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The Wire · Showcase

LINUX 7.2-RC1 OPENS WITH INPUT SUBSYSTEM FIXES AND NTB CLEANUP

By RepoJournal · Filed · About Linux

The kernel's input drivers got critical OOB access patches while NTB pulled in device removal fixes, as Linus opens the 7.2 merge window.

Linux 7.2-rc1 is live [1], and the first wave of pulls landed hard on two fronts. The input subsystem merged Synaptics RMI4 driver fixes [2] addressing potential out-of-bounds accesses in F30 and F3A keymap handling, plus a workaround for buggy firmware on ThinkPad T14 Gen 1 that was causing probe failures on otherwise solid hardware. Meanwhile, the NTB subsystem pulled in an EPF device removal bug [3] that was triggering invalid pci_iounmap() calls, alongside documentation fixes and AMD driver cleanups. On the installation side, archinstall 4.4 shipped with console font auto-selection and a full refactor of its configuration layer [4] [5], making the codebase tighter. The team also added a loud warning before enabling Plymouth in the bootloader [6], since that splash screen still breaks boots on NVIDIA and disk-encrypted setups. Plugin loading got overhauled too [7], splitting local paths from remote URLs to handle both cleanly. Translation work continues steady with Japanese at 100% [8].

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References

  1. [1] Linux 7.2-rc1 torvalds/linux
  2. [2] Merge tag 'input-for-v7.2-rc0-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input torvalds/linux
  3. [3] Merge tag 'ntb-7.2' of https://github.com/jonmason/ntb torvalds/linux
  4. [4] 4.4 ↗ archlinux/archinstall
  5. [5] Refactor configuration file ↗ archlinux/archinstall
  6. [6] Warn before enabling Plymouth in the bootloader menu ↗ archlinux/archinstall
  7. [7] Fix plugin ↗ archlinux/archinstall
  8. [8] Update Japanese translation ↗ archlinux/archinstall

FAQ

What changed in Linux on June 29, 2026?
The kernel's input drivers got critical OOB access patches while NTB pulled in device removal fixes, as Linus opens the 7.2 merge window.
What should Linux teams do about it?
Test 7.2-rc1 if you maintain input drivers or NTB hardware support • Review archinstall 4.4 if shipping Arch ISOs; note Plymouth warning behavior change • Watch for Synaptics RMI4 regressions on ThinkPad T14 Gen 1 systems
Which Linux repositories shipped on June 29, 2026?
torvalds/linux, archlinux/archinstall

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