Kernel release status

The 2.6.26 kernel is out, released by Linus on July 13. For those just tuning in, some of the bigger changes in 2.6.26 include PAT support in the x86 architecture, read-only bind mounts, the KGDB debugger, a lot of virtualization work, and more. See the KernelNewbies 2.6.26 page for lots of details.

The 2.6.27 merge window has opened, with some 3000 changesets incorporated as of this writing. See the separate article below for a summary of what has been merged (so far) for the next development cycle.

The 2.6.25.11 stable kernel update was released on July 13. It contains a single fix for a locally-exploitable vulnerability (limited to x86_64 systems).

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