Linus Torvalds announced today the release and general availability of Linux kernel 6.10, the latest stable version of the Linux kernel (available on kernel.org) that introduces several new features and improvements.
As always, there are many other features, new drivers, improvements and fixes. For a complete list see this post and this post.
This release includes:
- Memory Sealing “mseal” System: a system call to protect memory from unwanted modifications
- Kernel Control Flow Integrity (KCFI): enhances security by expanding the hardening configuration
- Trusted Platform Module (TPM2): support for integrity and security to TPM2 transactions
- NT synchronization primitives that allow better compatibility and performance with Windows
- Speed boost for AES-XTS encryption on Intel and AMD CPUs
- Memory profiler for the kernel
- Multi-size THP NUMA balancing
- Posted interrupts for faster high-end virtualization
- Zone write plugging for faster IO with zoned devices
- Faster io_uring send zerocopy performance
- Expanded Rust language support within the kernel to RISC-V
Linux kernel 6.10 is available for download from Linus Torvalds’ git tree or the kernel.org website. Also, it is important to note that this release will be a short-lived branch, supported for only a couple of months, before being succeeded by Linux Kernel 6.11. The merge window for Linux 6.11 has been officially opened by Linus Torvalds, with the release expected in mid or late September 2024.
See also: Linux kernel version history
