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Microsoft's Azure Linux 3.0.20251021 Pulls In AppArmor & Other Updates

Phoronix - Wed, 10/29/2025 - 00:05
Microsoft today released Azure Linux 3.0.20251021 as the latest update to their in-house Linux distribution...

Three More X.Org Server & XWayland Security Vulnerabilities Made Public

Phoronix - Tue, 10/28/2025 - 21:32
The Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative has uncovered three more security vulnerabilities affecting the X.Org Server and the derived XWayland source code...

Intel SGX "EUPDATESVN" Support Ready For Linux 6.19 As A Feature Since Ice Lake

Phoronix - Tue, 10/28/2025 - 21:24
An improvement to Intel SGX slated for Linux 6.18 is supporting the EUPDATESVN found on Intel CPUs since the Ice Lake generation. EUPDATESVN allows for updating the security SVN version after run-time patching for addressing any Intel SGX vulnerabilities to avoid having to carry out a platform reboot...

Initial Intel Crescent Island "CRI" Support Being Submitted For Linux 6.19

Phoronix - Tue, 10/28/2025 - 19:57
Earlier this month Intel announced Crescent Island as a Xe3P graphics card with 160GB of vRAM optimized for AI inferencing at the enterprise scale. Crescent Island isn't expected to begin sampling until H2'2026, but already for the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel initial Crescent Island support is being submitted for the Xe kernel graphics driver...

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