Container-Optimized OS Release Notes: Milestone 121

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November 17, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-294-25

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.113 v27.5.1 v2.0.6 See List
Change

Updated app-containers/runc to v1.2.8.

Feature

Added support for the Lustre 2.14.0_p224 drivers.

Fixed

Backported an upstream commit to fix high CPU usage when trying to find suitable blocks in ext4 fs.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811813 -> 811764

November 11, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-294-17

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.113 v27.5.1 v2.0.6 See List
Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811792 -> 811813

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-40083 in the Linux kernel.

Fixed

Upgraded sys-apps/makedumpfile to v1.7.8.

Fixed

Fixed a race condition where unmounting file systems monitored by inotify or fanotify could result in kernel crash.

Fixed

Upgraded sys-apps/pv to v1.9.44.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-40078 in the Linux kernel.

November 07, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-294-12

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.113 v27.5.1 v2.0.6 See List
Security

Fixed CVE-2025-40105 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-40099 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-40103 in the Linux kernel.

Fixed

Fixed bcache latency spikes.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-31133, CVE-2025-52565, and CVE-2025-52881 in app-containers/runc.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811785 -> 811792

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-40040 in the Linux kernel.

November 03, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-294-8

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.113 v27.5.1 v2.0.6 See List
Security

Fixed CVE-2025-38073 in the Linux kernel.

Fixed

Added support for NVIDIA driver v535.274.02 and v570.195.03.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-11413,11414 in binutils-libs.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811835 -> 811785

October 27, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-294-2

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.113 v27.5.1 v2.0.6 See List
Announcement

This is an LTS Refresh release.

Fixed

Upgraded dev-db/sqlite to v3.50.3.

Fixed

Upgraded sys-apps/less to v685.

Fixed

Upgraded dev-libs/expat to v2.7.3.

Fixed

Reduced gcr_wait_online retry gap.

Fixed

Upgraded dev-lang/go to v1.23.12.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-11495 in binutils-libs.

Fixed

Upgraded app-admin/sudo to v1.9.17_p2.

Fixed

Upgraded sys-apps/pv to v1.9.42.

Fixed

Upgraded app-admin/google-guest-configs to v20250805.00.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-11494 in binutils-libs.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-11412 in binutils-libs.

Fixed

Upgraded sys-auth/pambase to v20250906.

Fixed

Upgraded sys-apps/hwdata to v0.400.

Change

Updated app-containers/runc to v1.2.7.

October 20, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-199-105

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.105 v27.5.1 v2.0.6 See List
Fixed

Added task information collection to sosreports.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-39977 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-39980 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-39970 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-39968 in the Linux kernel.

Fixed

Updated golang.org/x/crypto, golang.org/x/net, and golang.org/x/oauth2 in kubelet and kubectl.

Security

Fixed KCTF-cd8ae32 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-39969 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-39972 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-39971 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-39975 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-39998 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-39961 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed KCTF-6bb73db in the Linux Kernel.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811792 -> 811798

October 13, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-199-98

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.105 v27.5.1 v2.0.6 See List
Fixed

Partially fixed an issue where excessive contention among writeback kworkers when switching a large number of inodes between cgroups could lead to system unresponsiveness.

Security

Fixed KCTF-134121b in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-39931 in the Linux kernel.

Fixed

Updated toolbox container image tag to v20251002.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811724 -> 811792

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-41244 in app-emulation/open-vm-tools in anthos variant.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-11081, CVE-2025-11082 and CVE-2025-11083 in sys-libs/binutils-libs.

Fixed

Upgraded app-admin/node-problem-detector to v0.8.22.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-39953 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-39947 in the Linux kernel.

Feature

Added support for NVIDIA driver v580.95.05. Updated all latest driver version and default driver versions for NVIDIA_GB200 and NVIDIA_B200 to v580.95.05.

Fixed

Upgraded sys-apps/hwdata to v0.399.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-23143 in the Linux kernel.

October 06, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-199-88

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.105 v27.5.1 v2.0.6 See List
Security

Fixed CVE-2025-50181 in dev-python/urllib3.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-39882 in the Linux kernel.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811826 -> 811724

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-39911 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-39886 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-39914 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-22106 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-39913 in the Linux kernel.

Fixed

Add support for NVIDIA MFT Tools v4.33.0.

Security

Fixed KCTF-1b34cbb in the Linux kernel.

