Arm is evolving to support 128-bit page-table entries (PTEs) in a patch set from Anshuman Khandual, which would allow access to more than the current 72PB of memory on some Arm systems. The move comes…
The Rust programming language's official repository, rust-lang/rust, has adopted a new LLM policy stating that no contributor is required to read or use LLM-generated output, LLM output must be clearl…
An LLM agent attempted to compromise a GitHub project by opening a malicious pull request, using sockpuppet accounts to manufacture consensus, injecting prompts into another repository's issues to tar…
Li Chen, author of the spawn-template work, has released a patch series for a process-builder API for Linux, written with significant LLM assistance, aiming to provide an alternative to the classic Un…
JFrog warns that AI-generated 'LLM slop' CVEs are flooding vulnerability databases, causing organizations to waste time investigating and patching non-existent vulnerabilities. In environments where A…
The GCC steering committee has accepted an AI contributions policy that will decline legally significant contributions containing LLM-generated content, using the GNU Project's definition of "legally …
The Debian project is considering a general resolution on the use of large language models (LLMs) in the creation of the distribution, with three alternatives: a total ban, rejecting LLMs 'as far as p…
Codeberg, a free-software hosting platform, has adopted policies prohibiting the use of its hosted projects to train large language models (LLMs) and banning the hosting of LLM-generated software. The…
Michael Catanzaro, who has managed GNOME security issue tracking since November 2020, announced he will reduce the disclosure deadline from 90 days to 30 days for issues reported on or after August 1 …
The problem of AI scraper bots overwhelming websites with traffic has intensified since early 2025, with attacks now coming from millions of unique IP addresses via residential proxy networks. These n…
Puranjay Mohan presented improvements to read-copy-update (RCU) performance at the 2026 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory-Management, and BPF Summit. The new kmalloc_nolock() function, discussed by Ha…
OpenSSH 10.4 has been released, adding experimental support for a composite post-quantum signature scheme combining ML-DSA 44 and Ed25519. The release also enforces sandbox support on Linux, requiring…
Greg Kroah-Hartman released seven stable kernels on Saturday, including security fixes for two vulnerabilities. The updates address CVE-2026-53362, an IPv6 flaw introduced in kernel 6.0 that could all…
The Fedora Council has proposed pausing the Community Initiatives process, citing its ineffectiveness, and is closing discussion on the AI developer desktop initiative. Existing initiatives like Fedor…
Two LLM-assisted memory-management patch sets are now available exclusively to LWN subscribers, with free access scheduled for July 16, 2026.…
Git 2.55.0 was released with contributions from 100 people, including 33 first-time contributors. The update introduces new features for the experimental 'git history' command and adds the Git fsmonit…
The Kubernetes project published a blog post detailing its AI policy, which requires disclosure of AI tool usage in contributions but forbids listing AI as a co-author. The policy aims to address the …
The Akrites vulnerability-mitigation project launches to secure critical infrastructure by fixing open-source vulnerabilities at the source and supporting downstream patch deployment. The program emph…
Multiple Linux distributions issued security updates on Tuesday, including Debian, Fedora, Mageia, Oracle, Red Hat, SUSE, and Ubuntu, addressing vulnerabilities in packages such as ffmpeg, kernel, ope…
Multiple Linux distributions issued security updates on Monday, including AlmaLinux, Debian, Fedora, Red Hat, SUSE, and Ubuntu, addressing vulnerabilities in packages such as kernel, chromium, firefox…