Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for June 11, 2026
- AI agent runs amok in Fedora and elsewhere: a Fedora developer spotted suspicious contributions that seem to be from a "rogue" AI agent.
- Moving beyond fork() + exec(): an attempt to address process-creation shortcomings in the kernel.
- Splicing out vmsplice(): LLM-discovered vulnerabilities may lead to removal of splice() and vmsplice().
- More coverage from the 2026 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit:
- BPF loop verification with scalar evolution: an algorithm used in compilers could help the BPF verifier handle more loops.
- An update on fanotify: what has been merged in the last year and what is pending for the filesystem-event monitoring subsystem.
- Eliminating long-lived credentials with trusted publishing: a look at a method to thwart supply-chain attacks with short-lived credentials.
This week's edition also includes these inner pages:
- Brief items: Brief news items from throughout the community.
- Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.
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