{"id":593471,"date":"2026-08-23T12:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/593471\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T12:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:08:09","slug":"linux-7-3-input-subsystem-updates-merged-with-security-fixes-other-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/593471\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux 7.3 Input Subsystem Updates Merged With Security Fixes, Other Improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"HARDWARE\"
\nThe big set of input subsystem updates were merged earlier this week for the Linux 7.3 cycle. It’s a random assortment of different improvements as well as bug\/security fixes driven in part by the flow of AI\/LLM generated discoveries.<\/p>\n

Among the many input updates, the Synaptics RMI4 driver is updated for Linux 7.3 to now use touchscreen dimensions from the platform data where available. <\/p>\n

The Synaptics driver is now enabling InterTouch SMBus mode for the Dell Inspiron 3521 laptop. <\/p>\n

There is a new driver for the Imagis ISA1200 haptic motor driver IC used in mobile phones and tablets like the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. <\/p>\n

\"Keyboard<\/p>\n

And on the security side, the Linux psmouse driver has been hardened against a potential after use-after-free in the protocol disconnect code. There are also other PS\/2 driver fixes such as for possible under-flows in the FocalTech PS\/2 driver.<\/p>\n

When it comes to the input core code, there are improvements to opening, closing, and inhibiting of devices to ensure that input devices are fully ready before delivering events. <\/p>\n

Plus many other input fixes as outlined in the input pull request<\/a> that was merged already for the Linux 7.3 window.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The big set of input subsystem updates were merged earlier this week for the Linux 7.3 cycle. It’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[78437,85,46,78436,78434,78433,78440,78438,78435,78439,78432,78443,125,78441,78442],"class_list":["post-593471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-desktop-linux","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-linux-benchmarking","tag-linux-hardware-benchmarks","tag-linux-hardware-reviews","tag-linux-how-to","tag-linux-performance","tag-linux-server-benchmarks","tag-open-source-graphics","tag-phoronix","tag-phoronix-test-suite","tag-technology","tag-ubuntu-benchmarks","tag-ubuntu-hardware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}