Several Linux Kernel Driver Maintainers Removed Due To Their Association To Russia Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 22 October 2024 at 02:22 PM EDT. 200 Comments Quietly merged into this week's Linux 6.12-rc4 kernel was a patch that removes a number of kernel maintainers from being noted in the official MAINTAINERS file that recognizes all of the driver and subsystem maintainers. Sent