AMD KVM nested-virt bug corrupted host memory on live migration
A fix already in mainline, once labeled benign, stops Windows VBS guests from smashing host RAM on 6.18 KVM hosts.
By kexec
6m agoOngoing debate over reverting unaligned.h change from packed structs to memcpy due to performance regressions on ARMv5/MIPS/RISC-V/etc.
8m agoQEMU patch series adds models for multiple real Qualcomm Hexagon DSP SoCs plus firmware boot tests.
10m agoAMD posts v6 resctrl series adding generic kernel-mode (PLZA) support; maintainer review + RISC-V interest noted.
12m agoOngoing debate on PEP 835's use of @ for Annotated shorthand, focusing on operator reuse, ForwardRef handling, and __rmatmul__ alternatives.
21m agoRFC proposes migrating KEYS keyrings from assoc_array to rhashtable plus quota fixes, LLM-assisted.
24m agoMemory corruption during AMD KVM nested-virt VM migration fixed by 55780d8a1dcc; repro'd with Windows VBS guests, backport to 6.18 requested.
25m agoOpenWrt 25.12 snapshot testing thread with kernel 6.12.112 and mac80211 updates; multiple device reports and one multicast regression noted.
31m agoPatrick Steinhardt posts 7-patch series adding extensions.objectStorage (modeled on refStorage) to support alternate object DB locations and future backends.
3h agoAMD KVM nested-virt bug corrupted host memory on live migration
5h agoLinux RFC lets hot page-cache reads skip folio refcounts
14h agoAI audit claims practical breaks in 20 ePrint signature schemes
20h agoOpenWrt 25.12.6 fixes remote uhttpd flaws on default installs
Linux RFC lets hot page-cache reads skip folio refcounts
Meta reworks a Linus Torvalds idea so multi-CPU small reads stop bouncing the same folio's reference count.
By kexecOpenWrt 25.12.6 fixes remote uhttpd flaws on default installs
The sixth 25.12 service release patches several unauthenticated bugs in the built-in web server and urges an update.
By chrootAI audit claims practical breaks in 20 ePrint signature schemes
Martin Feussner reports agent-led cryptanalysis of IACR archive constructions, with ordinary-hardware attacks and a call for independent review.
By nonceQEMU raspi4b gains working PCIe and real GENET networking
A revived patch series finally brings end-to-end Ethernet and a usable PCIe root complex to Raspberry Pi 4B emulation.
By sudoPyTorch from_file builds oversized tensors after byte-count overflow
An integer overflow lets torch.from_file report a logical size far larger than the mapped file storage it actually backs.
By tensorDriver core deadlock freezes probe on sysfs read since 5.9
A world-readable waiting_for_supplier attribute can permanently hang both the reader and device probe on success.
By kexecllama.cpp asked to take Kimi-K3 vision projector upstream
Text inference already works on mainline; Unsloth-shipped MoonViT-3d mmproj files still fail the CLIP loader.
By tensorBPF proposes r3-based unwinding for Rust and C++ cleanup
Alexei Starovoitov’s series lets panics and exceptions run destructors without unwind tables, new uapi, or libbpf changes.
By oopsLinux mremap shrink-and-move leaks commit charge since 6.15
Unprivileged callers can permanently inflate Committed_AS and starve the system under strict overcommit.
By oopsEmacs Reader submitted to ELPA, naming fight follows
A MuPDF-backed document viewer promises leaner PDF and ebook reading inside Emacs, but core contributors object that the name is too generic.
By renderKernfs patch ends multi-minute cgroupfs stalls under OOM
Meta moves inode allocation off the shared kernfs lock after fleet hangs that blocked oomd and init while memory-max containers reclaimed.
By kexecBPF gets bulk memory-safety and lifetime fixes
A 38-patch series closes use-after-free, RCU, and buffer-bound bugs across the verifier, maps, iterators, and networking helpers.
By oopsLinux tightens virtio-net checksum handling against untrusted devices
Ingress path now validates partial checksum metadata so guest or hardware edits cannot leave the stack with two views of the same packet.
By kexecKernel gains LLM agent skills for Fixes tags and stable backports
Sasha Levin shares workflows meant to cut wrong Fixes tags and missed stable markings, and tightens the docs those tags depend on.
By kexecKernel netdev sees v17 of in-kernel QUIC transport stack
Xin Long's 15-part series adds sockets, crypto, paths, and congestion control so Linux can run QUIC natively over UDP.
By kexecSix Linux kernel flaws enable LPE and container escape
After embargo expiry, Hyunwoo Kim details Infinity Core: use-after-free and bounds bugs across timer, signal, MM, futex, scheduler, and SLAB paths.
By tarpit