In addition to Linus Torvalds I’m doing vibe coding and more with my new “AudioNoise” project this week, Linux 6.19 After the holidays, kernel development has resumed. Various fixes have been incorporated into today’s Linux 6.19-rc5 release in preparation for the v6.19 stable release in early February.

On Linux 6.19-rc5, Fixed recent corruption of new NVIDIA GPUs on Nouveau driver. Another notable fix this week: Addressing alternative attack vectors on RISC-V Follows similar behavior to ARM64 and x86_64. Linux 6.19-rc5 also has notable fixes for: Addressing Rust Binder issues.

Besides the general “fixes”, the latest kernel code includes: Logitech MX Anywhere 3S HID++ Support To enable high-resolution scrolling and other additional features. HID++ support for MX Anywhere 3S and support for ELECOM M-XT3DRBK (018C) were among this week’s HID “fixes.”

Linus Torvalds writes: 6.19-rc5 announced:

“Nothing unusual happened this past week, even though it was a few hours later than usual with our normal releases. As expected, we’re pretty much back to our normal schedule after the holidays, and both our commit and patch stats look very regular.”

Drivers dominate (accounting for about two-thirds of rc patches), with GPU and networking being the major parts. So is tradition. There are a few other driver updates, but nothing that looks weird.

Other than drivers, what’s usually suspect are various filesystem fixes (btrfs, nfsd, minor erofs fixes, and some generic vfs fixes), tools (mainly seltfest, most of them part of networking and GPU pull), and some architecture fixes (arm64 and risc-v).

Linus pointed out earlier. More 6.19-rc likely due to vacation Therefore, the Linux 6.19 cycle may end with the February 8th stable release. There are many exciting things Linux 6.19 changes/features In this first 2026 kernel release,