Who contributed to Linux on August 27, 2026?

2 developers shipped this update, including John Johansen and Linus Torvalds.

What were the notable Linux updates?

Merge tag 'nfs-for-7.3-1' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/linux-nfs, apparmor: policy_int make sure list heads are initialized before fail path, and Merge tag 'trace-rv-v7.3-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace.

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NFS MERGE BRINGS CRITICAL STABILITY FIXES

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:57 UTC on August 27, 2026 · About Linux

2 people shipped this

Linus Torvalds @torvalds 4 cited

John Johansen @jrjohansen 1 cited

Linus pulled NFS 7.3-1 with a slew of stable fixes that every maintainer should read before their next release.

The NFS merge [1] ships a suite of stable fixes, including use-after-free patches for sunrpc, a delegation hash table leak, and a NULL dereference on lockowner allocation failure. AppArmor [2] fixes a list-head initialization bug that could trip sanity checks and splat WARN messages under syz. The tracing subsystem [3] switched rvgen backup files from .bak to .old to keep the tree clean after make distclean. Thermal control updates [4] add support for Airoha AN7583, Qualcomm Master BandGap monitor, and QCom PMIC5 Gen3 ADC, alongside two reverts away from class_create(). The clk tree [5] introduces SSC spread spectrum support in the provider API for DT-configured clocks.

Action items

→ Review NFS 7.3-1 stable fixes if you maintain NFS or sunrpc code torvalds/linux [plan]
→ Check AppArmor profile initialization paths in your tree torvalds/linux [plan]
→ Monitor thermal and clk updates for new hardware support torvalds/linux [monitor]

References

[1] Merge tag 'nfs-for-7.3-1' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/linux-nfs torvalds/linux
[2] apparmor: policy_int make sure list heads are initialized before fail path torvalds/linux
[3] Merge tag 'trace-rv-v7.3-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace torvalds/linux
[4] Merge tag 'thermal-7.3-rc1-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm torvalds/linux
[5] Merge tag 'clk-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/clk/linux torvalds/linux

Quick answers

What shipped in Linux on August 27, 2026?: Linus pulled NFS 7.3-1 with a slew of stable fixes that every maintainer should read before their next release. In total, 15 commits landed.
Who contributed to Linux on August 27, 2026?: 2 developers shipped this update, including John Johansen and Linus Torvalds.
What were the notable Linux updates?: Merge tag 'nfs-for-7.3-1' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/linux-nfs, apparmor: policy_int make sure list heads are initialized before fail path, and Merge tag 'trace-rv-v7.3-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace.

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infra 29 shipped

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OMARCHY KILLS THE ROOT EQUIVALENT DOCKER GROUP

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