Linux Kernel

The Linux kernel community has endorsed a contingency plan to manage leadership transitions. This strategy aims to maintain stability in the event that founder Linus Torvalds steps down from his role.

28. Januar 2026 Von KI berichtet

Oracle has released VirtualBox 7.2.6, the third maintenance update in the 7.2 series of the open-source virtualization software. This version introduces initial support for the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel and includes numerous stability fixes across Windows, Linux, and macOS hosts and guests. The update addresses crashes, performance issues, and compatibility problems to enhance reliability for users.

Arch Linux has released its January 2026 ISO snapshot (2026.01.01), featuring Linux kernel 6.18 LTS for better hardware support, the recently updated Archinstall 3.0.15 installer, and December 2025 package security updates. Ideal for new installations on modern hardware.

29. Dezember 2025 Von KI berichtet

Expanding on early Phoronix reports, Linux kernel 7.0 will replace linked lists with hash tables in IO_uring's IOPOLL for O(1) lookups, targeting major throughput gains in async I/O for servers and databases.

Following the initial report of the first vulnerability in Linux kernel Rust code, deeper analysis of CVE-2025-68260 in the Rust-based Binder module reveals a race condition in data list handling that causes memory corruption and system crashes. Detailed patches are available in kernel 6.18.1 and 6.19-rc1.

17. Dezember 2025 Von KI berichtet

In a notable development following Rust's expanding role in the Linux kernel—including the native Binder IPC rewrite for Android—the first vulnerability in kernel Rust code has been reported: a race condition in the Android Binder driver affecting kernel 6.18+.