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      AMD Squeezes In A Few More Graphics Driver Updates For Linux 7.3

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 0:44

    AMD today submitted their last planned feature updates ahead of the Linux 7.3 merge window opening later this month...
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      Zapscape Is The Latest Linux Vulnerability For KVM Guest-To-Host Escape, LPE

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 0:29

    Made public earlier today is Zapscape as a guest-to-host escape vulnerability affecting the Linux KVM x86 code for the past six years. This 2020 kernel change to KVM x86 can also be used as a local privilege escalation (LPE) exploit too where /dev/kvm is world-writable on some Linux distributions like RHEL...
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      Linux 7.2-rc7 Restoring Btrfs Fixup Worker Infrastructure To Address Silent Data Loss

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 6 hours ago

    Back during the Linux 7.2 merge window the Btrfs file-system dropped its COW fixup mechanism, which was used to detect dirty pages without an ordered extent. This code was removed as it was believed the kernel's memory management layer had solved the underlying conditions but in reality it ended up leading to silent data loss. That Btrfs fixup worker infrastructure is now restored in time for Linux 7.2-rc7 this weekend and the stable v7.2 kernel later this month...
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      Linux Networking Continues Being Bombarded With AI Patches

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 8 hours ago

    While the Linux WiFi/wireless maintainer just announced taking a stand against AI/LLM generated slop patches with a new "three second review" rule, the broader Linux networking subsystem continues to be bombarded with AI-generated patches...
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      IceWM 4.1 Window Manager Brings Bug Fixes

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 8 hours ago

    As the first new release since IceWM 4.0 released back on New Year's Day for this X11 window manager, IceWM 4.1 is now available...
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      Linux Patched For Safe RET Interrupt Vulnerability

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10 hours ago

    Made public minutes ago is the Safe RET Interrupt Vulnerability which is now patched in the newest Linux kernel Git code. The Safe RET Interrupt Vulnerability stems from improper handling within Linux's Speculative Return Stack Overflow (SRSO) mitigation affecting AMD Zen 1 through Zen 4 processors...
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      Apple NVMe Linux Driver Sees Fixes After Being Bitten By New Firmware

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 11 hours ago

    A set of patches providing fixes for the Apple Silicon NVMe driver for the Linux kernel were sent out today due to new issues cropping up when running newer Apple firmware. Firmware shipped by macOS 15+ is causing issues with the current Apple NVMe open-source Linux driver developed by the Asahi Linux crew...
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      The Performance Benefits To Upgrading Mesa With Intel Arc B390 On Ubuntu Linux

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 12 hours ago

    If you are an early customer of the Framework Laptop 13 Pro or other Intel Core Ultra Series 3 Panther Lake laptop and using Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, there can be real benefit from upgrading your Mesa stack for the newer Iris Gallium3D and ANV Vulkan drivers. In this article are some benchmarks of the Framework Laptop 13 Pro with Core Ultra X9 388H with Arc B390 Xe3 integrated graphics for looking at the performance impact of using Mesa Git on Ubuntu Linux.
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      Linux Accidentally Left Legacy I/O & Memory Handlers Open In Kernel Lockdown Mode

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 13 hours ago

    For nearly the past decade has been the kernel lockdown mode for tightening up kernel access from user-space such as when UEFI Secure Boot is enabled. The kernel lockdown mode restricts PCI BAR access, no writing to /dev/mem, and other restrictions so user-space can't can't modify the running kernel or access sensitive kernel memory. An oversight has allowed legacy I/O and memory interfaces via sysfs to remain open in lockdown mode, but a fix is on the way...