Today's Linux Networking Fixes: "Craziness Continues With No End In Sight"
The latest updates in Linux networking reveal ongoing challenges and numerous bug fixes. Driven by AI tools, the Linux kernel is facing various security vulnerabilities and a high volume of bug reports. Despite the chaos, there have been no significant regressions reported from AI-generated fixes so far.
- ▪Today's pull request for Linux 7.1 highlights a significant number of networking subsystem fixes.
- ▪Jakub Kicinski noted that the situation remains chaotic, with speculation that worse issues may arise.
- ▪The 3com 3c509 driver is making a comeback due to user demand and a willing maintainer.
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Today's Linux Networking Fixes: "Craziness Continues With No End In Sight" Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Networking on 21 May 2026 at 07:04 PM EDT. Add A Comment Driven by AI/LLM bots like Shashiko uncovering new issues within the Linux kernel source tree, including various security vulnerabilities like Dirty Frag, the mailing list has been wild with bug reports and fixes. Today's networking fixes pull request for Linux 7.1 continues to highlight the ongoing craziness and fears that the worst may be yet to come. Merged today was the latest batch of Linux networking subsystem fixes to address a variety of bugs. Jakub Kicinski wrote in that pull request: "Craziness continues with no end in sight.
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