📰 Linux 7.1-rc2 Released with Driver Fixes, Steam Deck OLED Audio Repair, and Growing AI Patch Trends
by George WhittakerLinus Torvalds has officially released Linux kernel 7.1-rc2, the second release candidate in the Linux 7.1 development cycle. While Torvalds described the update as a “fairly normal” RC release, the kernel includes a broad collection of driver fixes, subsystem cleanups, and stability improvements that continue shaping the next major Linux kernel release.
🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-71-rc2-released-driver-fixes-steam-deck-oled-audio-repair-and-growing-ai-patch-trends
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📰 Linux 7.1-rc2 Released with Driver Fixes, Steam Deck OLED Audio Repair, and Growing AI Patch Trends
by George WhittakerLinus Torvalds has officially released Linux kernel 7.1-rc2, the second release candidate in the Linux 7.1 development cycle. While Torvalds described the update as a “fairly normal” RC release, the kernel includes a broad collection of driver fixes, subsystem cleanups, and stability improvements that continue shaping the next major Linux kernel release.
🔗 Source: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-71-rc2-released-driver-fixes-steam-deck-oled-audio-repair-and-growing-ai-patch-trends
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📰 Further expanded AMD HDMI 2.1 support is coming to Linux now with FRL and DSC
Good news for Linux gamers and the upcoming Steam Machine, as it appears the AMD GPU kernel drivers are expanding their HDMI 2.1 support even further.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/further-expanded-amd-hdmi-2-1-support-is-coming-to-linux-now-with-frl-and-dsc/
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📰 Dirty Frag gets a sequel as Fragnesia hands Linux attackers root-level access
Fresh kernel flaw comes with public exploit code and continues ugly run of highly reliable privilege escalation bugs tied to memory and page-cache handling.
🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/14/dirty-frag-gets-a-sequel-as-fragnesia-hands-linux-attackers-root-level-access/5240270
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📰 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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📰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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📰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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📰 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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📰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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📰 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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📰 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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