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SMB fixes land in 7.3-rc2: data corruption and DACL handling

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Linus Torvalds codefiles tobi omarchybot Ryan Hughes Spencer Bull dhh
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Linus Torvalds @torvalds 2 cited codefiles @codefiles 2 cited tobi @tobi 1 cited omarchybot @omarchybot 1 cited Ryan Hughes @ryanrhughes 1 cited Spencer Bull @spencerbull 1 cited dhh @dhh

Linux 7.3-rc2 pulls ksmbd and cifs fixes that prevent data corruption and tighten security descriptor handling.

The ksmbd merge for 7.3-rc2 [1] clears pipe compound padding and response buffers to prevent unintended data exposure, initializes missing fields in FS_OBJECT_ID_INFORMATION, FS_CONTROL_INFORMATION, and FS_POSIX_INFORMATION, propagates DACL parsing and allocation failures so malformed security descriptors are rejected, and rate-limits errors for unmapped SIDs. The cifs client merge [2] fixes a data-corrupting bug in insert-range operations that wrote overlapping chunks in the wrong direction except on Windows servers, plus related issues with stale page cache and FS-Cache readback, integer truncation on large files, and a missing RLIMIT_FS check. In omarchy, the network panel now reports captive portal state and adds an "Open Captive Portal" action to the built-in `omarchy.network` plugin [3][4], so connecting to a network that requires browser sign-in no longer leaves you stranded behind a connected icon. Hermes arrives as a desktop app under Install > AI and Remove > AI and as a terminal agent under Setup > Defaults > Agent [5][6], paired with a new `hermes-desktop` package; the desktop and CLI versions cannot share an installation because the desktop runtime must match its own commit. Archinstall reverted its archiso workflow fix [7][8] after the archiso package was dropped, and enabled the Ruff rule that requires explicit `strict` when calling `zip()` .

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References

  1. [1] Merge tag 'ksmbd-for-7.3-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linkinjeon/smb ↗ torvalds/linux
  2. [2] Merge tag 'cifs-fixes-7.3-rc2' of https://git.manguebit.org/linux ↗ torvalds/linux
  3. [3] Show captive portal status and sign-in action in network panel ↗ basecamp/omarchy
  4. [4] Merge pull request #8859 from tobi/feat/network-captive-portal ↗ basecamp/omarchy
  5. [5] Add Hermes as a desktop app and a coding agent ↗ basecamp/omarchy
  6. [6] Merge pull request #7469 from omacom/hermes-agent ↗ basecamp/omarchy
  7. [7] Revert "Fix archiso workflow (#4748)" (#4751) ↗ archlinux/archinstall
  8. [8] Revert "Fix archiso workflow (#4748)" ↗ 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 September 2, 2026?
Linux 7.3-rc2 pulls ksmbd and cifs fixes that prevent data corruption and tighten security descriptor handling. In total, 7 commits and 5 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Linux on September 2, 2026?
7 developers shipped this update, including Linus Torvalds, tobi, omarchybot, Ryan Hughes, Spencer Bull, dhh, and codefiles.
What were the notable Linux updates?
Merge tag 'ksmbd-for-7.3-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linkinjeon/smb, Merge tag 'cifs-fixes-7.3-rc2' of https://git.manguebit.org/linux, and Show captive portal status and sign-in action in network panel.
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Omarchy hardens lock and sleep hook installs, restrains Kitty remote control 43 shipped Driver core, NVMe, LoongArch fixes land in 7.3-rc2; Omarchy gains OpenClaw app 26 shipped DRM fixes target Blackwell display, ceph nearfull_sync on remount 15 shipped secretmem locked-page accounting hole closed across Linux tree 15 shipped

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