AetherOS v2.10.17

Changes since last release

• 92181a0 Report participant state when the sched mutex test fails
• 3b0d11b Reference-count process lookups instead of handing out raw pointers
• 6fdc636 Let directories grow past twelve blocks, and count i_blocks correctly

Version bump: patch

Artifacts

• aetheros-v2.10.17-esp.tar.gz — full ESP tree (drop into UEFI partition as EFI/)
• aetheros-v2.10.17-kernel.elf — kernel ELF (higher-half, loaded by bootloader)
• aetheros-v2.10.17-BOOTX64.EFI — UEFI bootloader application
• aetheros-v2.10.17-usb.img.gz — bootable USB image (write with dd or make flash)
• SHA256SUMS — checksums for the files above

All artifacts were boot-tested (AHCI + USB/xHCI) and the userland session test passed before publishing.

AetherOS v2.10.16

Changes since last release

• f0c9746 Stop the mutex losing wakeups, and make THREAD_DEAD actually terminal
• 46a7388 Save FPU state across a context switch
• 762610f Decide setuid from the inode that was actually executed
• f4a44f4 Bound every wait in the kernel test suites on the wall clock

Version bump: patch

Artifacts

• aetheros-v2.10.16-esp.tar.gz — full ESP tree (drop into UEFI partition as EFI/)
• aetheros-v2.10.16-kernel.elf — kernel ELF (higher-half, loaded by bootloader)
• aetheros-v2.10.16-BOOTX64.EFI — UEFI bootloader application
• aetheros-v2.10.16-usb.img.gz — bootable USB image (write with dd or make flash)
• SHA256SUMS — checksums for the files above

All artifacts were boot-tested (AHCI + USB/xHCI) and the userland session test passed before publishing.

AetherOS v2.10.15

Changes since last release

• b3a9c86 Stop the boot test waiting out its whole timeout

Version bump: patch

Artifacts

• aetheros-v2.10.15-esp.tar.gz — full ESP tree (drop into UEFI partition as EFI/)
• aetheros-v2.10.15-kernel.elf — kernel ELF (higher-half, loaded by bootloader)
• aetheros-v2.10.15-BOOTX64.EFI — UEFI bootloader application
• aetheros-v2.10.15-usb.img.gz — bootable USB image (write with dd or make flash)
• SHA256SUMS — checksums for the files above

All artifacts were boot-tested (AHCI + USB/xHCI) and the userland session test passed before publishing.

AetherOS v2.10.14

Changes since last release

• fb84f69 Make SMP real, and fix the four races that exposed
• 5e708cc Give CI teeth: detect faults, assert test counts, and exercise userland

Version bump: patch

Artifacts

• aetheros-v2.10.14-esp.tar.gz — full ESP tree (drop into UEFI partition as EFI/)
• aetheros-v2.10.14-kernel.elf — kernel ELF (higher-half, loaded by bootloader)
• aetheros-v2.10.14-BOOTX64.EFI — UEFI bootloader application
• aetheros-v2.10.14-usb.img.gz — bootable USB image (write with dd or make flash)
• SHA256SUMS — checksums for the files above

All artifacts were boot-tested (AHCI + USB/xHCI) and the userland session test passed before publishing.

AetherOS v2.10.13

Changes since last release

• bc1db66 Fix the critical and high findings from the 2026-08-14 audit
• 392d2e4 Audit the untested surface: ext2, drivers, userland, and CI

Version bump: patch

Artifacts

• aetheros-v2.10.13-esp.tar.gz — full ESP tree (drop into UEFI partition as EFI/)
• aetheros-v2.10.13-kernel.elf — kernel ELF (higher-half, loaded by bootloader)
• aetheros-v2.10.13-BOOTX64.EFI — UEFI bootloader application
• aetheros-v2.10.13-usb.img.gz — bootable USB image (write with dd or make flash)

AetherOS v2.10.12

Changes since last release

• d8cee8f Fix the findings from the 2026-08-12 audit
• 9109b7f Audit the fifteen commits since the last audit

