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Articles tagged: memory

AMDXDNA Driver Adds Per-Process Buffer Object Memory Queries for Linux 7.1

March 30, 2026

New code for the AMD XD/DNA driver was submitted this week as part of a drm-misc-next pull, targeting the upcoming Linux 7.1 merge window. These Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) changes introduce suppor...

Intel Xe Driver Prepares Linux 7.1 vRAM OOM Improvements with New API

March 28, 2026

Intel developers have submitted a new round of updates for the Intel Xe kernel graphics driver, aimed at enhancing its ability to manage video memory pressure and out-of-memory situations for vRAM. Th...

Linux Kernel DRM Fix Prevents Unprivileged Memory Exhaustion

January 23, 2026

A recently identified oversight in the Linux kernel's Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) graphics driver common code allowed unprivileged users to potentially trigger unbounded kernel memory consumption. ...