Generic Kernel version-release: kernel-6.6.96.2-2
Add kernel-hwe and support files for building 6.12.40.1
Add rubygem-scanf to SPECS-EXTENDED
Add systemd-boot-signed aarch64 package
Add which package to OS Guard base images
Fix args4j build issues
Fix dbus-c++ build issues
Fix missing build-id issue in toolchain (glibc and openssl explicitly bumped with fix)
Fix selinux-policy by restoring excluded policy.kern.
Fix xpp3 build
Patch aide for CVE-2025-54409, CVE-2025-54389
Patch cmake for CVE-2025-9301
Patch fluent-bit for CVE-2025-54126
Patch gdb for CVE-2025-7546
Patch jasper for CVE-2025-8837, CVE-2025-8836, CVE-2025-8835
Patch keras for CVE-2025-8747
Patch libarchive for CVE-2025-5914, CVE-2025-5915, CVE-2025-5916, CVE-2025-5917, CVE-2025-5918
Patch libssh for CVE-2025-4878
Patch libtiff for CVE-2025-9165, CVE-2025-8851
Patch nginx for CVE-2025-53859
Patch nvidia-container-toolkit for CVE-2025-22872
Patch opensc for multiple CVEs and upgrade to 0.26.1
Patch qemu for CVE-2024-7409
Patch rust for CVE-2024-11738
Update Arm64 64k ISO to produce with 6.12 HWE kernel
Upgrade azurelinux-image-tools version to 0.19.0 and fix imagecustomizer file location to comply with RPM guidelines
Upgrade ca-certificates Msft cert change
Upgrade httpcomponents-core to 4.4.16
Upgrade Kata packages to GA
Upgrade kubevirt.spec to 1.5.0
Upgrade perl-Cpanel-JSON-XS to 4.39
Upgrade perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA to 0.33
Upgrade perl-Params-Validate to 1.31
Upgrade perl-Variable-Magic to 0.64
Upgrade perl-XML-Writer to 0.900
Upgrade perl-YAML-LibYAML to 0.902.0
Upgrade pkcs11-helper to 1.30.0
Upgrade python-betamax to 0.9.0
Upgrade python-genshi to 0.7.9
Upgrade python3-pycares to 4.5.0
Upgrade resource-agents to 4.16.0
Upgrade tbb to 2021.13.0
Upgrade toolkit to enable downloads using Azure CLI credentials
Upgrade xmlrpc-c to 1.60.04
Upgrade z3 to 4.13.3
Upgrade Kernel version: kernel-6.6.96.2-2