0009324: Driver regression: Intel xe driver fails to load on kernel 6.12.38+kali-amd64 for Lunar Lake GPU [8086:64a0]

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0009324	Kali Linux	Kali Package Bug	public	2025-09-29 05:53	2025-09-30 05:44

Reporter	0xceba	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	have not tried
Status	new	Resolution	open

Summary	0009324: Driver regression: Intel xe driver fails to load on kernel 6.12.38+kali-amd64 for Lunar Lake GPU [8086:64a0]
Description	For Lunar Lake GPU [8086:64a0], on kernel 6.12.33+kali-amd64, the Intel xe driver works as intended. After upgrading to 6.12.38+kali-amd64, the driver can no longer be loaded. Steps to reproduce on kernel 6.12.38+kali-amd64: lspci -nnk \| grep -i -A 3 vga 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Lunar Lake [Intel Arc Graphics 130V / 140V] [8086:64a0] (rev 04) Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0d31] Kernel modules: xe modinfo xe \| grep -i 64a0 alias: pci:v00008086d000064A0svsdbc03sci sudo modprobe xe modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'xe': No such device

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2025-09-29 05:53	0xceba	New Issue
2025-09-30 05:44	kali-bugreport	Note Added: 0020853

kali-bugreport 2025-09-30 05:44 reporter ~0020853	Kernel driver issues AFAICT should be reported to Kernel/driver devs, not packaging team like Kali.