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Linux 7.1 Picks Up The MMC Changes After Rejected By Linus In Linux 7.0

…Allows Reading Root-Owned Files By Unprivileged Users Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Linux Scheduler Work Helping Boost Gaming Performance On Old "Potato" Hardware Linux 7.0…

Apr 16, 2026

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Intel QAT Zstd, QAT Gen6 Improvements Merged For Linux 7.1

…Allows Reading Root-Owned Files By Unprivileged Users Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Linux Scheduler Work Helping Boost Gaming Performance On Old "Potato" Hardware Linux 7.0…

Apr 19, 2026

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Linux's sched_ext Sees A Bunch Of Bug Fixes Following Increased AI Code Review

…fixing - hence the larger than usual fixes batch ." Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Linux Scheduler Work Helping Boost Gaming Performance On Old "Potato" Hardware Linux 7.0…

Apr 29, 2026

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Linux 7.1 sched_ext Brings cgroup Sub-Scheduler Groundwork, Idle SMT Sibling Improvement

…Allows Reading Root-Owned Files By Unprivileged Users Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Linux Scheduler Work Helping Boost Gaming Performance On Old "Potato" Hardware Linux 7.0…

Apr 16, 2026

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Linux 7.1-rc1 Released With New NTFS Driver, FRED By Default & Much More

…Torvalds' release commentary is now available .) Linux's Latest Vulnerability Allows Reading Root-Owned Files By Unprivileged Users Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Linux Scheduler Work Helping…

Apr 26, 2026

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Linux's Second-In-Command Turns To New Fuzzing Tools For Uncovering Kernel Bugs

…Allows Reading Root-Owned Files By Unprivileged Users Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Linux Scheduler Work Helping Boost Gaming Performance On Old "Potato" Hardware Linux 7.0…

Apr 7, 2026

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user.* xattrs On Sockets Merged For Linux 7.1 As Sought By GNOME & systemd Developers

…Allows Reading Root-Owned Files By Unprivileged Users Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Linux Scheduler Work Helping Boost Gaming Performance On Old "Potato" Hardware Linux 7.0…

Apr 13, 2026

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Sched QoS For Linux Aims To Improve Scheduling & Inspired In Part By Apple's QoS Classes

…Allows Reading Root-Owned Files By Unprivileged Users Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Linux Scheduler Work Helping Boost Gaming Performance On Old "Potato" Hardware Linux 7.0…

Apr 15, 2026

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Linux 7.0 Ready For Release With Many Exciting Changes

…Allows Reading Root-Owned Files By Unprivileged Users Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Linux Scheduler Work Helping Boost Gaming Performance On Old "Potato" Hardware Linux 7.0…

Apr 10, 2026

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Linux 7.2 To Set Default DRM Scheduler Priority To "Fair", New AIE4 Hardware In AMDXDNA

…Fragnesia Made Public As Latest Linux Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Linux Scheduler Work Helping Boost Gaming Performance On Old "Potato" Hardware Linux 7.0.6 Released To Finish Mitigating the Dirty Frag…

May 1, 2026