Who contributed to Arch Linux on August 29, 2026?

5 developers shipped this update, including Felix Yan, codefiles, NWuensche, Anouar Mohamed, and heftig.

What were the notable Arch Linux updates?

Arch Linux kernel v7.2.2-arch1, fix(disk): use fmask=0177 for EFI partition mount options (#4715), and fix: only prompt for credentials encryption when creds will be saved.

Aug 29, 2026

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Kernel v7.2.2-arch1 adds sysctl to disable unprivileged CLONE_NEWUSER

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:58 UTC on August 29, 2026 · About Arch Linux

5 people shipped this

Felix Yan @felixonmars 5 cited

codefiles @codefiles 1 cited

NWuensche @NWuensche 1 cited

Anouar Mohamed @AnouarMohamed 1 cited

heftig @heftig 1 cited

Arch Linux released kernel v7.2.2-arch1 with a new sysctl that can disable unprivileged user namespaces, and archinstall improved its disk and config handling.

The new kernel release [1] adds a sysctl to allow disabling unprivileged CLONE_NEWUSER, giving admins a toggle to restrict an attack surface that many consider risky. archinstall [2] changed the default EFI mount fmask from 0077 to 0177, aligning with systemd and fixing bootctl requirements for non-executable file bit permissions; this is a behavior change for new installs. A UX fix [3] gates the credential encryption prompt in save_config behind 'user_creds' and 'all' save options, so it no longer appears when only writing user_configuration.json. Type checking for archinstall [4] gets a stub file for pyparted, quieting mypy complaints about missing library stubs. Haskell packages in extra-staging were updated: hackage-security to 0.6.3.2-68 [5], hslua-typing to 0.2.0-2 [6], streams to 3.3.3-172 [7], ral to 0.2.2-102 [8], and chimera to 0.4.1.0-191 [9], all routine for staging.

Action items

→ Update to kernel v7.2.2-arch1 if you want the new sysctl for disabling unprivileged CLONE_NEWUSER archlinux/linux [monitor]
→ Review EFI mount fmask change if you depend on bootctl behavior in archinstall installs archlinux/archinstall [plan]

References

[1] Arch Linux kernel v7.2.2-arch1 ↗ archlinux/linux
[2] fix(disk): use fmask=0177 for EFI partition mount options (#4715) ↗ archlinux/archinstall
[3] fix: only prompt for credentials encryption when creds will be saved ↗ archlinux/archinstall
[4] Add stub file for pyparted ↗ archlinux/archinstall
[5] update haskell-hackage-security to 0.6.3.2-68 in extra-staging-x86_64 ↗ archlinux/state
[6] update haskell-hslua-typing to 0.2.0-2 in extra-staging-x86_64 ↗ archlinux/state
[7] update haskell-streams to 3.3.3-172 in extra-staging-x86_64 ↗ archlinux/state
[8] update haskell-ral to 0.2.2-102 in extra-staging-x86_64 ↗ archlinux/state
[9] update haskell-chimera to 0.4.1.0-191 in extra-staging-x86_64 ↗ archlinux/state