASUS USB-BT540 (0b05:1bef) fails after BTUSB_REALTEK qui… | Niko | 2 messages |
| [BUG] Bluetooth: rfcomm: possible circular locking dependency in the SAK vs. con… | CJ | 1 message |
| [GIT PULL] power sequencing dependencies for v7.4-rc1 | Bartosz Golaszewski | 1 message |
Series Revised This Week
Top Contributors (by message count)
| Contributor | Affiliation | Messages |
|---|---|---|
| Luiz Augusto von Dentz | Intel | 71 |
| Frédéric Danis | Collabora | 32 |
| Yanli Yang | Independent | 12 |
| Ravindra | Intel | 10 |
| Cen Zhang | Independent | 8 |
| Chengfeng Ye | Independent | 8 |
| Pavel Bozhko | Independent | 6 |
| Alexander Sarmanow | Independent | 5 |
| Cai Yu | Independent | 5 |
| Bartosz Golaszewski | Independent | 4 |
Merged to master (BlueZ & bluetooth-next)
Applied to bluetooth-next (kernel, via patchwork notifications)
- Bluetooth: bnep: fix out-of-bounds reads on short RX/TX frames and con
- Bluetooth: btintel_pcie: validate device-supplied DMA indices
- Bluetooth: RFCOMM: fix NULL dereference of dlc->session in RFCOMM_CONN
- Bluetooth: btintel: read ROM debug registers on FW download failure
- Bluetooth: use assign_bit() where applicable
- Bluetooth: RFCOMM: Reject short EA=0 frames in rfcomm_recv_frame()
- Bluetooth: btintel: validate DDC record lengths
- Bluetooth: hci_core: free the HCI ID if naming fails
- Bluetooth: hci_core: Fix inquiry cache timestamps on 64-bit systems
- Bluetooth: btintel_pcie: Add support for Intel Draco
- Bluetooth: btintel: security fixes
Applied to BlueZ (via patchwork notifications)
- adapter: remove the devices from the list before freeing them
- mgmt-tester: fix test failures + avoid hidden skipping
- bap: Fix use-after-free of device referenced by session
- monitor: Search the frames with a pager
- Add true wireless BAP broadcast tests
- device: Fix NULL pointer dereference in dev_property_get_uuids
- obexd/pbap: Fix u128_to_string skipping data[4]
- client/btpclient: Improve GATT read
Pushed to bluez repositories
- a2dp: Fix crash on NULL stream in transport_cb
- doc: describe the true wireless broadcast test cases
- adapter: remove the devices from the list before f…
- audio/avrcp: Add AvrcpVersion config option
- input/hog: Cancel pending report requests on detach
- adapter: remove bondable mode hijacking when setti…
- client/gatt: Fix setting descriptor value from scr…
- audio/avrcp: Poll GetPlayStatus when position chan…
- doc/org.bluez.LEAdvertisement: Add broadcast name
- attrib: Fix unregistering notifications registered…
- shared/gatt-client: Fix calling destroy after unre…
- dbus-common: Use audio-speakers icon for speakers
- mgmt: Add Security Level Changed event
- audio/hfp-hf: Add HFP HF server and SDP record
- input: Reset report map state on detach
- doc/qualification: Add CSIP PICS file
- doc/qualification: Add MICP PICS file
- doc/qualification: Add VCP PICS file
- doc/qualification: Add MCP/MCS PICS files
- unit: Test HoG report map reads after reconnect
- shared: mainloop: Skip removed mainloop events
Company Focus Areas
Independent Contributors
- Bluetooth: Add AIC8800D80 SDIO firmware loader and UART HCI
- Bluetooth: hci_intel: support the CcP controller (X1 Fold Gen1)
- org.bluez.LEAdvertisement: Add broadcast name support
- Bluetooth: Add AIC8800D80 support
Intel
- Add HoG functional tests and shared/hog
- Add HID over GATT functional tests
- Add HID over GATT functional tests
- Add HID over GATT functional tests
Collabora
- hfp-hf: Enhance HFP Hands-Free profile support
- mgmt/device: report link security level to D-Bus clients
- audio/avrcp: Poll GetPlayStatus when position changed event unsupported
- doc/qualification: Add CSIP PICS file
