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Seven stable kernels released with over 9,000 total patches
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Greg Kroah-Hartman announced seven stable kernel releases containing a combined total of more than 9,000 patches, a volume he says may set a record.
A batch of this size across seven stable branches signals a substantial volume of fixes that operators will need to evaluate and deploy. The scale may also strain review and testing capacity for teams tracking multiple kernel versions.
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Seven stable kernels were released in a single batch with over 9,000 patches combined.
Kernel 7.2.6 alone accounts for more than 1,800 of those patches.
Kroah-Hartman indicated this batch may set a record for total patches across a stable kernel release cycle.
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