[ANNOUNCE] v6.12.79-rt17

From: Daniel Wagner

Date: Sat Mar 28 2026 - 16:13:31 EST


Hello RT-list!

I'm pleased to announce the 6.12.79-rt17 stable release. This is just
an update to the lastest stable release. No RT specific changes.

You can get this release via the git tree at:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rt/linux-stable-rt.git

branch: v6.12-rt-patches
Head SHA1: 8302a41dab8d54ae76c748b5c431750cb8517258

Or to build 6.12.79-rt17 directly, the following patches should be applied:

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.12.tar.xz

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/patch-6.12.79.xz

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/6.12/older/patch-6.12.79-rt17.patch.xz

Signing key fingerprint:

5BF6 7BC5 0826 72CA BB45 ACAE 587C 5ECA 5D0A 306C

All keys used for the above files and repositories can be found on the
following git repository:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/kernel/pgpkeys.git

Enjoy!
Daniel