📰 4K @ 60 FPS USB Video Capture Finally Becomes Less Problematic On Linux

One area of Linux hardware testing I haven't explored much in many years has been modern USB video capture for the lack of said hardware. The last time I did much video capturing on Linux was during the Hauppauge PCI card days. It turns out though that USB video capture of 4K 60 FPS content has been a pain point under Linux but is finally smoothing out with newer versions of the Linux kernel...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/4K-60-FPS-USB-Video-Capture

📰 Linux DRM Scheduler Patches Yield Massive Improvement For Job Submission Latency

A set of patches to the Linux kernel's Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) scheduler that is shared among different kernel graphics drivers is showing the potential of delivering much lower job submission latency when the system is loaded with many runnable CPU processes...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/DRM-Scheduler-Lower-Job-Submit

📰 Intel Preparing Linux For IPU8 Web Camera Support With Nova Lake Laptops

More Linux kernel patches have been surfacing that confirm next-gen, high-end Nova Lake laptops will feature IPU8 image processing capabilities...

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#intel #kernel #linux

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-IPU8-With-Nova-Lake

📰 Experimental BSDun Kernel Module Runs FreeBSD Binaries on Linux

BSDun is an experimental project that brings FreeBSD binary compatibility to Linux, with support already claimed for shells, networking tools, pkg, and more.

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#kernel #linux

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https://linuxiac.com/experimental-bsdun-kernel-module-runs-freebsd-binaries-on-linux/

📰 Intel i915 Driver Nearly Ready To "Work Well" With RT Linux Kernel Sans Display Support

When it comes to the real-time "RT" patches carried outside of the Linux kernel, a number of them pertain to adjustments around the Intel i915 kernel DRM graphics driver. The mainline Linux kernel and its RT support depend upon not building "PREEMPT_RT" for the i915 driver support while patches have been worked on recently for making this Intel kernel graphics driver code play nicely with real-time Linux...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-i915-RT-Linux-Kernel

📰 16-Year-Old Linux KVM Flaw Lets Guest VMs Escape to Host on Intel and AMD x86 Systems

A use-after-free bug in Linux's KVM hypervisor can be triggered from a guest virtual machine to corrupt the shadow-page state of the host kernel that runs it.Dubbed 'Januscape' and tracked as CVE-2026-53359, the flaw sits in the shadow MMU code that KVM shares across both Intel and AMD. The public proof-of-concept panics the host; the researcher claims that a separate, unreleased exploit.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/16-year-old-linux-kvm-flaw-lets-guest.html

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📰 AF_ALG "Nightmare" Being Further Limited In Linux 7.3 With New Sysctl Knob

The Linux kernel's AF_ALG interface was deprecated in Linux 7.2. This interface for letting user-space programs interact directly with the Linux kernel crypto API has proven to be a "massive attack surface" due to a variety of security concerns. With its deprecation in Linux 7.2, some AF_ALG features are already removed and for Linux 7.3 this interface is being further restrained...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/AF-ALG-Restrict-Sysctl-Linux

📰 EHEA 10Gb Ethernet Driver Being Retired By IBM As A Relic Of Outdated POWER Hardware

In 2026 it's not too surprising when seeing old PCMCIA and ISA drivers being removed from the mainline Linux kernel source tree and old very low-speed network interfaces, with arguably the most surprising fast being how long they lasted in the mainline kernel. Meanwhile for the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel, one of the first 10Gb Ethernet drivers is already set for retirement from the mainline Linux kernel...

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#kernel #linux

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/IBM-EHEA-Being-Retired

📰 Someone made use of Linux's 68000 CPU compatibility by running it off an Atari Jaguar

The Linux kernel is one of those weird things where you didn't know what kind of hardware it supported until said support was removed. For example, I didn't know that the kernel supported the i386 processor until Linux 7.1 removed it.

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#kernel #linux

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https://www.xda-developers.com/someone-made-use-of-linuxs-68000-cpu-compatibility-by-running-it-off-an-atari-jaguar/

📰 15-Year-Old GhostLock Flaw Enables Root and Container Escape on Most Linux Distros

Researchers at Nebula Security have disclosed GhostLock (CVE-2026-43499), a 15-year-old Linux kernel flaw that lets any logged-in user take full root control of a machine that has not been patched.The vulnerable code has shipped by default in essentially every mainstream distribution since 2011. The flaw needs no special permission, no unusual settings, and no network.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/15-year-old-ghostlock-flaw-enables-root.html

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📰 Linux Now Runs on the Atari Jaguar, a 1993 Console With Just 2 MB of RAM

The Atari Jaguar joins the list of unlikely Linux machines, booting a NOMMU Linux kernel and BusyBox shell from cartridge ROM.