September 29, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-199-80

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.105 v27.5.1 v2.0.6 See List
Security

Updated dev-python/jinja to v3.1.6. This resolves CVE-2024-56326, CVE-2024-56201 and CVE-2025-27516.

Security

Fixed KCTF-0aeb54a in the Linux Kernel.

Fixed

Updated golang.org/x/oauth2, golang.org/x/net, golang.org/x/crypto, and github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 in Docker.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-39881 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-39883 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-40300 in the Linux kernel.

September 24, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-199-73

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.105 v27.5.1 v2.0.6 See List
Security

Upgraded dev-libs/libxml2 to version 2.13.9. This fixes CVE-2025-9714.

Fixed

Added support for NVIDIA driver v580.82.07. Updated all latest driver version and default driver versions for NVIDIA_GB200 and NVIDIA_B200 to v580.82.07.

Fixed

Upgraded dev-libs/libxslt to version 1.1.43-r1.

Change

Updated cos-gpu-installer to v2.5.7.

Change

Enabled Coherent Driver Memory Management by default when installing GPU drivers on GB2000.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811710 -> 811752

September 16, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-199-65

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.105 v27.5.1 v2.0.6 See List
Fixed

Updated the Linux kernel to v6.6.105.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-38528 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-38639 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-38588 in the Linux kernel.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811788 -> 811710

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-38645 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-38349 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-38608 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-38572 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-38550 in the Linux kernel.

Feature

Added support for NVIDIA MFT Tools on arm64.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-38568 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-38563 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-38622 in the Linux kernel.

Feature

Added GDRCopy kernel module for NVIDIA drivers.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-38539 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-38640 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-39782 in the Linux kernel.

September 08, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-199-56

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.97 v27.5.1 v2.0.6 See List
Security

Fixed CVE-2025-38351 in the Linux kernel.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811774 -> 811788

Fixed

Upgraded sys-apps/file to v5.46-r3.

September 02, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-199-52

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.97 v27.5.1 v2.0.6 See List
Security

Fixed KCTF-62708b9 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed KCTF-aba0c94 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-6052 in dev-libs/glib.

Fixed

Upgraded sys-apps/hwdata to v0.398.

Security

Fixed KCTF-6db015f in the Linux kernel.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811817 -> 811774

August 25, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-199-43

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.97 v27.5.1 v2.0.6 See List
Security

Fixed KCTF-abad3d0 in the Linux kernel.

Feature

Added IPv6 support for machines using the IDPF driver.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811736 -> 811817

Feature

Disabled DNSSEC by default for COS TPU VMs.

Fixed

Added support for the Lustre 2.14.0_p216 drivers.

August 18, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-199-38

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.97 v27.5.1 v2.0.6 See List
Security

Upgraded sys-libs/binutils-libs to version 2.45. This fixes CVE-2025-8224,CVE-2025-8225 and CVE-2025-1153.

Security

Fixed KCTF-01d3c84 in the Linux kernel.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811774 -> 811736

August 14, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-199-34

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.97 v27.5.1 v2.0.6 See List
Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811817 -> 811774

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-38499 in the linux kernel.

August 12, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-199-28

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.97 v27.5.1 v2.0.6 See List
Fixed

Updated containerd to v2.0.6.

Feature

Added NVIDIA GPU driver's R580 branch. Updated the LATEST GPU driver label to version 580.65.06.

Feature

Removed the cloud-final.service dependency on multi-user.target which could delay cloud-init user-data scripts indefinitely when long-running startup scripts are used.

Fixed

Reverted a containerd change which reduced the default soft file descriptor limit for processes in containers to 1024.

Fixed

Upgraded net-nds/rpcbind to v1.2.7.

Fixed

Upgraded virtual/logger to v0-r2.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811826 -> 811817

Security

Upgraded dev-vcs/git to version 2.49.1. This fixes CVE-2025-48385, CVE-2025-27613, CVE-2025-27614, CVE-2025-48384, CVE-2025-46835.

Fixed

Upgraded app-containers/docker-credential-helpers to v0.9.3.

Fixed

Upgraded app-admin/google-guest-configs to v20250516.00.

Fixed

Updated app-containers/cni-plugins to 1.7.1.

Fixed

Upgraded dev-lang/go to v1.23.9.

Security

Upgraded dev-libs/glib to 2.82.5. This resolves CVE-2024-52533.

Fixed

Upgraded sys-libs/libcap to v2.76.

