{
  "id": 15183805,
  "title": "Linux Lands Fix for Rare, Varying SMP Boot Hangs Affecting Kernels Since 2024",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/linux-lands-fix-for-rare-varying-smp-boot-hangs-affecting-kernels",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-17T10:54:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phoronix",
    "slug": "phoronix",
    "url": "https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-KThreads-NBCON"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Among the flurry of last minute patch activity ahead of tomorrow's presumed Linux 7.3 stable kernel release is a fix for addressing some rare hangs at boot time. The reports varied but ultimately tracked down to a kernel change made two years ago...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}