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SCSI merge closes, Plymouth and SDDM publication hardened

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Afonso Oliveira Ryan Hughes codefiles Linus Torvalds
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Afonso Oliveira @AFOliveira 3 cited Ryan Hughes @ryanrhughes 2 cited codefiles @codefiles 2 cited Linus Torvalds @torvalds 1 cited

Linus pulled the remaining SCSI updates for the 7.3 merge window while omarchy ships a wave of security fixes for boot-time asset publication.

Linus Torvalds merged the remaining SCSI updates for the 7.3 merge window, a 26-commit pull that enables context analysis for the SCSI layer and UFS alongside bug fixes and hardening, including a fix for a SCSI host leak on workqueue allocation failure in the snic driver [1]. Across the omarchy boot stack, a coordinated series of security fixes hardens Plymouth and SDDM asset publication: the commits pin Plymouth asset reads before elevation [4], harden the publication itself [3], and keep SDDM color substitution collision-free for White themes [2]. The same effort addresses a Plymouth publication race in the merged 'Secure Plymouth and SDDM asset publication' pull request [6], and separately merges 'httpOnly' cookie enforcement for the web app [5]. None of these omarchy changes are flagged as breaking for downstream users, but anyone running a custom boot theme should retest their Plymouth and SDDM configuration after upgrading. On the tooling front, archinstall enables Pylint's cell-var-from-loop warning, which will flag closures that capture loop variables and likely help catch a class of late-binding bugs [7][8].

Action items

References

  1. [1] Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mkp/scsi ↗ torvalds/linux
  2. [2] [Security] Complete Plymouth publication coverage ↗ basecamp/omarchy
  3. [3] [Security] Harden Plymouth asset publication ↗ basecamp/omarchy
  4. [4] [Security] Pin Plymouth asset reads before elevation ↗ basecamp/omarchy
  5. [5] Merge pull request #8496 from Chessing234/security/webapp-http-only ↗ basecamp/omarchy
  6. [6] Merge pull request #8934 from ErikMelton/security/plymouth-publication-race ↗ basecamp/omarchy
  7. [7] Enable Pylint cell-var-from-loop warning ↗ archlinux/archinstall
  8. [8] Enable Pylint cell-var-from-loop warning (#4736) ↗ archlinux/archinstall

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

the week in review secretmem locked-page accounting fix lands the month in review Linux 7.2 closes and 7.3 opens amid kernel hardening and Omarchy's security push
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Quick answers

What shipped in Linux on August 30, 2026?
Linus pulled the remaining SCSI updates for the 7.3 merge window while omarchy ships a wave of security fixes for boot-time asset publication. In total, 35 commits and 10 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Linux on August 30, 2026?
4 developers shipped this update, including Linus Torvalds, Afonso Oliveira, Ryan Hughes, and codefiles.
What were the notable Linux updates?
Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mkp/scsi, [Security] Complete Plymouth publication coverage, and [Security] Harden Plymouth asset publication.
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