The latest updates for the Linux LTS kernel versions 6.12.93 and 6.18.35 address critical issues such as Thunderbolt stack overflow vulnerabilities and lingering USB devices. These releases enhance stability by restoring serial console handling for legacy hardware and correcting memory and CPU frequency miscounts in MPTCP and Intel pstate drivers. Additionally, fixes for memory allocator deadlocks and GPU power state tracking help prevent crashes during heavy workloads. Overall, these updates resolve persistent hardware problems without requiring users to adopt the latest bleeding-edge releases
Linux LTS kernel 6.12.93 and 6.18.35 updates fix Thunderbolt crashes and USB ghost devices
The latest Linux LTS kernel updates patch a stack overflow vulnerability in Thunderbolt drivers and stop USB devices from lingering after unplug. Serial console handling gets restored for legacy hardware while MPTCP and Intel pstate drivers finally stop miscounting memory and CPU frequencies. Memory allocator deadlock fixes and corrected GPU power state tracking keep heavy workloads from crashing under normal use. Rolling out these stable branches smooths out the most annoying hardware gremlins without forcing users to chase bleeding edge releases.
