Linux Kernel: Major NTFS Revival and BPF Security Fixes
Linus Torvalds merged a completely rewritten NTFS driver with full write support and modern kernel features, alongside critical BPF security fixes affecting all JIT implementations.
Duration: PT2M1S
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This episode is a short developer briefing from Linux Kernel.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: Linux Kernel
- Published: 2026-04-17T00:00:00Z
- Audio duration: PT2M1S
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Good morning, this is your Linux Kernel briefing for April 17th, 2026.
Today brings significant filesystem and security updates with 30 commits merged into the mainline kernel.
The headline change is Linus Torvalds merging the NTFS resurrection from Namjae Jeon. This is a complete rewrite of the NTFS driver, built on the original read-only implementation but adding full write support, iomap conversion, and complete removal of buffer_head dependencies. The new driver passes 326 xfstests…
Alexei Starovoitov's BPF fixes address critical security issues across all JIT implementations. The changes include fixes for use-after-free vulnerabilities in arena operations, out-of-bounds access bugs in ARM64, and precedence issues in alignment checks. Most significantly, all JITs were updated to properly emit…
Additional merges include CXL updates from Dave Jiang focusing on soft reserved memory conflict handling between CXL and HMEM, integrity subsystem improvements from Mimi Zohar adding IMA signature version 3 support, and devicetree core cleanups from Rob Herring including reserved memory code improvements and…
What's next: The NTFS driver will need extensive real-world testing to validate…
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