LWN: The LWN.net Weekly Edition for October 22, 2026 is available

The LWN.net Weekly Edition for October 22, 2026 is available

We are happy to announce that the LWN.net Weekly Edition for October 22, 2026 is now available in both regular and "one big page" formats.

This edition contains the following feature content:

• Vendor hooks in the Android kernel: a look at how Android deals with out-of-tree changes to the kernel.
• Hash-based module integrity for reproducible distributions: ideas on how to accommodate kernel-module integrity guarantees while still allowing reproducible builds.
• Safe self-referential data structures in kernel Rust: a possible way to remove unsafe Rust code related to lifetimes in the kernel.
• Recent and future changes to the Linux NFS server: an overview of new features added to the Linux implementation of NFS, as well as what may be coming soon.
• SUSE's efforts to disable setuid system-wide: Thorsten Kukuk has been working to improve security by enabling no_new_privs system-wide.
• Discussing a rewrite of XArray: a look at work to implement XArray in Rust.
• Cross-crate forward declarations in Rust: a proposal for cleaning up the kernel's handling of integer overflows in Rust code.
• Development statistics for the 7.3 kernel: the busiest development cycle in Linux history—so far.
• Understanding Nix flakes: a look at an experimental, but widely popular, Nix feature.

This week's edition also includes these inner pages:

• Brief items: Brief news items from throughout the community.
• Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.

Please enjoy this week's edition, and, as always, thank you for supporting LWN.net.