Fixed

LTS Refresh from main-R121-cos-6.6 to release-R121-cos-6.6

Fixed

Fixed an issue where the cpuidle driver selected for some machine types would cause inflated reports of high CPU usage.

Fixed

Upgraded sys-apps/pv to v1.9.34.

Fixed

Upgraded sys-libs/libseccomp to v2.6.0-r2.

Fixed

LTS Refresh from main-R121 to release-R121

Security

Upgraded sqlite to v3.50.2. This resolves CVE-2025-6965.

Fixed

Upgraded dev-libs/expat to v2.7.1.

Security

Added support for Nvidia driver version 570.172.08. This fixes CVE-2025-23279.

Fixed

Updated app-admin/node-problem-detector to 0.8.21.

Security

Upgraded net-misc/netplan to 1.1.2. This fixes CVE-2022-4968.

Fixed

Updated dev-python/requests to v2.32.4.

Fixed

Upgraded sys-process/procps to v4.0.5-r2.

Fixed

Upgraded app-arch/unzip to v6.0_p29.

Fixed

Removed an artifact registry ping that would delay multi-user.target indefinitely for machines with no external IP address.

Security

Added support for Nvidia driver version 535.261.03. This fixes CVE-2025-23286 and CVE-2025-23279.

Fixed

kubernetes 1.32.4-gke.200

Fixed

Upgraded dev-db/sqlite to v3.50.1.

Fixed

Upgraded app-arch/gzip to v1.14.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-8058 in glibc.

Security

Fixed KCTF-bfebdb8 in the kernel.

Security

Upgraded urllib3 to version 1.26.18. This fixes CVE-2021-33503, CVE-2023-43804, and CVE-2023-45803.

August 06, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-199-19

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.97 v27.5.1 v2.0.4 See List
Announcement

This is an LTS Refresh release.

Fixed

Removed an artifact registry ping that would delay multi-user.target indefinitely for machines with no external IP address.

Fixed

Reverted a containerd change which reduced the default soft file descriptor limit for processes in containers to 1024.

Fixed

Upgraded dev-libs/expat to v2.7.1.

Security

Upgraded sqlite to v3.50.2. This resolves CVE-2025-6965.

Fixed

Upgraded kubernetes to v1.32.4-gke.200.

Fixed

Upgraded app-arch/gzip to v1.14.

Fixed

Upgraded virtual/logger to v0-r2.

Fixed

Upgraded sys-process/procps to v4.0.5-r2.

Fixed

Upgraded dev-lang/go to v1.23.9.

Fixed

Updated dev-python/requests to v2.32.4.

Security

Upgraded net-misc/netplan to 1.1.2. This fixes CVE-2022-4968.

Fixed

Upgraded sys-libs/libseccomp to v2.6.0-r2.

Fixed

Upgraded app-arch/unzip to v6.0_p29.

Security

Added support for Nvidia driver version 570.172.08. This fixes CVE-2025-23279.

Fixed

Upgraded dev-db/sqlite to v3.50.1.

Fixed

Upgraded sys-libs/libcap to v2.76.

Security

Upgraded dev-libs/glib to 2.82.5. This resolves CVE-2024-52533.

Fixed

Fixed an issue where the cpuidle driver selected for some machine types would cause inflated reports of high CPU usage.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811826 -> 811817

Security

Upgraded dev-vcs/git to version 2.49.1. This fixes CVE-2025-48385, CVE-2025-27613, CVE-2025-27614, CVE-2025-48384, CVE-2025-46835.

Fixed

Upgraded net-nds/rpcbind to v1.2.7.

Fixed

Upgraded app-containers/docker-credential-helpers to v0.9.3.

Security

Added support for Nvidia driver version 535.261.03. This fixes CVE-2025-23286 and CVE-2025-23279.

Fixed

Upgraded app-admin/google-guest-configs to v20250516.00.

July 28, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-90-106

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.93 v27.5.1 v2.0.4 See List
Fixed

Upgraded sys-process/lsof to v4.99.5.

Security

Fixed KCTF-5e28d5a in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2024-26130 in dev-python/cryptography.

Security

Patched openssl to fix CVE-2023-50782 affecting dev-python/crytography.

Fixed

Updated app-misc/jq to v1.8.1.

Fixed

The NFS access cache is no longer cleared on login by default. To use the old behavior, load the NFS module with the nfs_fasc=1 module parameter.

