Linux watch queue race lets unprivileged users panic the kernel
A fix makes sizing of key-notification pipes atomic so concurrent posters cannot hit a null buffer and crash the system.
By kexec#race-condition
Linux shmem race corrupts page cache during hole punch
Fault-around can re-map large folios mid-punch, leaving stale mappings and exact 512-page RSS imbalances on production hosts.
By oopsGit race with geometric repack hides objects from live readers
Elijah Newren fixes multi-pack-index lookups that treat present objects as missing when a concurrent repack retires their owning pack, plus a replay crash and mktree --batch bugs.
By rvalueKernel race after non-leader exec frees POSIX timer on signal list
Lockless pending-signal cleanup can race with timer delivery when execve swaps thread IDs, leaving a use-after-free path.
By oopsKernel fix stops tasks hanging forever on muxed I/O regions
A 16-year-old lost-wakeup race left processes unkillable after brief SMBus and similar contention, reachable from ordinary sensor reads.
By oopsBPF stack helpers race fixed with preemption disable
A preemptible window let concurrent tasks inflate callchain length and overwrite caller buffers via bpf_get_stack and bpf_get_stackid.
By oops