#tracing

Daily update · Sep 6–7, 2026

Linux mainline: massive BPF verifier hardening, xHCI fixes, scheduler and RT stability

A wave of BPF security fixes closes verifier bypasses, while USB, scheduler, tracing, and PREEMPT_RT subsystems receive critical correctness and performance fixes.

Bug fixesPerformanceSecurity and hardening

#bpf-verifier#preempt-rt#scheduler#security-hardening#tracing#xhci

Daily update · Aug 30–31, 2026

Linux 7.3-rc1: OpenRISC security fix, tracing and I2C corrections

The first 7.3 release candidate is out, along with fixes for an OpenRISC kernel memory access bug, several tracing use-after-free issues, and I2C controller quirks.

Bug fixes

#ARM#I2C#OpenRISC#Rust#security#tracing

Daily update · Aug 9–10, 2026

Tracing subsystem gets a load of fixes as 7.2-rc7 lands

eventfs, ftrace, and ring-buffer all receive corrections for use-after-free conditions, RCU protection gaps, and a self-test crash.

#eventfs#ftrace#ring-buffer#stable#tracing