Fixed

Fixed a kernel bug which caused some NVME disk IO errors to be ignored, potentially resulting in dropped writes.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811784 -> 811826

July 21, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-90-97

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.93 v27.5.1 v2.0.4 See List
Feature

Added ARM support for the Lustre 2.14.0 drivers.

Security

Fixed CVE-2024-6174 and CVE-2024-11584 in cloud-init.

Fixed

Fixed an issue where some workloads could cause a full system hang when running close to their memory limit.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811807 -> 811784

Change

Updated the NVIDIA GPU driver policy for New Feature Branch (NFB) drivers. The LATEST tag has been updated to point to the stable 570.133.20 Production Branch. The 575.57.08 NFB driver remains available for development and testing but must now be selected by its specific version number. Removed 575.57.08 NFB driver support for NVIDIA_GB200 machine.

Security

Fixed KCTF-103406b in the Linux kernel.

July 14, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-90-85

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.93 v27.5.1 v2.0.4 See List
Fixed

Updated google-guest-agent to v20250701.01.

Security

Upgraded vim, vim-core to version 9.1.1500. This fixes CVE-2025-26603, CVE-2025-27423, CVE-2025-29768, CVE-2025-1215, CVE-2025-24014, CVE-2025-22134.

Security

Updated app-editors/nano to v8.5. This resolves CVE-2024-5742.

Change

Upgraded nvidia-container-toolkit to v1.17.8. This fixes CVE-2025-23266.

July 07, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-90-77

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.93 v27.5.1 v2.0.4 See List
Security

Upgraded app-admin/sudo to v1.9.17_p1. This resolves CVE-2025-32462 and CVE-2025-32463.

June 30, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-90-75

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.93 v27.5.1 v2.0.4 See List
Fixed

Added support for the Lustre 2.14.0_p212 drivers.

Security

Upgraded elfutils to version 0.193. This fixes CVE-2025-1365, CVE-2025-1371, CVE-2025-1372, and CVE-2025-1377.

Fixed

Upgraded sys-apps/less to v679.

Security

Upgrade libarchive to version 3.8.1. This fixes CVE-2025-5914.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811798 -> 811807

June 23, 2025

Security

Updated the Linux kernel to v6.6.93. This includes mitigations for CVE-2024-28956, which may negatively impact the performance of Intel machine types.

Change

cos-121-18867-90-67

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.93 v27.5.1 v2.0.4 See List
Security

Fixed KCTF-d35acc1 in the Linux kernel.

Feature

Added a kernel patch to address bcache latency.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811824 -> 811798

June 18, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-90-62

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.87 v27.5.1 v2.0.4 See List
Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811798 -> 811824

Security

Upgraded app-misc/jq to v1.8.0. This fixes CVE-2025-48060.

June 17, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-90-59

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.87 v27.5.1 v2.0.4 See List
Security

Fixed CVE-2025-47273 in dev-python/setuptools.

Change

Added support for the Lustre 2.14.0_p198 drivers.

Security

Updated systemd to v254.26. This resolves CVE-2025-4598.

Feature

Added support for Nvidia driver version 575.57.08.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-37800 in the Linux kernel.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811741 -> 811798

Security

Fixed CVE-2024-43840 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed KCTF-ac9fe7d in the kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-37803 in the Linux kernel.

Change

Updated cos-gpu-installer to v2.5.3.

June 02, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-90-38

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.87 v27.5.1 v2.0.4 See List
Security

Fixed KCTF-8478a72 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2024-23337 in app-misc/jq.

Fixed

Updated cos-gpu-installer to v2.5.2: Added support for OTHER/NO_GPU cases to enable GPU driver preloading on the ARM64 architecture and added support for IMEX Driver configuration installation for NVIDIA_GB200 machine.

Fixed

Upgraded sys-apps/less to v678.

Security

Fixed KCTF-3f98113 in the Linux kernel.

May 27, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-90-32

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.87 v27.5.1 v2.0.4 See List
Feature

Support NVIDIA MFT Tools on COS.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-46836 in sys-apps/net-tools.

Feature

Inject IMEX channel char device for GB200 GPUs.

Security

Fixed CVE-20250-3198 in sys-libs/bintuils-libs.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811834 -> 811792

Security

Fixed KCTF-b3bf8f6 in the Linux kernel.

May 19, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-90-27

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.87 v27.5.1 v2.0.4 See List
Fixed

Increased kdump memory reservation.

