diff --git a/include/kernel-6.6 b/include/kernel-6.6
index 94f100b36..1fed507b1 100644
--- a/include/kernel-6.6
+++ b/include/kernel-6.6
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-LINUX_VERSION-6.6 = .17
-LINUX_KERNEL_HASH-6.6.17 = ee7650996ba75aa29fe66f309b413097f249a03e7001f2a41128c7c95205226a
+LINUX_VERSION-6.6 = .18
+LINUX_KERNEL_HASH-6.6.18 = 4e43d8c5fba14f7c82597838011648056487b7550fd83276ad534559e8499b1d
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/backport-6.6/001-CONFIG_INITRAMFS_PRESERVE_MTIME.patch b/target/linux/generic/backport-6.6/001-CONFIG_INITRAMFS_PRESERVE_MTIME.patch
index a9bf15d6e..1bb98582d 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/backport-6.6/001-CONFIG_INITRAMFS_PRESERVE_MTIME.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic/backport-6.6/001-CONFIG_INITRAMFS_PRESERVE_MTIME.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/init/Kconfig
 +++ b/init/Kconfig
-@@ -1347,16 +1347,6 @@ config BOOT_CONFIG_EMBED_FILE
+@@ -1356,16 +1356,6 @@ config BOOT_CONFIG_EMBED_FILE
  	  This bootconfig will be used if there is no initrd or no other
  	  bootconfig in the initrd.
  
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/hack-6.6/204-module_strip.patch b/target/linux/generic/hack-6.6/204-module_strip.patch
index 850cdeb88..63981e983 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/hack-6.6/204-module_strip.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic/hack-6.6/204-module_strip.patch
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
  	if (err)
 --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
 +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
-@@ -1753,7 +1753,9 @@ static void read_symbols(const char *mod
+@@ -1745,7 +1745,9 @@ static void read_symbols(const char *mod
  		symname = remove_dot(info.strtab + sym->st_name);
  
  		handle_symbol(mod, &info, sym, symname);
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
  	}
  
  	check_sec_ref(mod, &info);
-@@ -1926,8 +1928,10 @@ static void add_header(struct buffer *b,
+@@ -1918,8 +1920,10 @@ static void add_header(struct buffer *b,
  	buf_printf(b, "BUILD_SALT;\n");
  	buf_printf(b, "BUILD_LTO_INFO;\n");
  	buf_printf(b, "\n");
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
  	buf_printf(b, "\n");
  	buf_printf(b, "__visible struct module __this_module\n");
  	buf_printf(b, "__section(\".gnu.linkonce.this_module\") = {\n");
-@@ -2061,11 +2065,13 @@ static void add_depends(struct buffer *b
+@@ -2053,11 +2057,13 @@ static void add_depends(struct buffer *b
  
  static void add_srcversion(struct buffer *b, struct module *mod)
  {
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
  }
  
  static void write_buf(struct buffer *b, const char *fname)
-@@ -2148,7 +2154,9 @@ static void write_mod_c_file(struct modu
+@@ -2140,7 +2146,9 @@ static void write_mod_c_file(struct modu
  	add_exported_symbols(&buf, mod);
  	add_versions(&buf, mod);
  	add_depends(&buf, mod);
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/hack-6.6/253-ksmbd-config.patch b/target/linux/generic/hack-6.6/253-ksmbd-config.patch
index 80c77ddd0..6e8a1aad9 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/hack-6.6/253-ksmbd-config.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic/hack-6.6/253-ksmbd-config.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/init/Kconfig
 +++ b/init/Kconfig
-@@ -1970,7 +1970,7 @@ config PADATA
+@@ -1979,7 +1979,7 @@ config PADATA
  	bool
  
  config ASN1
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/pending-6.6/203-kallsyms_uncompressed.patch b/target/linux/generic/pending-6.6/203-kallsyms_uncompressed.patch
index d7afc5c82..86d375c36 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/pending-6.6/203-kallsyms_uncompressed.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic/pending-6.6/203-kallsyms_uncompressed.patch
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
 
 --- a/init/Kconfig
 +++ b/init/Kconfig
-@@ -1432,6 +1432,17 @@ config SYSCTL_ARCH_UNALIGN_ALLOW
+@@ -1441,6 +1441,17 @@ config SYSCTL_ARCH_UNALIGN_ALLOW
  	  the unaligned access emulation.
  	  see arch/parisc/kernel/unaligned.c for reference
  
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
  	for (i = 255; i >= 0; i--) {
 --- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
 +++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
-@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ kallsyms()
+@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ kallsyms()
  		kallsymopt="${kallsymopt} --lto-clang"
  	fi
  
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/pending-6.6/920-mangle_bootargs.patch b/target/linux/generic/pending-6.6/920-mangle_bootargs.patch
index 998fc500d..d7fa34349 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/pending-6.6/920-mangle_bootargs.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic/pending-6.6/920-mangle_bootargs.patch
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Imre Kaloz <kaloz@openwrt.org>
 
 --- a/init/Kconfig
 +++ b/init/Kconfig
-@@ -1792,6 +1792,15 @@ config DEBUG_RSEQ
+@@ -1801,6 +1801,15 @@ config DEBUG_RSEQ
  
  	  If unsure, say N.