Home Assistant OS 18.4.rc2

Changes

Home Assistant OS 18.4.rc2 is another candidate for the 18.4 release. It adds several security updates on top of 18.4.rc1: Linux kernel 6.18.58, Buildroot 2025.02.19 and Go 1.27.3. It also fixes a regression that broke RTL8761B (0bda:a728) Bluetooth adapters since kernel 6.18.45.

Home Assistant Operating System

• Bump Buildroot to 2025.02.19 (#5110) @sairon
• Update Go to v1.27.3 (#5111) @sairon

Home Assistant Green

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.18.58 (#5108) @renovate[bot]
• Backport patch fixing RTL8761B (0bda:a728) Bluetooth adapter regression (#5112) @sairon

Open Virtual Appliance

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.18.58 (#5108) @renovate[bot]
• Backport patch fixing RTL8761B (0bda:a728) Bluetooth adapter regression (#5112) @sairon

Generic x86-64

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.18.58 (#5108) @renovate[bot]
• Backport patch fixing RTL8761B (0bda:a728) Bluetooth adapter regression (#5112) @sairon

Hardkernel ODROID

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.18.58 (#5108) @renovate[bot]
• Backport patch fixing RTL8761B (0bda:a728) Bluetooth adapter regression (#5112) @sairon

Khadas VIM Series

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.18.58 (#5108) @renovate[bot]
• Backport patch fixing RTL8761B (0bda:a728) Bluetooth adapter regression (#5112) @sairon

Generic aarch64

• Linux: Update kernel to 6.18.58 (#5108) @renovate[bot]
• Backport patch fixing RTL8761B (0bda:a728) Bluetooth adapter regression (#5112) @sairon