Kernel Watch
Jon Masters summarises the latest happenings in the Linux kernel, so that you don’t have to.
Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux 6.10. The new kernel includes features such as a new mseal system call that protects a virtual memory range against modifications, so you can mseal memory to prevent accidental or malicious – as in a buffer overflow type scenario – changes to permissions.
“This feature reduces (dramatically – tens of per cent or much more in some games) the overhead of emulators such as Wine and has shown frame rate improvements.”