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#kernel #linux

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https://linuxiac.com/linux-now-runs-on-the-atari-jaguar-a-1993-console-with-just-2-mb-of-ram/

📰 AMD Ryzen AI Halo Box RGB LED Driver Inches Closer To The Mainline Kernel

The AMD Ryzen AI Halo mini PC powered by Ryzen AI Max+ "Strix Halo" began shipping this week. It features very nice Linux support out-of-the-box with the Debian-based Ryzen AI Developer Platform operating system. For those wishing to run their own x86_64 Linux distribution, one of the only caveats in the Linux support is quite small... No mainline kernel support yet for controlled the RGB LED light strip on the driver.

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Ryzen-AI-Halo-RGB-LED-v8

📰 Initial Patches Posted For Booting The Apple M4 On Linux

With the Linux 7.2 kernel there is initial support for booting the Apple M3 SoC on Linux but it's not yet functional for end users with just booting to a simple console. There are now Device Tree files posted for booting the Apple M4 on Linux but also not yet useful for any typical Apple Mac/MacBook usage on Linux...

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#kernel #linux

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Apple-M4-DT-Linux

📰 GodDamn Ransomware Uses PoisonX Driver to Disable Endpoint Defenses

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new ransomware family called GodDamn that employs the PoisonX kernel driver to neutralize security software as part of its defense evasion strategy.According to a new report published by the Threat Hunter Team from Symantec, the ransomware was first publicly spotted in the wild on May 21, 2026. It's assessed to be a rebrand of the Beast ransomware,.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/goddamn-ransomware-uses-poisonx-driver.html

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📰 15-Year-Old Linux Kernel GhostLock Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Root

CVE-2026-43499, dubbed GhostLock by Nebula Security, exposes a long-standing Linux kernel futex bug that can lead to local root access.

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#kernel #linux

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https://linuxiac.com/15-year-old-linux-kernel-ghostlock-flaw-lets-local-users-gain-root/

📰 Linux DT Patches Provide Very Basic Support For Apple M3 Pro / Max / Ultra

Upstreamed for the Linux 7.2 kernel was initial support for booting Linux on the Apple M3 SoC devices. But just the barebones suppport for booting with not yet any accelerated graphics or other typical function needed for daily use of M3 Apple devices on Linux, just booting to a console. Now this work is complemented by additional Device Tree patches for also booting M3 Pro / Max / Ultra devices on Linux...

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#kernel #linux

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-DT-Apple-M3-Pro-Max-Ultra

📰 Linux 7.3 Enabling Second Graphics Pipe For Modern AMD APUs

AMD on Thursday sent out another round of AMDGPU kernel graphics driver and AMDKFD kernel compute driver updates to DRM-Next of new feature material ahead of the Linux 7.3 merge window...

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#amd #kernel #linux

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-Second-Pipe-GFX11-APU

📰 Linux 7.2-rc3 Bringing Display Detection Improvement To Help Some Multi-GPU Systems

Sent out today was this week's round of x86 (x86_64) fixes ahead of the Linux 7.2-rc3 kernel test candidate due out on Sunday...

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#kernel #linux

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-rc3-Multi-GPU-Fix

📰 Reworked System Call Entry Handling Slated For Linux 7.3

Stemming from looking at a proposed Linux kernel patch to alter the Linux kernel's system call number handling, veteran Linux kernel developer Thomas Gleixner went down a rabbit hole of the kernel's system call entry handling to make a number of clean-ups and improvements to the code. That rework to the system call entry handling is now expected to land for the Linux 7.3 kernel cycle...

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#kernel #linux

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rework-Sysclal-Entry-Linux-7.3

📰 New Linux Patches Aim To Better Handle Multiple Swap Devices

For those having Linux systems with multiple swap devices, such as for swap tiering or layered swap handling, a set of patches posted today for the Linux kernel are looking to improve the situation...

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#kernel #linux

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Improve-Multi-Swap-Device