Fixed

Fixed docker MTU mismatch.

May 12, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-90-23

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.87 v27.5.1 v2.0.4 See List
Security

Fixed KCTF-3df275e in the Linux kernel.

Change

Upgraded app-admin/google-guest-configs to v20250501.00.

Security

Updated apparmor to 3.1.6. This fixes CVE-2016-1585.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811788 -> 811731

Change

Added support for 7th generation TPU devices.

Fixed

Fixed issue where modinfo could not display module signatures.

May 05, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-90-15

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.87 v27.5.1 v2.0.4 See List
Fixed

Upgraded sys-apps/grep to v3.12.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-32414, CVE-2025-32415 in dev-libs/libxml2.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811806 -> 811788

Security

Fixed KCTF-342debc in the Linux kernel.

Security

Updated NVIDIA GPU drivers to v535.247.01 for default/ R535 and v570.133.20 for latest/R570. This resolves CVE-2025-23244.

Fixed

Upgraded net-dns/libidn2 to v2.3.8.

Fixed

Upgraded sys-apps/makedumpfile to v1.7.7.

April 29, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-90-4

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.87 v27.5.1 v2.0.4 See List
Announcement

This is an LTS Refresh Release.

Fixed

Upgraded sys-libs/libseccomp to v2.6.0.

Feature

Fixed an issue in containerd that prevented some v2 shims from shutting down properly.

Fixed

Upgraded app-admin/google-guest-agent to v20250304.03.

Fixed

Upgraded app-containers/docker-registry-test to v2.8.3.

Fixed

Upgraded sys-auth/pambase to v20250228.

Fixed

Upgraded dev-libs/double-conversion to v3.3.1.

Security

Updated dev-go/net in policy manager to v0.39.0. This fixes CVE-2025-22870.

Fixed

Upgraded dev-lang/go to v1.23.8.

Fixed

Upgraded app-admin/google-guest-configs to v20250221.00.

Fixed

Upgraded dev-db/sqlite to v3.49.1.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-32728 in net-misc/openssh.

Security

Updated dev-vcs/git to version 2.49.0. This fixed CVE-2024-52006, CVE-2024-50349

Fixed

Upgraded app-containers/docker-credential-helpers to v0.9.2.

Fixed

Upgraded sys-apps/acl to v2.3.2-r2.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811714 -> 811806

Fixed

Upgraded app-admin/google-guest-configs to v20250124.00.

Feature

Fixed an issue in containerd that potentially breaks metric collection

April 25, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-0-104

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.74 v27.5.1 v2.0.4 See List
Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21908 in the Linux kernel.

Fixed

Reverted a change in the linux kernel which caused nfs directories to unexpectedly be mounted as ro instead of rw.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21991 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21962 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21980 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-22005 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21922 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-31498 in net-dns/c-ares.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811714 -> 811816

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21919 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21963 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2024-48615 in app-arch/libarchive.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21964 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21920 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21997 in the Linux kernel.

Change

Updated cos-gpu-installer to v2.5.0: Support IMEX Driver installation for NVIDIA_GB200 GPU device.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21959 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21898 in the Linux kernel.

April 14, 2025

Change

cos-121-18867-0-94

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.74 v27.5.1 v2.0.4 See List
Change

Updated app-containers/containerd to v2.0.4.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21812 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21853 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2024-58070 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21726 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21887 in the Linux kernel.

Fixed

Upgraded sys-apps/diffutils to v3.11-r2.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21759 in the Linux kernel.

Fixed

Modified toolbox to use unified cgroup hierarchy mode, when possible, instead of hybrid mode.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21760 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2024-57979 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21796 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed KCTF-0c3057a in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21763 in the Linux kernel.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811827 -> 811714

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21999 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2024-50138 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21867 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21727 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21764 in the Linux kernel.

Fixed

Fixed EINTR error in app-container/cni-plugins.

Security

Fixed CVE-2024-58083 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21762 in the Linux kernel.

March 31, 2025

Change

cos-beta-121-18867-0-75

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.74 v27.5.1 v2.0.2 See List
Security

Updated dev-libs/expat to v2.7.0. This fixes CVE-2024-8176.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811789 -> 811827

Security

Fixed CVE-2024-57977 in the Linux kernel.

March 24, 2025

Change

cos-beta-121-18867-0-73

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.74 v27.5.1 v2.0.2 See List
Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21779 in the Linux kernel.

