Kernel 7.4-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here:  https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2611.0/00796.html

Latest NVIDIA 615.78.08 and VMware 26.0.1 compiled OK, but Plasma/Wayland tombstoned after loading:

[ 4544.298378] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
[ 4544.298558] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
[ 4544.298738] PGD 376419067 P4D 376419067 PUD 37641b067 PMD 0
[ 4544.298938] Oops: Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[ 4544.299078] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 76121 Comm: krfcommd Tainted: P O 7.4.0-rc1 #1 PREEMPT(lazy)
[ 4544.299468] Tainted: [P]=PROPRIETARY_MODULE, [O]=OOT_MODULE
[ 4544.299664] Hardware name: HP HP Z2 Mini G5 Workstation/8754, BIOS S50 Ver. 01.04.20 09/01/2025
[ 4544.299965] RIP: 0010:kthread_fetch_affinity+0xe/0x90
[ 4544.300124] Code: ae 00 0f 0b eb ca 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 41 54 49 89 fc 55 48 89 f5 d3 e8 f1 89 06 <00> 49 8b 9c 24 88 00 00 00 48 85 db 74 46 bf 01 00 00 00 e8 0a 8f
[ 4544.300835] RSP: 0018:ffffac2d81363ec0 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 4544.301003] RAX: 000000004d408978 RBX: ffff9e694d408900 RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 4544.301243] RDX: ffff9e684bf19578 RSI: ffffac2d81363ed8 RDI: ffff9e694d408900
[ 4544.301482] RBP: ffffac2d81363ed8 R08: 000004220d403661 R09: 0000000000000001
[ 4544.301727] R10: 0000000000000010 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff9e694d408900
[ 4544.301975] R13: ffff9e694d408900 R14: ffffffffc0de1fc0 R15: 0000000000000000
[ 4544.302242] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9e6fb5f0d000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 4544.302559] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 4544.302767] CR2: ffffffffffffff8b CR3: 000000014f5a9002 CR4: 00000000007706f0
[ 4544.303025] PKRU: 55555554
[ 4544.303094] Call Trace:
[ 4544.303146] <TASK>
[ 4544.303186] ? kthread_affine_node+0x7f/0xb0
[ 4544.303314] ? kthread+0xf6/0x110
[ 4544.303401] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 4544.303506] ? ret_from_fork+0x1f8/0x2a0
[ 4544.303619] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 4544.303723] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 4544.303827] ? ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
[ 4544.303948] </TASK>
[ 4544.303990] Modules linked in: rfcomm snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_timer snd soundcore ftdi_sio uhid bnep btusb btrtl btbcm btintel bluetooth vmnet(O) vmmon(O) nvidia_uvm(PO) nvidia_drm(PO) nvidia_modeset(PO) nvidia(PO) drm_display_helper drm_kms_helper nft_chain_nat nf_nat xt_multiport xt_cgroup xt_mark xt_owner xt_tcpudp nft_compat x_tables joydev pl2303 vmw_vsock_vmci_transport vsock vmw_vmci rfkill nf_tables x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp ucsi_ccg coretemp processor_thermal_device_pci_legacy processor_thermal_device ee1004 rapl processor_thermal_wt_hint platform_temperature_control processor_thermal_soc_slider processor_thermal_rfim processor_thermal_rapl wmi_bmof iTCO_wdt intel_cstate intel_rapl_common video processor_thermal_wt_req intel_uncore pcspkr processor_thermal_power_floor int3403_thermal processor_thermal_mbox i2c_nvidia_gpu e1000e int340x_thermal_zone wmi i2c_i801 intel_soc_dts_iosf iosf_mbi i2c_smbus int3400_thermal acpi_thermal_rel acpi_pad intel_pch_thermal nfsd auth_rpcgss nfs_acl lockd
[ 4544.304029] sch_fq_codel grace sunrpc drm dm_multipath zram zsmalloc ucsi_acpi typec_ucsi roles typec nf_conntrack_pptp nf_conntrack fuse tls nf_defrag_ipv4 i2c_dev [last unloaded: drm_kms_helper]
[ 4544.308203] CR2: ffffffffffffff8b
[ 4544.308291] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
[ 4544.308430] RIP: 0010:kthread_fetch_affinity+0xe/0x90
[ 4544.308442] Code: ae 00 0f 0b eb ca 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 41 54 49 89 fc 55 48 89 f5 d3 e8 f1 89 06 <00> 49 8b 9c 24 88 00 00 00 48 85 db 74 46 bf 01 00 00 00 e8 0a 8f
[ 4544.308479] RSP: 0018:ffffac2d81363ec0 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 4544.308489] RAX: 000000004d408978 RBX: ffff9e694d408900 RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 4544.308502] RDX: ffff9e684bf19578 RSI: ffffac2d81363ed8 RDI: ffff9e694d408900
[ 4544.308515] RBP: ffffac2d81363ed8 R08: 000004220d403661 R09: 0000000000000001
[ 4544.308528] R10: 0000000000000010 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff9e694d408900
[ 4544.308541] R13: ffff9e694d408900 R14: ffffffffc0de1fc0 R15: 0000000000000000
[ 4544.309406] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9e6fb5f0d000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 4544.310274] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 4544.311151] CR2: ffffffffffffff8b CR3: 000000014f5a9002 CR4: 00000000007706f0
[ 4544.312021] PKRU: 55555554
[ 4544.312885] note: krfcommd[76121] exited with irqs disabled
[ 4546.323834] block nvme1n1: No UUID available providing old NGUID
[ 4563.090489] overlayfs: upper fs does not support file handles, falling back to index=off.
[ 4563.094458] overlayfs: upper fs does not support file handles, falling back to index=off.
[ 4563.096685] overlayfs: upper fs does not support file handles, falling back to index=off.


Some applications started to hang after this, so I reverted to 7.3.x..

Robert Gadsdon.   November 2nd 2026