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A stable kernel to fix boot problems and other stable branches

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 06, 2024,
updated Dec 06, 2024

I'm announcing the release of the 6.12.3 kernel.

All users of the 6.12 kernel series must upgrade.

The updated 6.12.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-6.12.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-s...

thanks,

greg k-h

Also: 6.12.4-rc1 review

6.6.64-rc1 review

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