Linux Kernel: RC2 Stability Fixes for v7.1
Linus Torvalds merged eight subsystem fix tags for Linux 7.1 RC2, addressing critical issues in scheduling extensions, SCSI drivers, and framebuffer systems. Key fixes include scheduler CPU selection bugs, SCSI memory allocation improvements, and framebuffer security vulnerabilities.
Duration: PT2M30S
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- Show: Linux Kernel
- Published: 2026-05-05T00:00:00Z
- Audio duration: PT2M30S
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Good morning. This is your Linux Kernel briefing for May 5th, 2026.
Today's activity focused entirely on stabilization work for the 7.1 release candidate, with Linus Torvalds merging eight fix collections from subsystem maintainers.
The most significant merge addresses sched_ext scheduling extensions, fixing a critical idle CPU selection bug that could assign tasks to CPUs outside their allowed mask. This stable-bound fix also resolves task iterator gaps between cgroup-scoped and global modes that were causing WARN_ON conditions.
SCSI received substantial attention with nine driver fixes. Notable changes include removing GFP_ATOMIC allocation from the sg driver's hot path, limiting NVMe requests to 2 megabytes in mpt3sas, and fixing UFS power state checking in high-speed mode. These changes should improve memory pressure handling and storage…
The framebuffer subsystem got critical security attention, with fixes for a use-after-free vulnerability in udlfb and corrections to 180-degree font rotation that was breaking bitmap rendering.
RDMA networking saw extensive error handling improvements across multiple drivers including mlx5, mana, and hns. Twenty-four patches address race…