diff --git a/changelog/updates/2026-01-31-linux-6.12.68-update.md b/changelog/updates/2026-01-31-linux-6.12.68-update.md
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+++ b/changelog/updates/2026-01-31-linux-6.12.68-update.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Linux ([6.12.68](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tag/?h=v6.12.68) (includes [6.12.67](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tag/?h=v6.12.67)))
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.12.66.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.12.68.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.12.66.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.12.68.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.12.66.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.12.68.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.12.66.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.12.68.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.12.66.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.12.68.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.12.66.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.12.68.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 0eb81bef4c7..69ba518737b 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-6.12.66.xz 3752552 BLAKE2B ed48dbfe0b583092e82f863702026e477809615f47bf4cab4cfb80bfebbed0dd938c92d2ab269267f5a7ae9a08ce984dbd2aa2ae56c48f0205b96fc3932c0bf9 SHA512 54230c57698f0d891742f70e6f8bb957c0b6d188ab8d5dc219b2a8b2ef9b8e0c7bcf51002a08f0f9c4b584f39378f0ac3f613c1a5a7562f8535d2fd05cfd71a4
+DIST patch-6.12.68.xz 3814500 BLAKE2B cc4f7cfac038b6d1015f929c8ffe1949bdf21da073adb40d65f39f6a3501c3f295ebb3d5727cb24a847dae6741531d7eafcdf8b478b5f4cfc9bebcd7e6e5875e SHA512 3963254af3e07d3bca03999ab39d8e18732b76b5972a125f024b82c44f6df63af5474e7b4507553fca5652cf865b9c7ac8d44224f91b704105bc67b65fdafa3f
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.12.66.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.12.68.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.12.66.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.12.68.ebuild