# XanMod Kernel 6.18.44-xanmod1

- Product: XanMod Kernel (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/xanmod)
- Vendor: XanMod
- Date: 2026-08-10
- Version: 6.18.44-xanmod1
- Original notes: https://gitlab.com/xanmod/linux/-/releases/6.18.44-xanmod1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/xanmod/releases/6.18.44-xanmod1

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- **fixed** — drm/tegra: fbdev: Do not assign to struct drm_fb_helper.info
- **fixed** — drm/fb-helper: Fix a locking bug in an error path
- **fixed** — usb: typec: ucsi: Correct teardown ordering in ucsi_init() error path
- **fixed** — can: isotp: fix timer drain order, wakeup handling and tx_gen ordering
- **changed** — can: use skb hash instead of private variable in headroom
- **fixed** — drm/xe/pt: Reset current_op in xe_pt_update_ops_init()
- **added** — drm/xe: Add page reclamation info to device info
- **added** — drm/xe: Stub out new pagefault layer
- **changed** — drm/xe: Use SVM range helpers in PT layer
- **fixed** — drm/i915/vrr: require valid min/max vfreq for VRR
- **changed** — drm/i915/vrr: Check HAS_VRR() first in intel_vrr_is_capable()
- **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]
- **fixed** — drm/xe/vm: Fix BO prefetch with CONSULT_MEM_ADVISE_PREF_LOC
- **fixed** — drm/xe/vm: Prevent binding of purged buffer objects
- **added** — drm/xe/bo: Add purgeable bo state tracking and field madv to xe_bo
- **added** — drm/xe: add xe_migrate_resolve wrapper and is_vram_resolve support
- **added** — drm/xe/pat: Add helper to query compression enable status
- **fixed** — drm/amd/display: Exit idle optimizations before programming
- **fixed** — drm/amd/display: check GRPH_FLIP status before sending event

- ad6ed82a8a85 Linux 6.18.44-xanmod1
- 3412e4a7152c Merge tag 'v6.18.44' into 6.18
- 1efe5d048a39 Linux 6.18.44
- 358b5dcf1fd7 drm/tegra: fbdev: Do not assign to struct drm_fb_helper.info
- e7731507270c drm/fb-helper: Fix a locking bug in an error path
- 7bc7af179916 usb: typec: ucsi: Correct teardown ordering in ucsi_init() error path
- 10be509fa8fd can: isotp: fix timer drain order, wakeup handling and tx_gen ordering
- 0902f06a6c0b can: use skb hash instead of private variable in headroom
- 157b1e3384d7 drm/xe/pt: Reset current_op in xe_pt_update_ops_init()
- b1a71151317c drm/xe: Add page reclamation info to device info
- 6107b64cfcce drm/xe: Stub out new pagefault layer
- 184de3d31f72 drm/xe: Use SVM range helpers in PT layer
- df1582c0a101 drm/i915/vrr: require valid min/max vfreq for VRR
- 894d4a739566 drm/i915/vrr: Check HAS_VRR() first in intel_vrr_is_capable()
- 21976fe52584 drm/xe: Wait on external BO kernel fences in exec IOCTL
- b8ad916ba4e1 drm/exec: Remove the index parameter from drm_exec_for_each_locked_obj[_reverse]
- d256dac008d1 drm/xe/vm: Fix BO prefetch with CONSULT_MEM_ADVISE_PREF_LOC
- 8fa8b0a46372 drm/xe/vm: Prevent binding of purged buffer objects
- 1ba553ee0b52 drm/xe/bo: Add purgeable bo state tracking and field madv to xe_bo
- 0015b054b06d drm/xe: add xe_migrate_resolve wrapper and is_vram_resolve support
- 005b9b443160 drm/xe/pat: Add helper to query compression enable status
- 3cb42a973f88 drm/amd/display: Exit idle optimizations before programming
- dbbe08d73b8b drm/amd/display: check GRPH_FLIP status before sending event
- b485bfb45555 drm/xe/guc: Fix buffer overflow in steered register list allocation
- 30b2d0843a41 drm/amdgpu: Respect placement requirements in amdgpu_gtt_mgr functions
- e06c39cc1c48 drm/amdgpu: Fix context pstate override handling
- 4d49ca777cf1 drm/tegra: fbdev: Remove offset into framebuffer memory
- 3f5807745798 drm/fb-helper: Allocate and release fb_info in single place
- 165613191ad9 userfaultfd: prevent registration of special VMAs
- 02d378828af8 wifi: brcmfmac: drain bus_reset work on device removal
- d6f322d68abf media: uapi: rkisp: Correct name version enum
- 5c6d5d2484ca media: qcom: camss: Fix RDI streaming for CSID 340
- f730ee0ef8fa media: qcom: camss: csid-340: Fix unused variables
- 276420a86e75 media: chips-media: wave5: Support CBP profile
- 3f7b3728dd90 usb: typec: ucsi: Fix race condition and ordering in port unregistration
- 58d9caa64f9c usb: typec: ucsi: split connector lock classes
- 2bf24a7e190a net/handshake: Drain pending requests at net namespace exit
- 6e7b52bd1394 net/handshake: Close the submit-side sock_hold race
- 68eba6519cbd net/handshake: hand off the pinned file reference to accept_doit
- b913801ad9b9 net/handshake: Take a long-lived file reference at submit
- 5ddfc47e1228 net/handshake: Fix null-ptr-deref in handshake_complete()
- 97e745b4ea05 net/handshake: convert handshake_nl_accept_doit() to FD_PREPARE()
- f00dd592abe7 file: ensure cleanup
- 10827847c40c file: add FD_{ADD,PREPARE}()
- 10065fb89165 mm/huge_memory: unlock i_mmap_rwsem before releasing after-split folios
- be11b4bf498a fs/proc/task_mmu: fix PAGEMAP_SCAN written state for unpopulated ptes
- 2b9a07002c2f mm/hugetlb: fix swap entry corruption when clearing uffd-wp at fork()
- fc0c76b0450f drm/xe/rtp: Ensure locking/ref counting for OA whitelists
- 9783d8662b56 drm/xe/oa: (De-)whitelist OA registers on OA stream open/release
- f5966d900662 drm/xe/rtp: (De-)whitelist OA registers for all hwe's for a gt
- d43abc858f08 drm/xe/rtp: Toggle 'deny' bit to (de-)whitelist OA regs
- c2cfee9bf8d4 drm/xe/rtp: Save OA nonpriv registers to register save/restore lists
- 4bb92418e749 drm/xe/rtp: Generalize whitelist_apply_to_hwe
- cc716d3ac560 drm/xe/rtp: Keep track of non-OA nonpriv slots
- f73e97080deb drm/xe/rtp: Maintain OA whitelists separately
- 7982678fa21e drm/xe/rtp: Add RING_FORCE_TO_NONPRIV_DENY to OA whitelists
- 542d3b9fa8ec drm/xe/rtp: Refactor OAG MMIO trigger register whitelist

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