diff --git a/changelog/updates/2026-07-25-linux-6.12.98-update.md b/changelog/updates/2026-07-25-linux-6.12.98-update.md
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/updates/2026-07-25-linux-6.12.98-update.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Linux ([6.12.98](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tag/?h=v6.12.98) (includes [6.12.97](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tag/?h=v6.12.97)))
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.12.96.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.12.98.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.12.96.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.12.98.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.12.96.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.12.98.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.12.96.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.12.98.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.12.96.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.12.98.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.12.96.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.12.98.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/Manifest b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/Manifest
index 21f55d48464..71e91b6106e 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/Manifest
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 DIST linux-6.12.tar.xz 147906904 BLAKE2B b2ec2fc69218cacabbbe49f78384a5d259ca581b717617c12b000b16f4a4c59ee348ea886b37147f5f70fb9a7a01c1e2c8f19021078f6b23f5bc62d1c48d5e5e SHA512 a37b1823df7b4f72542f689b65882634740ba0401a42fdcf6601d9efd2e132e5a7650e70450ba76f6cd1f13ca31180f2ccee9d54fe4df89bc0000ade4380a548
-DIST patch-6.12.96.xz 4953340 BLAKE2B 455d0eb19086f1feb82905ea233d9347595e1e92b1e943913e8f3d534bd2f7242e7ac1fb7781f239090eb606fbf5e308d8a4a0ce8686b430a58a3e33263afc4c SHA512 c112d977ca29d5967fbc6d678491f159ac15b7e3a5b03b7237fc5c4eecb1ef1a9a0e3c20bdeed55a680376990b1c52aadc9e0ad2f7a4f3406a0c1bf66b5771b4
+DIST patch-6.12.98.xz 5243448 BLAKE2B 9833c96b4353f8d0fab2fea0c934eef69c4c4fcdef256940f3075a3526d42cb34fbe12d2b576e98df349f227091b5463deefafafcfaf4bca9df0c7fe69a04cca SHA512 bb4cbd7f91970d6c300ac656cafed6bed2fa5a69962920de4cf9f1f28eff256494e355b612e74b252dd9ef936590183fd5fb00cc180dea427851174a4f383d94
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.12.96.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.12.98.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.12.96.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.12.98.ebuild