A new XanMod Linux Kernel based on the latest Linux LTS Kernel 5.10.71 has been released. XanMod is a general-purpose Linux kernel distribution with custom settings and new features. The real-time version is recommended for critical runtime applications such as Linux gaming eSports, streaming, live productions and ultra-low latency enthusiasts.

XanMod is a general-purpose Linux kernel distribution with custom settings and new features. Built to provide a stable, responsive and smooth desktop experience.

The real-time version is recommended for critical runtime applications such as Linux gaming eSports, streaming, live productions and ultra-low latency enthusiasts.

Supports all recent 64-bit versions of Debian and Ubuntu-based systems.

Main Features

• Preemptive Full Tickless Kernel at 500Hz w/ Tuned CPU Core Scheduler.
• RCU Boost for better responsiveness and lower overall system latency.
• Block Layer w/ multi-threaded runqueue for high I/O throughput.
• Caching, Virtual Memory Manager and CPUFreq Governor improvements.
• BBR TCP Congestion Control + FQ-PIE Packet Scheduling and AQM Algorithm [5.8].
• ORC Unwinder for Kernel Stack Traces (debuginfo) implementation.
• Third-party patchset available: ZSTD kernel, initrd and modules support [5.8][5.6-rt], Full x86_64 FSGSBASE instructions [5.8], Clear Linux [partial], CK's Hrtimer Patchset [5.8][5.4], Wine / Proton Fsync, PCIe ACS Override, BMQ Process Scheduler [5.4 stock disabled], Aufs [5.4] and GCC graysky's.
• Real-time Linux kernel (PREEMPT_RT) build available [5.6-rt][5.4-rt].
• Generic kernel package for compatibility with most Debian & Ubuntu based distributions. Built on the latest GCC 10.2 and Binutils 2.35.
• GPLv2 license. Can be built for any distribution or purpose.

Install via Terminal

echo 'deb  http://deb.xanmod.org releases main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xanmod-kernel.list && wget -qO -  https://dl.xanmod.org/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

Then update and install:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install linux-xanmod

Reboot.

Meta packages available: linux-xanmod, linux-xanmod-edge, linux-xanmod-lts, linux-xanmod-rt-edge and linux-xanmod-rt.

To try without adding the repository

Download from Sourceforge and install:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xanmod/files/

1. In terminal:

   sudo dpkg -i linux-image-*xanmod*.deb linux-headers-*xanmod*.deb

2. Reboot.

• Check it:

