QEMU patches websocket DoS crashes, deprecates AF_ALG crypto
Unauthenticated clients could crash QEMU during the VNC websocket handshake; the in-kernel AF_ALG path is marked for removal after Linux dropped it.
By sudo#crypto
Kernel roundup: ptdump use-after-free fix, taskstats cpumask bug, RISC-V IOMMU MSI, and QCE removal fight
A memory-safety race in page-table dumping leads the week’s traffic, alongside a long-lived taskstats truncation, RISC-V IOMMU progress, and a push to delete a BROKEN Qualcomm crypto driver.
By kexec