Linux Graphics & Gaming News
Security engineer Andy Nguyen has released the ps5-linux project this week, enabling select PlayStation 5 "Phat" consoles running firmware 3.xx and 4.xx to boot Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. The project leverages...
Read more →The Mesa Radeon Vulkan driver, RADV, recently gained protected memory support. This new capability, implemented by AMD engineers, leverages AMD's Trusted Memory Zone (TMZ) technology. The integration ...
Read more →Linux 7.1-rc1 was released today, April 27, 2026, marking the conclusion of the merge window for the upcoming kernel version. This release introduces a new NTFS driver and enables FRED (Flexible Retur...
Read more →A critical out-of-bounds access vulnerability within the Linux kernel has been patched. This flaw has been present in the kernel's mainline development for the past three years, posing a significant s...
Read more →XDG-Desktop-Portal 1.20.4 was released yesterday, April 7, 2026, to address a security vulnerability. This update prevents sandboxed applications from being able to delete arbitrary host files on the ...
Read more →Flatpak 1.16.4 was released today, April 08, 2026, bringing important security updates to the application sandboxing and distribution system. The update addresses critical vulnerabilities, including i...
Read more →Security vulnerabilities have been identified within libinput's Lua-based plug-in system. This system, designed to allow modification of input device behavior and events, was initially introduced with...
Read more →Mesa 26.0.1 was released today as the first point release for the Mesa 26.0 series. This update addresses general bug fixes and includes a significant security patch. The critical fix targets a "possi...
Read more →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. ...
Read more →Phoronix testing revealed a measurable performance impact on Intel Meteor Lake CPUs running on Linux systems with an up-to-date software stack. Recent benchmarks showed the geometric mean performance ...
Read more →The PCSX2 project today released version 2.5.378 of their PlayStation 2 emulator. This update primarily addresses a critical security vulnerability involving an out-of-bounds read exploit within the C...
Read more →The Linux 6.19 kernel has recently integrated several significant updates for hardware security and virtualization. Over the weekend, infrastructure for PCI Express (PCIe) link encryption and device a...
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