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KERNEL PLUGS RXRPC MEMORY CORRUPTION, RC3 SHIP STEADY

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Linux 7.1-rc3 landed overnight with a critical rxrpc fix that patches memory safety issues in packet handling when fragments are shared across sockets.

The rxrpc patch [1] closes a gap where DATA and RESPONSE packets with externally-owned paged fragments would bypass security operations entirely—a scenario that splice() and chained skbs can trigger without setting skb_cloned(). This is the kind of subtle memory corruption that sits quietly until it explodes. The RC3 cycle [4] is otherwise steady: clock driver fixes [2] restore boot on SpaceMiT and Mobile EyeQ hardware, and EDAC [3] plugged a device name leak in versalnet. Over in userland, Arch Install enhanced its configuration type system [5] with a new SubConfig abstraction that unifies how all sub-configurations expose their JSON and summary views—cleaner API surface for the install flow.

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  1. [1] rxrpc: Also unshare DATA/RESPONSE packets when paged frags are present torvalds/linux ↗
  2. [2] Merge tag 'clk-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/clk/linux torvalds/linux ↗
  3. [3] Merge tag 'edac_urgent_for_v7.1_rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ras/ras torvalds/linux ↗
  4. [4] Linux 7.1-rc3 torvalds/linux ↗
  5. [5] Enhance config types and summary ↗ archlinux/archinstall

$ ls linux/reviews/ # the step-back reads

the week in review Omarchy polkit PAM stack skipped system-auth the month in review Linux 7.3 rc cycle fixes cgroup kill, SMB corruption
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Quick answers

What shipped in Linux on May 11, 2026?
Linux 7.1-rc3 landed overnight with a critical rxrpc fix that patches memory safety issues in packet handling when fragments are shared across sockets. In total, 27 commits and 3 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Linux on May 11, 2026?
1 developer shipped this update, including svartkanin.
What were the notable Linux updates?
rxrpc: Also unshare DATA/RESPONSE packets when paged frags are present, Merge tag 'clk-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/clk/linux, and Merge tag 'edac_urgent_for_v7.1_rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ras/ras.
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$ log Linux --recent

drm-fixes backs out dma-buf debug, vfs closes pathwalk use-after-frees 29 shipped Netlink stops hashing the net pointer, stmmac clears a stuck RGMII interrupt 27 shipped Poly1305 carry fix lands, Omarchy locks down N1x laptops and idle fingerprint readers 23 shipped Omarchy copies agent logins over SSH, kernel queues 7.4 merges 106 shipped

$ log --all # elsewhere on the wire

Alignment & Post-training verl rejects conflicting vLLM engine_kwargs, open-instruct adds MILES OPD behind a Megatron learner Interpretability nnsight 0.8.0 cuts import time from 7.6s to 1.6s

$ ls showcases/

Safety Evals AI Red Teaming Agent Security Interpretability Alignment & Post-training

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