# XanMod Kernel 7.1.8-xanmod1

- Product: XanMod Kernel (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/xanmod)
- Vendor: XanMod
- Date: 2026-08-10
- Version: 7.1.8-xanmod1
- Original notes: https://gitlab.com/xanmod/linux/-/releases/7.1.8-xanmod1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/xanmod/releases/7.1.8-xanmod1

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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
- **changed** — drm/xe: Move xe->info.devid|revid initialization
- **changed** — drm/xe: Move xe->info.force_execlist initialization
- **changed** — drm/xe: Drop unused param from xe_device_create()
- **fixed** — usb: typec: ucsi: Fix race condition and ordering in port unregistration
- **changed** — usb: typec: ucsi: split connector lock classes
- **fixed** — drm/xe/rtp: Ensure locking/ref counting for OA whitelists
- **fixed** — drm/vmwgfx: validate external BO copy bounds for both stride paths
- **fixed** — drm/vmwgfx: enforce cursor size limits for MOB cursors
- **fixed** — drm/vmwgfx: avoid destroy_workqueue(NULL) on vkms init failure
- **fixed** — drm/amdkfd: hold event_mutex while checkpointing CRIU events
- **fixed** — drm/amdkfd: fix QID bit leak in pqm_create_queue()
- **security** — drm/amdkfd: Fix missing authorization check in KFD_IOC_DBG_TRAP_DISABLE

- a8992243188e Linux 7.1.8-xanmod1
- 5dea5c12fecb Merge tag 'v7.1.8' into 7.1
- 25c76bea853d Linux 7.1.8
- bed97cd6f0ea usb: typec: ucsi: Correct teardown ordering in ucsi_init() error path
- 971962e96618 drm/amd/display: Exit idle optimizations before programming
- be5c6ca1924a drm/amd/display: check GRPH_FLIP status before sending event
- c1a029cb1aeb media: chips-media: wave5: Support CBP profile
- 5d363d00bc97 drm/xe: Wait on external BO kernel fences in exec IOCTL
- 1366bf0496c2 drm/exec: Remove the index parameter from drm_exec_for_each_locked_obj[_reverse]
- 3e891bfe08b4 drm/xe: Set TTM device beneficial_order to 9 (2M)
- 15dfb66b557a drm/xe: Separate early xe_device initialization
- 805dcf380590 drm/xe: Move xe->info.devid|revid initialization
- d4c139fe4548 drm/xe: Move xe->info.force_execlist initialization
- f571c2616e58 drm/xe: Drop unused param from xe_device_create()
- bc7a0f721123 usb: typec: ucsi: Fix race condition and ordering in port unregistration
- 30df04e2d569 usb: typec: ucsi: split connector lock classes
- 2c55034e53c5 drm/xe/rtp: Ensure locking/ref counting for OA whitelists
- 3be72ad315db drm/xe/oa: (De-)whitelist OA registers on OA stream open/release
- 43114690b12f drm/xe/rtp: (De-)whitelist OA registers for all hwe's for a gt
- e8d1f040eb15 drm/xe/rtp: Toggle 'deny' bit to (de-)whitelist OA regs
- ddcc9e4a8ebe drm/xe/rtp: Save OA nonpriv registers to register save/restore lists
- 339bc3ab303e drm/xe/rtp: Generalize whitelist_apply_to_hwe
- cc6b3f0c82b2 drm/xe/rtp: Keep track of non-OA nonpriv slots
- 16449f284fa4 drm/xe/rtp: Maintain OA whitelists separately
- 5e4a2d15637a drm/vmwgfx: validate external BO copy bounds for both stride paths
- 5c725901908e drm/vmwgfx: use check_add_overflow for shader size+offset bound
- 9109b7935b9c drm/vmwgfx: enforce cursor size limits for MOB cursors
- 0ee0532f1d40 drm/vmwgfx: avoid destroy_workqueue(NULL) on vkms init failure
- 9759da60e38d drm/vmwgfx: bound DMA command body size against suffix pointer
- c77cf8edae2b drm/vmwgfx: validate DRAW_PRIMITIVES header size before division
- 4df39eb99bb4 drm/vmwgfx: drop dma_buf reference on foreign-fd prime import
- bacbdc0be793 drm/vmwgfx: take fman->lock around fence list mutation in fifo_down
- 2c10e2271a08 drm/vmwgfx: clamp dirty-page range with min, not max
- 6b1eb0b63cc1 drm/vmwgfx: reject DX_BIND_QUERY without a DX context
- 3b2bb16a5b62 drm/vmwgfx: fix guest_memory_dirty bitfield clobbered as size
- bed80be08c0b drm/amdkfd: hold event_mutex while checkpointing CRIU events
- 46c6041c7b02 drm/amdkfd: Handle invalid event type in CRIU event restore
- 7c54bd225d83 drm/amdkfd: fix uint32_t overflow in EOP ring buffer size alignment
- 7c35bf94150d drm/amdkfd: fix QID bit leak in pqm_create_queue()
- 4070909ac042 drm/amdkfd: Fix missing authorization check in KFD_IOC_DBG_TRAP_DISABLE
- f556bc844cc4 drm/amd/display: use proper context for logging
- 1c0b90e44768 drm/amd/display: Silence link_dpms I2C retimer failures
- 3fc61f526ffa drm/amd/display: Increase HDMI AV mute wait from 2 to 3 frames
- 1f93537881fd drm/amd/display: Fix divide-by-zero in calculate_mcache_setting on zero viewport
- 062cfd6c678f drm/amd/display: check if dml21_add_phantom_plane() is successful
- 221d2766fefa drm/amd/pm: use milliwatts for GPU power sensors
- dfc5d288c7c9 drm/amd/pm: hide pp_table sysfs on APUs
- b628f2c6feb3 drm/amd/pm: fix pptable use-after-free
- 219eed1a041e drm/amd/pm: fix torn gpu metrics reads
- 30e7e004bef7 drm/amdgpu: cap GTT size to physical RAM on APUs
- 3529c9b1e4e7 drm/amdgpu: restore UMD profile pstate after runtime resume
- a0062a4653e4 drm/amdgpu: move debug_vm handling to amdgpu_cs_parser_fini
- 4296fd8fe37a drm/mediatek: ovl_adaptor: balance component registrations
- 2faeaaf28f92 drm/mediatek: mtk_hdmi: Fix DDC adapter double put in v2
- ca41d9f3a215 drm/panthor: validate firmware interface structure sizes
- 7f4674d986c1 drm/panthor: reject firmware sections with oversized data
- f32aeba8e9ef drm/bridge: display-co

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