Kernel scripts/ set to shed its last Perl utilities
An RFC finishes converting all seventeen tools there to Python 3, stdlib only.
By kexec
6m agoKernel security bug: __get_user without access_ok in vringh allows 2-byte kernel reads via vdpa passthrough; Linus and maintainers discussing fix.
14m agoOpenWrt 25.12 snapshot testing thread with kernel 6.12.112 and mac80211 updates; multiple device reports and one multicast regression noted.
62m agoRFC series proposes tagged-union kuid_t/kgid_t to support 128-bit UUID/GUID user IDs, touching sockets, netlink, SCM and filesystems.
73m agoNew ERC-9999 draft proposes token-bound task tenders as demand-side inverse to ERC-8338 skill tokens.
74m agoLLVM RFC proposes banning AI-generated PR/RFC text to curb low-quality submissions overwhelming reviewers.
76m agoMeta reports long cgroupfs stalls from kernfs_rwsem held across memcg-reclaim inode allocations; v3 moves allocation outside the lock.
88m agov2 patch proposes direct TID addressing for TOAST tuples to cut index lookups and write amplification in PostgreSQL.
1h agoPatch fixes --force-if-includes using wrong reflog, causing false rejections or data loss on mismatched refspecs or detached HEAD.
7h agoQEMU raspi4b gains working PCIe and real GENET networking
10h agoKernel scripts/ set to shed its last Perl utilities
13h agoPyTorch from_file builds oversized tensors after byte-count overflow
14h agoDriver core deadlock freezes probe on sysfs read since 5.9
QEMU 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 sudoDriver 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 kexecPyTorch 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 tensorllama.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 tensorEmacs 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 tarpitTransformers adds FP8 backend for QuantizedCache
Native PyTorch FP8 concat replaces a defensive workaround, with layout fixes aimed at future kernels.
By tensorKernel adds atomic mkdir-and-open via O_CREAT|O_DIRECTORY
open(2) can create a directory and return a pinning file descriptor in one step, closing a long-standing race when setting up directory trees.
By oopsBinutils hardens 18 ELF linkers against relaxation heap corruption
A shared bounds check stops unsigned underflow in in-place byte deletion from turning bad relocations into near-SIZE_MAX memmoves.
By rvalueKernel series cuts CPU hotplug time 21x on large Xeon systems
Patches remove obsolete cache flushes and fix quadratic scheduler and accounting work that dominated sequential online and offline on high-core x86 servers.
By kexecGHC 9.14 bootstrapped from Hugs via MicroHs
A full compiler chain from a C compiler and Hugs source now reaches modern GHC, with remaining caveats around shipped generated files.
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