FreeBSD 14.5 Released With Hardware Support Improvements, Many Bug & Security Fixes

FreeBSD 14.5-RELEASE is now available, back-porting bug fixes, addressing dozens of security advisories (ranging from remote code execution to DoS to kernel stack and use-after-free issues), and adding hardware driver improvements. Many of the security advisories were reportedly discovered via AI/LLM-assisted analysis. The release also updates bundled software including LLVM 21.1.8, ncurses 6.6, OpenSSL 3.0.21, and XZ 5.8.3. On the hardware side, ACPI power management improves for dual-GPU Apple Mac hardware, AHCI gains support for additional SATA controllers, and the ASMC driver drops support for 32-bit Intel-based Macs.

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