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Linux 7.0 Released With New Hardware Support, Optimizations & Self-Healing XFS

Phoronix - 10 hours 3 min ago
As expected the stable Linux 7.0 kernel was just released today in marking this next kernel release. The Linux 7.0 milestone comes due to Linus Torvalds' preference of bumping the major version number after hitting X.19 as opposed to any single major change, but in any event there are a lot of great improvements and changes to find with this new kernel version. Linux 7.0 is also what's powering the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release...

Linux Out-Of-Bounds Access Fixed For Unprivileged Users With Specially Crafted Certs

Phoronix - 12 hours 24 min ago
An out-of-bounds access within the Linux kernel has existed in mainline the past three years that could be exploited by an unprivileged user submitting a specially crafted certificate to the kernel...

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