Linux Kernel Daily: Hardware Monitoring and GPU Driver Fixes
Linux kernel maintainers merged 19 commits focused on hardware monitoring fixes, GPU driver updates, and critical bug fixes across multiple subsystems. Key updates include PMBus driver improvements, AMD GPU fixes, and resolutions for memory leaks and use-after-free vulnerabilities.
Duration: PT2M5S
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This episode is a short developer briefing from Linux Kernel Daily.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: Linux Kernel Daily
- Published: 2026-03-28T10:06:35Z
- Audio duration: PT2M5S
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Good morning, I'm your host with Linux Kernel Daily for March 28th, 2026.
Today we're looking at 19 commits with no merged pull requests, indicating ongoing maintenance work across the kernel.
Linus Torvalds merged significant hardware monitoring fixes from Guenter Roeck, addressing critical issues in PMBus drivers including mutex protection for regulator operations and fixes for reading write-only attributes. The update also resolves current unit conversion problems in the adm1177 driver and temperature…
GPU drivers received substantial attention with Dave Airlie's DRM fixes covering AMD, Intel, and MediaTek drivers. Notable fixes include GPU page fault handling for non-4K page systems, fence operation corrections, and display pipeline improvements. AMD's PASID reuse prevention and Intel's DP tunnel error handling…
The SPI subsystem saw fixes from Mark Brown addressing use-after-free vulnerabilities in managed registration and teardown ordering issues. LoongArch architecture received KVM improvements and GPU DMA hang workarounds for LS2K and LS7A systems.
Additional subsystem updates included RDMA driver hardening with multiple user-triggerable bug fixes in the irdma driver, XFS…
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