Linuxgram 🐧@linuxgram · Post #18788 · 14.05.2026 г., 10:52
📰 New AMDGPU Driver Pull Request For Linux 7.2 Preps For HDML 2.1 FRL
Sent out on Wednesday was the latest AMDGPU/AMDKFD driver pull request of new feature code ready for DRM-Next as the staging area ahead of the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel. This doesn't yet land the HDMI 2.1 enablement work that's finally been taking place but it is preparing for that with the FRL register headers now in place as part of this merge...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-AMDGPU-FRL-Regs
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Linuxgram 🐧@linuxgram · Post #18786 · 14.05.2026 г., 09:57
📰Fragnesia Is Yet Another Local Privilege Escalation Flaw in Linux Kernel
Fragnesia is a new local privilege escalation flaw in the Linux kernel that may lead to local privilege escalation. Patch now!
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/fragnesia-is-yet-another-local-privilege-escalation-flaw-in-linux-kernel
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Linuxgram 🐧@linuxgram · Post #18778 · 13.05.2026 г., 17:14
📰Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Following last week's disclosure of the Dirty Frag vulnerability for the Linux kernel, which only finished being patched up in mainline on Monday, Fragnesia is now public as a similar local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Fragnesia
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Linuxgram 🐧@linuxgram · Post #18777 · 13.05.2026 г., 16:36
📰 Your Old Potato PC Might Game Better With This Linux Kernel Patch
A proposed scheduler update shows frame time improvements on aging hardware under heavy CPU load.
🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17339878/linux-scheduler-patch-gaming-old-hardware
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Linuxgram 🐧@linuxgram · Post #18764 · 12.05.2026 г., 21:21
📰IBM s390 Is The Latest Architecture Seeing Rust Linux Kernel Support
An IBM engineer posted the first set of patches enabling the Rust programming language support for the Linux kernel to be built on the s390 architecture...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/IBM-s390-Linux-Kernel-Rust
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Linuxgram 🐧@linuxgram · Post #18750 · 11.05.2026 г., 18:43
📰 Tails 7.7.3 Emergency Release Fixes Dirty Frag Vulnerability
Tails 7.7.3 fixes the Dirty Frag Linux kernel vulnerability with kernel 6.12.86 and updates Tor Browser, Tor, and Thunderbird.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/tails-7-7-3-emergency-release-fixes-dirty-frag-vulnerability/
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Linuxgram 🐧@linuxgram · Post #18741 · 11.05.2026 г., 09:23
📰 Linux is Getting a Kill Switch!
This AI-assisted patch would let admins disable vulnerable kernel functions until a proper fix ships.
🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17338173/linux-killswitch-proposal
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Linuxgram 🐧@linuxgram · Post #18712 · 08.05.2026 г., 15:57
📰 Linux Kernel Dirty Frag LPE Exploit Enables Root Access Across Major Distributions
Details have emerged about a new, unpatched local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability impacting the Linux kernel.Dubbed Dirty Frag, it has been described as a successor to Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431, CVSS score: 7.8), a recently disclosed LPE flaw impacting the Linux kernel that has since come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability was reported to Linux kernel maintainers.
🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/linux-kernel-dirty-frag-lpe-exploit.html
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Linuxgram 🐧@linuxgram · Post #18711 · 08.05.2026 г., 13:24
📰 Linux 7.2 To Support Realtek RTL8159 10GbE USB Ethernet
The Realtek RTL8159 has been appearing in some 10G-rated USB network adapters at online retailers, some for less than $100 USD. But currently the RTL8159 is only supported by Realtek's out-of-tree Linux kernel driver, but fortunately there will be mainline support coming with the Linux 7.2 kernel this summer...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Realtek-RTL8159-Linux-7.2
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Linuxgram 🐧@linuxgram · Post #18702 · 07.05.2026 г., 14:58
📰 Flattened Image Tree 1.0 Specification For Embedded Linux Systems
The Flattened Image Tree "FIT" 1.0 specification was recently finalized for this container format used by U-Boot on embedded systems for providing various boot components like DTBs, the Linux kernel image, and more into a single file...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Flat-Image-Tree-1.0
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Linuxgram 🐧@linuxgram · Post #18679 · 05.05.2026 г., 19:33
📰 Attackers are cashing in on fresh 'CopyFail' Linux flaw
Researchers dropped a reliable root exploit and it didn’t sit idle for long CISA is warning that a newly-disclosed Linux kernel bug dubbed "CopyFail" is already being exploited, just days after researchers dropped a working root-level exploit.…
🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/05/05/cisa_sounds_the_alarm_on/
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Linuxgram 🐧@linuxgram · Post #18666 · 04.05.2026 г., 11:05
📰 Linux File-System Proliferation A Burden: Requirements Laid Out For Any Future File-Systems
The growing number of file-systems within the Linux kernel source tree is causing an ongoing burden for upstream developers maintaining the virtual file-system (VFS) code around it and associated code. As a result of the continuing rise of new file-systems being proposed for the Linux kernel, documentation is being introduced to establish clear guidelines for getting new file-systems accepted into the mainline kernel...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-FS-Proliferation-Burden
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