Linux changes, without the commit-log fog.

Daily update · Sep 15–16, 2026

Linux mainline: sched_ext fixes, sysctl range checks

BPF scheduler fixes lead today's batch, with cgroup and sysctl corrections.

Bug fixes

#BPF#cgroup#jiffies#sched_ext#sysctl

Daily update · Sep 14–15, 2026

RDMA security fixes lead this kernel update batch

Software RoCE drivers get fixes for a remotely triggerable out-of-bounds access and a Dirty COW-like flaw, alongside memory management and filesystem corrections.

#9p#DAX#filesystems#memory-management#RDMA#security

Weekly briefing · Sep 7–14, 2026

Linux mainline: week of Sep 7

A weekly briefing built from 7 published daily update(s).

Bug fixesHardware supportSecurity and hardening

#ALSA#fuse#kallsyms#PCI#RISC-V#THP#virtio#xfs

Daily update · Sep 13–14, 2026

Linux kernel: MADV_FREE data-loss fix, x86 hardening, and laptop WiFi/camera fixes

Stability and security fixes across memory management, scheduler, boot, and hardware support.

Bug fixes

#bootconfig#EEVDF#Intel IPU6#MADV_FREE#MediaTek WiFi#THP

Daily update · Sep 12–13, 2026

Mainline update: filesystem reliability, IOMMU fixes, and a leaner kallsyms

A round of XFS, btrfs, and erofs fixes; AMD IOMMU and PowerPC corrections; and kallsyms/kbuild cleanups.

Bug fixesSecurity and hardening

#btrfs#erofs#IOMMU#kallsyms#PowerPC#xfs

Daily update · Sep 11–12, 2026

RISC-V fixes, io_uring, audio and GPU updates in Linux mainline

Today's kernel changes improve RISC-V hwprobe reporting and user-copy speed, fix io_uring deadlocks and buffer handling, add audio hardware support, and harden several drivers against memory issues.

#ALSA#DRM#io_uring#RISC-V#security#V4L2

Daily update · Sep 10–11, 2026

Linux mainline update: SMB/CIFS hardening, IPv6 fixes, and driver reliability

A roundup of recently merged kernel changes, with emphasis on security fixes, networking stability, and hardware enablement.

Hardware supportSecurity and hardening

#Bluetooth#IPv6#memory safety#netfilter#network drivers#SMB/CIFS