Linux and kernel

Seven stable kernels released 2026-06-01

2026-06-11 digest confirmed

  • Category: Linux/Kernel
  • Status: confirmed
  • Sources: LWN announcement
  • Summary: Greg Kroah-Hartman released seven stable kernel updates on 2026-06-01: 7.0.11, 6.18.34, 6.12.92, 6.6.142, 6.1.175, 5.15.209, and 5.10.258. Each contains fixes throughout the tree. The releases include a fix for CVE-2026-46243 (CIFSwitch, a local privilege escalation in the CIFS filesystem driver).
  • Why it matters: Users running any of the affected stable branches should update; CVE-2026-46243 allows local privilege escalation via the CIFS client.

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