Kernel release status
Things look normal. rc3 is neither particularly small or particularly large - it's pretty much average for an rc3 release for the last couple of years."
Stable updates have had a busy week, starting with the release of 5.9.5, 5.4.75,
4.19.155, and 4.14.204 on November 5; 5.9.6 followed shortly thereafter to fix a
build problem. 5.9.7, 5.4.76, 4.19.156, 4.14.205, 4.9.242, and 4.4.242 showed up on November 10, only to
be immediately followed by 5.9.8,
5.4.77,
4.19.157,
4.14.206,
4.9.243, and
4.4.243. That last set consists of
a single patch fixing an
urgent security issue. Greg Kroah-Hartman said:
"Hint, if you are using SGX, then upgrade. And then possibly reconsider
the decisions you have recently made that caused you to write special
code to use that crazy thing.
"
See this article for information on SGX in
the kernel.