Kernel release status

The current 2.6 prepatch is 2.6.24-rc8, released by Linus on January 15. It contains a fair number of fixes but not much else. "So I'm pretty sure this is the last -rc, and the final 2.6.24 will probably be out next weekend or so. But in the meantime, let's give this a final shakedown, and see if we can fix any last regressions still." See the long-format changelog for the details.

As of this writing, a very small number of fixes has been merged post-rc8.

There have been no -mm releases over the last week.

The current stable 2.6 kernel is 2.6.23.14, released (along with 2.6.22.16) on January 14. These releases contain a single patch: a fix for the filesystem security vulnerability discussed on this week's Security Page.

For older kernels: 2.6.16.58 was released on January 16 with several fixes.

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