Microsoft on Tuesday released Azure Linux 3.0.20260304 as the newest monhtly update to their in-house Linux platform.

This March 2026 update to Azure Linux 3.0 adds OpenSSL FIPS provider integration, enables additional tracing options in its MSHV virtualization kernel configuration, now enables "SCHED_CORE" for CPU core scheduling support in its default kernel, enables the "LWTUNNEL_BPF" BPF lightweight tunnel kernel option, and initial FIPS boot support for its Linux 6.12 LTS kernel.

There are also dozens of package updates with Azure Linux 3.0.20260304 for addressing a variety of security issues (CVEs). Plus Azure Linux moves to a newer Linux 6.12 LTS point release as well as bringing updates of Erlang, Golang, Nginx, PostgreSQL, Valkey, Vim, Zlib, and a variety of other prominent open-source packages.

Downloads and more details on this monthly update to Azure Linux 3.0 via [1]GitHub .



[1] https://github.com/microsoft/azurelinux/releases/tag/3.0.20260304-3.0