Fixed

Updated dev-python/s3transfer to v0.11.4.

Security

Fixed KCTF-647cef2 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21854 in the Linux kernel.

Fixed

Upgraded app-admin/node-problem-detector to v0.8.20.

Fixed

Upgraded sys-apps/which to v2.23.

Security

Fixed CVE-2024-57996 in the Linux kernel.

Feature

Added support for NVIDIA 570.124.06 GPU driver. Updated the LATEST GPU driver label to version 570.124.06 for all GPU devices. Updated the DEFAULT GPU driver label to version 570.124.06 for NVIDIA_B200 and NVIDIA_H200 GPU devices.

Fixed

Updated dev-python/python-dateutil to v2.9.0.

Fixed

Upgraded sys-apps/pv to v1.9.31.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21785 in the Linux kernel.

Feature

Added support for the Lustre 2.14.0 client drivers.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21716 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21863 in the Linux kernel.

Fixed

Fixed a race condition that could cause a kernel panic.

Change

Fixed an issue that resulted in missing grub boot measurements in some machine configurations.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21858 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21844 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21846 in the Linux kernel.

Feature

Added support for NVIDIA GB200 GPU with 570.124.06 GPU driver. This driver version has been assigned the latest, default, and R570 tags for this GPU type.

Fixed

Updated app-admin/awscli to v1.38.4.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21864 in the Linux kernel.

Change

Updated Python to v3.11.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811701 -> 811789

Fixed

Updated dev-python/botocore to v1.37.9.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21791 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2024-58088 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21857 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2024-58005 in the Linux kernel.

March 17, 2025

Change

cos-beta-121-18867-0-53

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.74 v27.5.1 v2.0.2 See List
Security

Fixed CVE-2024-58017 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2024-56549 in the Linux kernel.

Change

Runtime sysctl changes:

  • Changed: fs.file-max: 811788 -> 811701
  • Deleted: net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-arptables: 1
  • Deleted: net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables: 1
  • Deleted: net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables: 1
  • Deleted: net.bridge.bridge-nf-filter-pppoe-tagged: 0
  • Deleted: net.bridge.bridge-nf-filter-vlan-tagged: 0
  • Deleted: net.bridge.bridge-nf-pass-vlan-input-dev: 0

Security

Upgraded net-misc/wget to version 1.25.0. This fixes CVE-2024-10524.

Security

Fixed KCTF-8802766 in the Linux kernel.

Feature

Updated cos-gpu-installer to v2.4.8: Add the -skip-nvidia-smi flag to disable the execution of nvidia-smi verification during gpu driver installation.

Feature

Applied Intel patches to add iRDMA support in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2024-50146 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2024-49994 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed KCTF-638ba50 in the Linux kernel.

Fixed

Disabled martian logging for ConnectX-7 network cards. These cards only communicate locally, but martian logging during communications with the host can lead to a race condition which causes GID table construction to sometimes fail.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21690 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Upgraded dev-libs/libxml2 to version 1.12.10. This fixes CVE-2025-27113.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21814 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed CVE-2024-50304 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Upgraded dev-go/crypto to v0.35.0. This fixes CVE-2025-22869.

Security

Fixed CVE-2025-21745 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Fixed KCTF-fcdd224 in the Linux kernel.

Change

Upgraded app-containers/docker to v27.5.1, Upgraded app-containers/docker-test to v27.5.1, Upgraded app-containers/docker-cli to v27.5.1.

Security

Fixed CVE-2024-50017 in the Linux kernel.

Feature

Added support for iRDMA devices.

Security

Upgraded sys-libs/binutils-libs to 2.44-r1. This fixes CVE-2024-53589.

Security

Fixed CVE-2024-50014 in the Linux kernel.

Security

Upgraded dev-go/oauth2 to v0.27.0. This fixes CVE-2025-22868.

Security

Upgraded net-misc/openssh to version 9.9_p2. This fixed CVE-2025-26465 and CVE-2025-26466.

Fixed

Upgraded net-misc/socat to v1.8.0.3.

March 05, 2025

Change

cos-beta-121-18867-0-24

Kernel Docker Containerd GPU Drivers
COS-6.6.74 v25.0.7 v2.0.2 See List
Change

Upgraded net-misc/openssh to v9.9_p1.

Announcement

New Features and Changes in the Linux Kernel:

Change

Removed dev-python/jaraco-context.

Change

Upgraded app-admin/fluent-bit to v3.2.5-r1.

