📰 Linux Cache Aware Scheduling Extended For Even Better Performance: Up To 360% In MySQL

Cache Aware Scheduling is one of the most exciting kernel innovations to land in Linux this year. While it was finally merged last week to Linux 7.2, a new patch series today is already working to extend Cache Aware Scheduling and is showing some exciting performance improvements...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Extended-Cache-Aware-Sched

📰 New DirtyClone Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Root via Cloned Packets

DirtyClone is a new Linux kernel privilege escalation in the DirtyFrag family. JFrog Security Research published a working exploit walkthrough for the flaw on June 25, the first public demonstration for this variant.Tracked as CVE-2026-43503 (CVSS 8.8), it lets a local user corrupt file-backed memory through a cloned network packet and gain root. The patch landed in.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/new-dirtyclone-linux-kernel-flaw-lets.html

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📰 New Linux pedit COW Exploit Enables Root Access by Poisoning Cached Binaries

A flaw in the Linux kernel's traffic-control subsystem can let a local unprivileged user gain root on affected systems.CVE-2026-46331, nicknamed "pedit COW," is an out-of-bounds write in the packet-editing action (act_pedit) that corrupts shared page-cache memory. A public, working exploit appeared within a day of the CVE assignment on June 16. Red Hat rates the flaw as.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/new-linux-pedit-cow-exploit-enables.html

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📰 Linux Gets Dirty Again: DirtyClone Kernel Flaw Can Lead to Local Root Access

After DirtyFrag, DirtyClone exposes another Linux kernel flaw that may let local attackers gain root access on vulnerable systems.

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https://linuxiac.com/linux-gets-dirty-again-dirtyclone-kernel-flaw-can-lead-to-local-root-access/

📰 New Intel Linux Driver Patches Enable HDR Over DP MST Connections

One of the limitations of the Intel Linux driver's high dynamic range (HDR) display support is that it currently doesn't work for any DisplayPort Multi-Stream Transport "DP MST" connections, such as for daisy chaining monitors or multi-monitor docking stations. But the good news is patches are being worked on to address this Intel Linux kernel display driver shortcoming...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-HDR-Over-DP-MST

📰 Linux MD RAID5 Seeing Scalability Improvements Up To 17%

Posted to the Linux kernel mailing list this week was a new patch series working on scalability enhancements to the MD RAID5 software RAID code. Up to a 10~17% improvement was observed in some configurations with these RAID5 scalability patches...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-MD-RAID5-Scalability-Work

📰 Linux Kernel 7.0 Reaches End of Life, It’s Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 7.1

Linux kernel 7.0 reached end of life and all users are now recommended to upgrade their systems to the latest Linux 7.1 kernel series as soon as possible.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-7-0-reaches-end-of-life-its-time-to-upgrade-to-linux-kernel-7-1

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📰 ParrotOS 7.3 Released with Linux 7.0, Optimized Builds, and Official Vagrant Boxes

ParrotOS 7.2 security-oriented distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 7.0, updated tools, optimized builds, official Vagrant boxes, and other changes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/parrotos-7-3-released-with-linux-7-0-optimized-builds-and-official-vagrant-boxes

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📰 Mageia 10 Officially Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, KDE Plasma 6.5, and More

Mageia 10 is now available for download powered by Linux kernel 6.18 LTS and featuring the KDE Plasma 6.5, GNOME 49, and Xfce 4.20 desktop environments as standalone flavors.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/mageia-10-officially-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-kde-plasma-6-5-and-more

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📰 VirtualBox 7.2.12 Fixes Linux Host Kernel Panic

VirtualBox 7.2.12 is out with an important Linux host fix, plus build improvements for Linux host and guest components.

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https://linuxiac.com/virtualbox-7-2-12-fixes-linux-host-kernel-panic/

📰 Canonical Confirms Ubuntu Fixes for DirtyClone Linux Kernel Flaw

Canonical says Ubuntu kernel updates are available for DirtyClone, a high-severity Linux local privilege escalation flaw tracked as CVE-2026-43503.

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https://linuxiac.com/canonical-confirms-ubuntu-fixes-for-dirtyclone-linux-kernel-flaw/