diff --git a/include/kernel-6.12 b/include/kernel-6.12
index 0cde4d60651f16..dbc9b8f15a6f8c 100644
--- a/include/kernel-6.12
+++ b/include/kernel-6.12
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-LINUX_VERSION-6.12 = -rc3
-LINUX_KERNEL_HASH-6.12-rc3 = c9b271cc559588796a80f06f4198a4de2823bc28cb5cd2632f3b80401035b91d
+LINUX_VERSION-6.12 = -rc6
+LINUX_KERNEL_HASH-6.12-rc6 = 7932703bbf3859932f615c21de4c5ae56d99dc85525bc2361d543216cff7e4ca
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/hack-6.12/253-ksmbd-config.patch b/target/linux/generic/hack-6.12/253-ksmbd-config.patch
index 71f1e8941b3585..f67c5ef7f6b1db 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/hack-6.12/253-ksmbd-config.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic/hack-6.12/253-ksmbd-config.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/init/Kconfig
 +++ b/init/Kconfig
-@@ -2030,7 +2030,7 @@ config PADATA
+@@ -2034,7 +2034,7 @@ config PADATA
  	bool
  
  config ASN1
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/hack-6.12/780-usb-net-MeigLink_modem_support.patch b/target/linux/generic/hack-6.12/780-usb-net-MeigLink_modem_support.patch
index d62ad4afe9f3de..6f9d6f044aa1fa 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/hack-6.12/780-usb-net-MeigLink_modem_support.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic/hack-6.12/780-usb-net-MeigLink_modem_support.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
 +++ b/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
-@@ -1082,6 +1082,7 @@ static const struct usb_device_id produc
+@@ -1083,6 +1083,7 @@ static const struct usb_device_id produc
  	{QMI_MATCH_FF_FF_FF(0x2c7c, 0x0620)},	/* Quectel EM160R-GL */
  	{QMI_MATCH_FF_FF_FF(0x2c7c, 0x0800)},	/* Quectel RM500Q-GL */
  	{QMI_MATCH_FF_FF_FF(0x2c7c, 0x0801)},	/* Quectel RM520N */
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  
  #define QUECTEL_VENDOR_ID			0x2c7c
  /* These Quectel products use Quectel's vendor ID */
-@@ -1199,6 +1201,11 @@ static const struct usb_device_id option
+@@ -1200,6 +1202,11 @@ static const struct usb_device_id option
  	  .driver_info = ZLP },
  	{ USB_DEVICE(QUECTEL_VENDOR_ID, QUECTEL_PRODUCT_BG96),
  	  .driver_info = RSVD(4) },
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/pending-6.12/920-mangle_bootargs.patch b/target/linux/generic/pending-6.12/920-mangle_bootargs.patch
index f4173cf58812ca..336dc4ff8976fd 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/pending-6.12/920-mangle_bootargs.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic/pending-6.12/920-mangle_bootargs.patch
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Imre Kaloz <kaloz@openwrt.org>
 
 --- a/init/Kconfig
 +++ b/init/Kconfig
-@@ -1855,6 +1855,15 @@ config ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_CALLBACKS
+@@ -1859,6 +1859,15 @@ config ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_CALLBACKS
  config ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_SYNC_CORE
  	bool