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phoronix.com /1 month ago

Linux 7.3-rc2 Transitions More kmalloc Calls To The Superior kmalloc_obj

Ahead of the Linux 7.3-rc2 kernel release due out later today, a merge causing a lot of code churn was pulled in by Linus Torvalds. This tree-wide effort converts more of the kmall...

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phoronix.com /4 days ago

17k Lines Of New Rust Kernel Code Heading Into Linux 7.4

Miguel Ojeda sent out his pull request of the new Rust kernel code slated for introduction in Linux 7.4. It's a big one this round due to updating the Zerocopy vendored library plu...

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sourcetrail.com /1 month ago

Ubuntu Linux Kernel: 24.04.5 LTS, 26.04 LTS, and 26.10 Changes

Ubuntu Linux kernel updates: 24.04.5 LTS includes Linux 7.0, 26.04 LTS adds security, 26.10 plans 7.3, plus vulnerability advisory. The post Ubuntu Linux Kernel: 24.04.5 LTS, 26.04...

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theregister.com /1 week ago

Ubuntu Stonking Stingray swims into spotlight with pre-release kernel

26.10 is here, with not-quite-ready kernel 7.3 and speech-to-text recognition

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phoronix.com /3 days ago

Linus Torvalds Eliminates Unsafe __get_user() & __put_user() Functions In Linux 7.4

Linus Torvalds continues with his recent uptick in kernel patches himself, assisted in part by AI with Claude Code. Merged today was removing the historical and unsafe __get_user()...

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phoronix.com /1 month ago

Patches Posted With Aim To Mainline Linux Kernel Support For The Amazon Kindle 4

Amazon released the Kindle 4 back in 2011 with a 6-inch E-ink display, 2GB internal storage, and running a modified version of Linux. In the years since the Amazon Kindle 4 has bee...

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feed.itsfoss.com /6 days ago

Linux Kernel 7.3 Release is Good News For Gamers Short on VRAM

A fix for memory freezes lands alongside Zen 6 groundwork, and early Apple M3 support.

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phoronix.com /1 month ago

Linux 7.4 To Support Realtek RTL8127atf & RTL8116af Networking

Queued this past week into the net-next development tree of the latest networking additions for the Linux kernel is enabling support for Realtek's newer RTL8127atf and RTL8116af wi...

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thehackernews.com /1 month ago

Public Exploits Released for Four Linux Kernel Flaws That Enable Local Root

A security researcher has released working exploit code for four Linux kernel flaws that each let a local user gain root, the highest level of access on a machine. Kernel maintain...

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feed.itsfoss.com /2 days ago

FOSS Weekly #26.43: Kernel 7.3, Non-Linux OS, de-Googled Phone, DuxOS, Podcasts, De-bloating TVs, KDE Dock and More

A new kernel and a new Ubuntu release are here.

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phoronix.com /2 weeks ago

Kage: Google Experimenting With Linux Driver Isolation Using In-Kernel LFI Sandboxes

Google engineers are experimenting with Linux kernel device driver isolation using in-kernel sandboxes leveraging LLVM's Lightweight Fault Isolation (LFI) functionality...

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phoronix.com /1 month ago

Linux 7.3 MGLRU Change Helps Executable Code Stays In Memory, Improving Performance

Following last week's main set of memory management "MM" related updates for Linux 7.3, another batch of MM code updates were submitted and merged today as we prepare to close out...

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phoronix.com /1 month ago

Linux 7.3-rc2 Released Following Another Busy Week

After the Linux 7.3 merge window concluded last weekend, today we are up to the Linux 7.3-rc2 test kernel release in working toward the stable v7.3 kernel during the second half of...

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phoronix.com /5 days ago

TAINT_FORCED_BIND Sent In For Linux 7.4 To Deal With Major Fuzzing Attack

Among the early pull requests sent out in advance of the Linux 7.4 kernel merge window opening were the driver core updates. Standing out here is the new TAINT_FORCED_BIND for deal...

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phoronix.com /3 weeks ago

Linux 7.3 To Better Support The High-End Turtle Beach VelocityOne Race

Coming with Sunday's Linux 7.3-rc6 kernel release is support added for the Turtle Beach VelocityOne Race, a high-end $649~700 USD racing wheel and pedal system...

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phoronix.com /3 weeks ago

New Linux Patches Trying To Mainline Renesas SH7305 CPU Support

The Renesas SH7305 isn't a new processor and is well known for powering various Casio graphing calculators over the past decde and a half. But finally the mainline Linux kernel may...

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phoronix.com /1 month ago

Removing Drivers For Outdated ARM Platforms Will Lighten The Kernel By ~247k Lines

The Linux kernel is going to see the removal of a number of recently deprecated ARM 32-bit platforms. Following the deprecation in Linux 7.3, removing the old ARM platforms will li...

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phoronix.com /1 week ago

Microsoft Contributes Para-Virtualized IOMMU Hyper-V Driver For Linux

Microsoft is contributing a new kernel driver for the upcoming Linux 7.4 cycle. Queued up into the IOMMU subsystem's "-next" branch is a new para-virtualized IOMMU driver for benef...

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feed.itsfoss.com /1 month ago

FOSS Weekly #26.35: Performance Boost in Kernel 7.3, Omarchy Rising, Kernel, Root Demystifed, and More

Linux Kernel 7.3 is one of most performance focused releases ever.

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phoronix.com /1 week ago

Linux Landing Kernel Workaround For AMD TLBI Erratum #1718

AMD TLBI Erratum #1718 was worked around in CPU microcode for addressing a defect in certain Zen CPUs where the Translation Lookaside Buffer Invalidate Instruction use could lead t...

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phoronix.com /3 days ago

Meta Makes Improvements To Kernfs Scalability With Linux 7.4

Kernfs as the functions/frameworks used for creating pseudo file-systems on Linux like sysfs and configfs have seen some nice scalability work carried out by Meta. After Meta engin...

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omgubuntu.co.uk /1 month ago

Ubuntu 26.10 will ship with Linux kernel 7.3

Ubuntu 26.10 'Stonking Stingray' is getting a newer kernel than planned. Canonical has switched its target from Linux 7.2 to Linux 7.3. You're reading Ubuntu 26.10 will ship with L...

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phoronix.com /1 month ago

Patches Posted For Enabling Apple Silicon Mac Speaker & Headset Jack Support On Linux

While the downstream Asahi Linux kernel has offered working speaker support and headset jack capabilities on Apple Silicon Macs, the mainline Linux kernel hasn't supported this fun...

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gbhackers.com /1 month ago

Linux Kernel Hit by 4 LPE Flaws Enabling Attackers to Gain Root Shell

Linux administrators are being urged to patch four newly disclosed local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities, collectively known as DirtyAH6, TUNderflow, PPPoEject, and Diag...

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