  cat /proc/version

* linux-firmware-image package is optional

Linux 5.10.71-xanmod1

• 8e0ccfa Linux 5.10.71-xanmod1
• e1d1d7a Merge tag 'v5.10.71' into 5.10
• 5cd40b1 Linux 5.10.71
• 96f439a netfilter: nf_tables: Fix oversized kvmalloc() calls
• e2d1923 netfilter: conntrack: serialize hash resizes and cleanups
• deb2949 KVM: x86: Handle SRCU initialization failure during page track init
• f7ac4d2 HID: usbhid: free raw_report buffers in usbhid_stop
• 57a269a mm: don't allow oversized kvmalloc() calls
• da5b8b9 netfilter: ipset: Fix oversized kvmalloc() calls
• dedfc35 HID: betop: fix slab-out-of-bounds Write in betop_probe
• 17ccc64 crypto: ccp - fix resource leaks in ccp_run_aes_gcm_cmd()
• 28f0fdb usb: hso: remove the bailout parameter
• 4ad4852 ASoC: dapm: use component prefix when checking widget names
• 5c3a90b net: udp: annotate data race around udp_sk(sk)->corkflag
• a7f4c63 HID: u2fzero: ignore incomplete packets without data
• 3770e21 ext4: fix potential infinite loop in ext4_dx_readdir()
• a63474d ext4: add error checking to ext4_ext_replay_set_iblocks()
• 9ccf354 ext4: fix reserved space counter leakage
• dc09421 ext4: limit the number of blocks in one ADD_RANGE TLV
• d11502f ext4: fix loff_t overflow in ext4_max_bitmap_size()
• 7cea848 ipack: ipoctal: fix module reference leak
• 843efca ipack: ipoctal: fix missing allocation-failure check
• 67d1df6 ipack: ipoctal: fix tty-registration error handling
• f46e5db ipack: ipoctal: fix tty registration race
• 5f6a309 ipack: ipoctal: fix stack information leak
• 3bef1b7 debugfs: debugfs_create_file_size(): use IS_ERR to check for error
• 15fd395 elf: don't use MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE for elf interpreter mappings
• 011b4de nvme: add command id quirk for apple controllers
• 44c600a hwmon: (pmbus/mp2975) Add missed POUT attribute for page 1 mp2975 controller
• 7fc5f60 perf/x86/intel: Update event constraints for ICX
• 3db5382 af_unix: fix races in sk_peer_pid and sk_peer_cred accesses
• d0d520c net: sched: flower: protect fl_walk() with rcu
• e63f6d8 net: phy: bcm7xxx: Fixed indirect MMD operations
• 071febc net: hns3: fix always enable rx vlan filter problem after selftest
• 85e4f5d net: hns3: reconstruct function hns3_self_test
• 8e89876 net: hns3: fix prototype warning
• d4a14fa net: hns3: fix show wrong state when add existing uc mac address
• 64dae95 net: hns3: fix mixed flag HCLGE_FLAG_MQPRIO_ENABLE and HCLGE_FLAG_DCB_ENABLE
• 8d3d276 net: hns3: keep MAC pause mode when multiple TCs are enabled
• f8ba689 net: hns3: do not allow call hns3_nic_net_open repeatedly
• 20f6c4a ixgbe: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ixgbe_xdp_setup
• 16138cf scsi: csiostor: Add module softdep on cxgb4
• 0306a2c Revert "block, bfq: honor already-setup queue merges"
• 1f2ca30 net: ks8851: fix link error
• f1dd6e1 selftests, bpf: test_lwt_ip_encap: Really disable rp_filter
• 4967ae9 selftests, bpf: Fix makefile dependencies on libbpf
• 59efda5 bpf: Exempt CAP_BPF from checks against bpf_jit_limit
• f908072 RDMA/hns: Fix inaccurate prints
• 7e3eda3 e100: fix buffer overrun in e100_get_regs
• f2edf80 e100: fix length calculation in e100_get_regs_len
• c20a0ad dsa: mv88e6xxx: Include tagger overhead when setting MTU for DSA and CPU ports
• 7b771b1 dsa: mv88e6xxx: Fix MTU definition
• ee4d049 dsa: mv88e6xxx: 6161: Use chip wide MAX MTU
• d35d95e drm/i915/request: fix early tracepoints
• 8321738 smsc95xx: fix stalled rx after link change
• 8de12ad net: ipv4: Fix rtnexthop len when RTA_FLOW is present
• b22c5e2 net: enetc: fix the incorrect clearing of IF_MODE bits
• 5ee4053 hwmon: (tmp421) fix rounding for negative values
• 89d96f1 hwmon: (tmp421) report /PVLD condition as fault
• 560271d mptcp: don't return sockets in foreign netns
• 9c6591a sctp: break out if skb_header_pointer returns NULL in sctp_rcv_ootb
• 2c204cf mac80211-hwsim: fix late beacon hrtimer handling
• 8576e72 mac80211: mesh: fix potentially unaligned access
• 1282bb0 mac80211: limit injected vht mcs/nss in ieee80211_parse_tx_radiotap
• 3748871 mac80211: Fix ieee80211_amsdu_aggregate frag_tail bug
• 76bbb48 hwmon: (mlxreg-fan) Return non-zero value when fan current state is enforced from sysfs
• c61736a bpf, mips: Validate conditional branch offsets
• 3f4e689 RDMA/cma: Fix listener leak in rdma_cma_listen_on_all() failure
• 62ba3c5 IB/cma: Do not send IGMP leaves for sendonly Multicast groups
• d93f655 bpf: Handle return value of BPF_PROG_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS prog
• 12cbdae ipvs: check that ip_vs_conn_tab_bits is between 8 and 20
• 9f382e1 drm/amdgpu: correct initial cp_hqd_quantum for gfx9
• c331fad drm/amd/display: Pass PCI deviceid into DC
• 0a16c97 RDMA/cma: Do not change route.addr.src_addr.ss_family
• 31a13f0 media: ir_toy: prevent device from hanging during transmit
• 249e5e5 KVM: rseq: Update rseq when processing NOTIFY_RESUME on xfer to KVM guest
• 3778511 KVM: nVMX: Filter out all unsupported controls when eVMCS was activated
• 4ed671e KVM: x86: nSVM: don't copy virt_ext from vmcb12
• bebabb7 KVM: x86: Fix stack-out-of-bounds memory access from ioapic_write_indirect()
• 782122a x86/kvmclock: Move this_cpu_pvti into kvmclock.h
• 57de2dc mac80211: fix use-after-free in CCMP/GCMP RX
• 201ba84 scsi: ufs: Fix illegal offset in UPIU event trace
• bd4e446 gpio: pca953x: do not ignore i2c errors
• 516d905 hwmon: (w83791d) Fix NULL pointer dereference by removing unnecessary structure field
• 1499bb2 hwmon: (w83792d) Fix NULL pointer dereference by removing unnecessary structure field
• 7c4fd5d hwmon: (w83793) Fix NULL pointer dereference by removing unnecessary structure field
• 196dabd hwmon: (tmp421) handle I2C errors
• 23a6dfa fs-verity: fix signed integer overflow with i_size near S64_MAX
• d1d0016 ACPI: NFIT: Use fallback node id when numa info in NFIT table is incorrect
• e9edc7b ALSA: hda/realtek: Quirks to enable speaker output for Lenovo Legion 7i 15IMHG05, Yoga 7i 14ITL5/15ITL5, and 13s Gen2 laptops.
• 23115ca usb: cdns3: fix race condition before setting doorbell
• 3945c48 cpufreq: schedutil: Destroy mutex before kobject_put() frees the memory
• 2193cf7 scsi: qla2xxx: Changes to support kdump kernel for NVMe BFS
• a7d4fc8 cpufreq: schedutil: Use kobject release() method to free sugov_tunables
• d570c48 tty: Fix out-of-bound vmalloc access in imageblit

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Download Linux 5.10.71-xanmod1 source from GitHub