Linux 5.17 Pushed Back Due To The New Spectre Attack, Other Headaches - Phoronix

Linus Torvalds was hoping to release the stable Linux 5.17 kernel today but instead opted for Linux 5.17-rc8 as an extra release candidate.

Torvalds explained in today's 5.17-rc8 announcement that due to new Spectre attacks a wide assortment of other fixes, he felt more comfortable issuing an "-rc8" rather than going straight to final. A… [+2034 chars]

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