# Linux Kernel 7.1.8

- Product: Linux Kernel (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/linux-kernel)
- Vendor: Linux Kernel Organization
- Date: 2026-08-09
- Version: 7.1.8
- Original notes: https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v7.x/ChangeLog-7.1.8
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/linux-kernel/releases/7.1.8
- Labels: stable

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- **fixed** — usb: typec: ucsi: Correct teardown ordering in ucsi_init() error path
- **fixed** — drm/amd/display: Exit idle optimizations before programming
- **fixed** — drm/amd/display: check GRPH_FLIP status before sending event
- **added** — media: chips-media: wave5: Support CBP profile
- **fixed** — drm/xe: Wait on external BO kernel fences in exec IOCTL
- **changed** — drm/exec: Remove the index parameter from drm_exec_for_each_locked_obj[_reverse]
- **changed** — drm/xe: Set TTM device beneficial_order to 9 (2M)
- **changed** — drm/xe: Separate early xe_device initialization
- **fixed** — usb: typec: ucsi: Fix race condition and ordering in port unregistration
- **changed** — usb: typec: ucsi: split connector lock classes
- **fixed** — drm/vmwgfx: validate external BO copy bounds for both stride paths
- **fixed** — drm/vmwgfx: use check_add_overflow for shader size+offset bound
- **fixed** — drm/vmwgfx: enforce cursor size limits for MOB cursors
- **fixed** — drm/vmwgfx: avoid destroy_workqueue(NULL) on vkms init failure
- **fixed** — drm/vmwgfx: bound DMA command body size against suffix pointer
- **fixed** — drm/vmwgfx: validate DRAW_PRIMITIVES header size before division
- **fixed** — drm/vmwgfx: drop dma_buf reference on foreign-fd prime import
- **fixed** — drm/vmwgfx: take fman->lock around fence list mutation in fifo_down
- **fixed** — drm/vmwgfx: clamp dirty-page range with min, not max
- **fixed** — drm/vmwgfx: reject DX_BIND_QUERY without a DX context

The 120 most recent commits in this release — the full changelog is longer:

- Linux 7.1.8
- usb: typec: ucsi: Correct teardown ordering in ucsi_init() error path
- drm/amd/display: Exit idle optimizations before programming
- drm/amd/display: check GRPH_FLIP status before sending event
- media: chips-media: wave5: Support CBP profile
- drm/xe: Wait on external BO kernel fences in exec IOCTL
- drm/exec: Remove the index parameter from drm_exec_for_each_locked_obj[_reverse]
- drm/xe: Set TTM device beneficial_order to 9 (2M)
- drm/xe: Separate early xe_device initialization
- drm/xe: Move xe->info.devid|revid initialization
- drm/xe: Move xe->info.force_execlist initialization
- drm/xe: Drop unused param from xe_device_create()
- usb: typec: ucsi: Fix race condition and ordering in port unregistration
- usb: typec: ucsi: split connector lock classes
- drm/xe/rtp: Ensure locking/ref counting for OA whitelists
- drm/xe/oa: (De-)whitelist OA registers on OA stream open/release
- drm/xe/rtp: (De-)whitelist OA registers for all hwe's for a gt
- drm/xe/rtp: Toggle 'deny' bit to (de-)whitelist OA regs
- drm/xe/rtp: Save OA nonpriv registers to register save/restore lists
- drm/xe/rtp: Generalize whitelist_apply_to_hwe
- drm/xe/rtp: Keep track of non-OA nonpriv slots
- drm/xe/rtp: Maintain OA whitelists separately
- drm/vmwgfx: validate external BO copy bounds for both stride paths
- drm/vmwgfx: use check_add_overflow for shader size+offset bound
- drm/vmwgfx: enforce cursor size limits for MOB cursors
- drm/vmwgfx: avoid destroy_workqueue(NULL) on vkms init failure
- drm/vmwgfx: bound DMA command body size against suffix pointer
- drm/vmwgfx: validate DRAW_PRIMITIVES header size before division
- drm/vmwgfx: drop dma_buf reference on foreign-fd prime import
- drm/vmwgfx: take fman->lock around fence list mutation in fifo_down
- drm/vmwgfx: clamp dirty-page range with min, not max
- drm/vmwgfx: reject DX_BIND_QUERY without a DX context
- drm/vmwgfx: fix guest_memory_dirty bitfield clobbered as size
- drm/amdkfd: hold event_mutex while checkpointing CRIU events
- drm/amdkfd: Handle invalid event type in CRIU event restore
- drm/amdkfd: fix uint32_t overflow in EOP ring buffer size alignment
- drm/amdkfd: fix QID bit leak in pqm_create_queue()
- drm/amdkfd: Fix missing authorization check in KFD_IOC_DBG_TRAP_DISABLE
- drm/amd/display: use proper context for logging
- drm/amd/display: Silence link_dpms I2C retimer failures
- drm/amd/display: Increase HDMI AV mute wait from 2 to 3 frames
- drm/amd/display: Fix divide-by-zero in calculate_mcache_setting on zero viewport
- drm/amd/display: check if dml21_add_phantom_plane() is successful
- drm/amd/pm: use milliwatts for GPU power sensors
- drm/amd/pm: hide pp_table sysfs on APUs
- drm/amd/pm: fix pptable use-after-free
- drm/amd/pm: fix torn gpu metrics reads
- drm/amdgpu: cap GTT size to physical RAM on APUs
- drm/amdgpu: restore UMD profile pstate after runtime resume
- drm/amdgpu: move debug_vm handling to amdgpu_cs_parser_fini
- drm/mediatek: ovl_adaptor: balance component registrations
- drm/mediatek: mtk_hdmi: Fix DDC adapter double put in v2
- drm/panthor: validate firmware interface structure sizes
- drm/panthor: reject firmware sections with oversized data
- drm/bridge: display-connector: Fix I2C adapter resource leak
- drm/vc4: Zero the tile state data array before each BIN job
- drm/vc4: Supply the overflow slot size in BPOS, not the whole bin BO size
- drm/dp: Read the PCON max FRL bandwidth only for HDMI DFPs
- can: ctucanfd: mark error-active controller status valid
- can: ctucanfd: handle bus error interrupts
- can: ctucanfd: unmap BAR0 using base address
- can: ctucanfd: use self-test mode for PRESUME_ACK
- can: ctucanfd: add missing MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE()
- can: peak_usb: validate uCAN receive record lengths
- can: peak_usb: peak_usb_start(): fix double free of transfer buffer on URB submit error
- can: peak_usb: add bounds check for USB channel index
- can: softing: fw_parse

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