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Security researcher and Linux kernel contributor Alexander Popov has proposed a new kernel option called "pkill_on_warn" that would kill all threads in a process if that process provoked a kernel warning. This wouldn't change the default kernel behavior but if/when the patch is merged, booting the kernel with pkill_on_warn=1 would enable this new behavior to kill processes causing kernel warnings.
A friendly reminder for Linux kernel 5.13 users: the Linux 5.13 kernel series has reached end of life and it will no longer be supported with security updates. Upgrade to Linux Kernel 5.14 as soon as you have the chance to do so!
Better support for Microsoft's NTFS file-system is coming to the Linux 5.15 kernel, along with some important process and security lessons for developers about how code submissions to the kernel should be made.