Change

Upgraded app-containers/runc to v1.2.4-r1.

Change

Updated sys-fs/xfsprogs to v6.9.0.

Change

Updated net-libs/libtirpc to v1.3.6.

Change

Updated dev-libs/expat to v2.6.4.

Change

Updated sys-apps/gentoo-functions to v1.7.3.

Change

Removed dev-python/zipp.

Change

Updated net-libs/libnetfilter_conntrack to v1.1.0.

Change

Upgraded app-containers/cri-tools to v1.31.1-r1.

Breaking

Removed support for R550, R560, and R565 Nvidia drivers.

Change

Upgraded app-containers/containerd to v2.0.2-r1.

Change

Updated chromeos-base/crash-reporter to v0.0.1-r4257.

Change

Removed dev-python/wheel.

Change

Removed dev-python/trove-classifiers.

Change

Updated chromeos-base/minijail to v18-r158.

Change

Upgraded app-admin/google-guest-agent to v20250204.02-r1.

Change

Updated dev-libs/nss to v3.107.

Change

Updated chromeos-base/update_engine to v0.0.3-r4806.

Change

Added support for nftables flow offload and the flowtable infrastructure.

Change

Removed dev-python/autocommand.

Announcement

New Features and Changes in the Image:

Change

Updated chromeos-base/chromeos-common-script to v0.0.1-r656.

Change

Removed dev-go/protobuf.

Change

Upgraded app-containers/docker to v25.0.7.

Change

Removed dev-python/webcolors.

Change

Removed dev-go/appengine.

Change

Removed dev-python/zope-interface.

Change

Removed dev-python/jaraco-text.

Change

Removed dev-python/setuptools.

Change

Upgraded app-admin/google-osconfig-agent to v20250121.00-r1.

Change

Updated dev-db/sqlite to v3.47.2.

Change

Removed chromeos-base/chromeos-ec-headers.

Change

Removed dev-python/importlib_resources.

Change

Updated chromeos-base/power_manager-client to v0.0.1-r2960.

Change

Updated chromeos-base/session_manager-client to v0.0.1-r2816.

Change

Removed dev-python/ordered-set.

Change

Removed dev-go/protobuf-legacy-api.

Change

Removed dev-python/typing-extensions.

Change

Updated sys-libs/libcap to v2.71.

Change

Updated chromeos-base/update_engine-client to v0.0.1-r2469.

Change

Removed dev-python/tomli.

Change

Removed dev-python/setuptools_scm.

Change

Updated app-admin/extensions-manager to v0.0.1-r58.

Change

Removed virtual/libusb.

Change

Removed dev-python/pydantic.

Announcement

Updates to Major Packages:

Breaking

Removed the capability to change the kernel's preemption model on the kernel command line.

Change

Removed sys-libs/libselinux.

Change

Updates to Minor Packages:

Change

Removed dev-libs/libusb.

Change

Updated sys-libs/libseccomp to v2.5.5-r2.

Change

Upgraded app-emulation/cloud-init to v24.4.1-r1.

Change

Upgraded app-containers/cni-plugins to v1.6.2-r1.

Change

Removed dev-python/platformdirs.

Change

Removed chromeos-base/libec.

Change

Updated net-dns/c-ares to v1.34.4.

Change

Updated chromeos-base/debugd-client to v0.0.1-r2725.

Change

Removed sys-libs/libsepol.

Change

Updated sys-apps/diffutils to v3.11.

Change

Updated sys-apps/pv to v1.9.27.

Change

Updated app-admin/sudo to v1.9.16_p2-r1.

Change

Updated sys-apps/flashrom to v0.9.9-r1626.

Change

Upgraded app-admin/oslogin to 20241216.00-r1.

Change

Updated dev-go/oauth2 to v0.23.0-r1.

Change

Removed dev-python/jaraco-functools.

Change

Removed dev-python/more-itertools.

Change

Updated dev-python/chardet to v3.0.4-r2.

Change

Removed chromeos-base/dlcservice-client.

Change

Updated chromeos-base/shill-client to v0.0.1-r4812.

Change

Removed dev-libs/confuse.

Change

Removed dev-python/inflect.

Change

Updated net-firewall/iptables to v1.8.10-r3.

Change

Updated net-misc/curl to v8.11.1-r2.

Change

Removed sys-libs/gdbm.

Change

Removed dev-embedded/libftdi.