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📰 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/ #kernel#linux

📰 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 #kernel#linux

📰 Turtle Beach WaveFront ISA Sound Cards Seeing Suspend/Resume Support On Linux In 2026 It's been an interesting 2026 in Linux development with beginning to phase out i486 CPU support, dropping ISDN and amateur "ham" radio support, and other code cleaning in the name of a diminishing user base -- or perhaps even no users left -- for those running such vintage hardware with a modern, up-to-date kernel. Yet ISA sound card drivers have seen an uptick in activity... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Turtle-Beach-WaveFront-SnR #kernel#linux

📰 Linux 7.2 To Set Default DRM Scheduler Priority To "Fair", New AIE4 Hardware In AMDXDNA Even while the Linux 7.1 merge window was still ongoing this month, the initial "drm-misc-next" pull request to DRM-Next was sent out for beginning to queue new feature material toward the Linux 7.2 kernel coming this summer... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-Initial-DRM-Misc-Next #kernel#linux

📰 Linux Mint To Begin Publishing HWE ISOs For Better Hardware Support Due to Linux Mint moving to a longer development cycle with their next release not due until December, Linux Mint developers have decided to begin regularly publishing hardware enablement "HWE" ISOs with newer Linux kernel versions to provide better support for new hardware... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Mint-HWE-ISOs #kernel#linux

📰 AerynOS Updated With Linux 7.0, Gaming Optimized Kernel Flavor AerynOS, the Linux distribution formerly known as Serpent OS, is out with a new monthly ISO refresh and details on other recent improvements to this original, from-scratch Linux distribution... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AerynOS-April-2026-Update #kernel#linux

📰 Linux Kernel 6.19 Reaches End of Life: Time to Move Forward by George WhittakerThe Linux kernel continues its fast-paced release cycle, and with that comes an important milestone: Linux kernel 6.19 has officially reached end of life (EOL). For users and distributions still running this branch, it’s now time to upgrade to a newer kernel version.This isn’t unexpected, Linux 6. 🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-kernel-619-reaches-end-life-time-move-forward #kernel#linux

📰Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 7.1 Release Candidate Linus Torvalds announced the general availability of the first Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux 7.1 kernel series for public testing. Here’s what to expect! 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/linus-torvalds-announces-first-linux-kernel-7-1-release-candidate #kernel#linux

📰 Void Linux Switches Main NVIDIA Package to Open Kernel Modules Void Linux now uses NVIDIA’s open DKMS kernel modules in its main NVIDIA package, starting with the 595.xx driver series. 🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/void-linux-switches-main-nvidia-package-to-open-kernel-modules/ #kernel#linux

📰 New NTFS Driver Sees A Number Of Fixes Ahead Of Linux 7.1-rc1 With the Linux 7.1-rc1 kernel release due out tomorrow to cap off the Linux 7.1 merge window, one of the most notable additions this cycle is the introduction of the new NTFS driver that aims to provide better performance and more modern features than the existing NTFS3 in-kernel driver that was originally contributed by Paragon Software... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/New-NTFS-Driver-Fixes-Linux-7.1 #kernel#linux

📰 Farewell ISDN, Ham Radio & Old Network Drivers: Linus Torvalds Merges 138k L.O.C. Removal Linus Torvalds did it! He merged the pull request to rid the Linux kernel of the old Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) subsystem and various other old network drivers largely for PCMCIA era network adapters. This was the code suggested for removal given the recent influx of AI/LLM-generated bug reports against this dated code that likely has no active upstream users remaining... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Removes-Old-Net #kernel#linux

📰 Pull Request For Linux To Remove Old Network Drivers, ISDN Subsystem Due To AI/LLM Noise It was just days ago we reported on a proposal to drop old network drivers due to AI-driven bug reports becoming a burden on upstream kernel developers. Last night that culminated with an initial pull request to clear out some old, unused networking drivers plus also clearing out the entire ISDN subsystem and more... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-PR-Remove-Old-Net #kernel#linux