Version bump: patch

Artifacts

• aetheros-v2.10.12-esp.tar.gz — full ESP tree (drop into UEFI partition as EFI/)
• aetheros-v2.10.12-kernel.elf — kernel ELF (higher-half, loaded by bootloader)
• aetheros-v2.10.12-BOOTX64.EFI — UEFI bootloader application
• aetheros-v2.10.12-usb.img.gz — bootable USB image (write with dd or make flash)

AetherOS v2.10.11

Changes since last release

• 934e238 Put the caller back in its own address space after a spawn
• c6dbeba Stop voluntary yields masquerading as timer interrupts
• 8d0f84b Record M11 as fixed in the audit

Version bump: patch

Artifacts

• aetheros-v2.10.11-esp.tar.gz — full ESP tree (drop into UEFI partition as EFI/)
• aetheros-v2.10.11-kernel.elf — kernel ELF (higher-half, loaded by bootloader)
• aetheros-v2.10.11-BOOTX64.EFI — UEFI bootloader application
• aetheros-v2.10.11-usb.img.gz — bootable USB image (write with dd or make flash)

AetherOS v2.10.10

Changes since last release

• e44c283 Delete the dead PS/2 accessors and correct the documentation
• 2529a32 Retransmit TCP segments the peer never acknowledged
• 5129555 Give the scheduler a real clock, so sleeps last as long as they say
• a7e6d20 Defer a kill that would strand a lock, and aim Ctrl+C at the foreground job
• 6b3c8ed Bound socket reads, report real RAM, and fix head and grep
• 479d70e Strip setuid on write, and make file modes visible
• ebaba82 Report short writes instead of claiming the whole buffer landed
• 9cbaaaf Refuse gracefully instead of dying when an unprivileged process asks too much

Version bump: patch

Artifacts

• aetheros-v2.10.10-esp.tar.gz — full ESP tree (drop into UEFI partition as EFI/)
• aetheros-v2.10.10-kernel.elf — kernel ELF (higher-half, loaded by bootloader)
• aetheros-v2.10.10-BOOTX64.EFI — UEFI bootloader application
• aetheros-v2.10.10-usb.img.gz — bootable USB image (write with dd or make flash)

AetherOS v2.10.9

Changes since last release

• 721b251 Make THREAD_DEAD terminal, and stop the Ctrl+C watcher eating stdin
• d79576e Route reads to the descriptor they name, and fix the socket path it exposed
• 04f0eab Hash passwords into /etc/shadow and make sudo authorize
• ff34fcc Add an audit of the current tree
• 445ba50 Block instead of spin while the VFS holds its lock
• 57ea597 Enable NX, SMEP and SMAP
• 73ee92f Build the kernel at -O2 and fix the DMA races it exposes
• eb00994 Fix process teardown leaks: address spaces, fds, and zombies
• 5095a42 Reference count pipe ends so shell pipelines transfer data
• 7ab961b Enforce directory permissions on filesystem mutations

Version bump: patch

Artifacts

• aetheros-v2.10.9-esp.tar.gz — full ESP tree (drop into UEFI partition as EFI/)
• aetheros-v2.10.9-kernel.elf — kernel ELF (higher-half, loaded by bootloader)
• aetheros-v2.10.9-BOOTX64.EFI — UEFI bootloader application
• aetheros-v2.10.9-usb.img.gz — bootable USB image (write with dd or make flash)

AetherOS v2.10.8

Changes since last release

• 59638d5 Fix timer-ISR deadlock on rq_lock and unrestricted sys_waitpid

Version bump: patch

Artifacts

• aetheros-v2.10.8-esp.tar.gz — full ESP tree (drop into UEFI partition as EFI/)
• aetheros-v2.10.8-kernel.elf — kernel ELF (higher-half, loaded by bootloader)
• aetheros-v2.10.8-BOOTX64.EFI — UEFI bootloader application
• aetheros-v2.10.8-usb.img.gz — bootable USB image (write with dd or make flash)