diff --git a/changelog/updates/2025-02-22-linux-6.6.79-update.md b/changelog/updates/2025-02-22-linux-6.6.79-update.md
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index 00000000000..4249c2bbd95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/updates/2025-02-22-linux-6.6.79-update.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Linux ([6.6.79](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tag/?h=v6.6.79))
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.6.78.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.6.79.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.6.78.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.6.79.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.6.78.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.6.79.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.6.78.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.6.79.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.6.78.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.6.79.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.6.78.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.6.79.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 c4da94f504a..5c48a25eb0e 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-6.6.tar.xz 140064536 BLAKE2B 5f02fd8696d42f7ec8c5fbadec8e7270bdcfcb1f9844a6c4db3e1fd461c93ce1ccda650ca72dceb4890ebcbbf768ba8fba0bce91efc49fbd2c307b04e95665f2 SHA512 458b2c34d46206f9b4ccbac54cc57aeca1eaecaf831bc441e59701bac6eadffc17f6ce24af6eadd0454964e843186539ac0d63295ad2cc32d112b60360c39a35
-DIST patch-6.6.78.xz 3881632 BLAKE2B 14d998381b81e0a4d7f95334e00eb89abce8a73557d67bb7db7aa85883f03f2f0a1706451f20ae9b3fe999ee59d75be184797926e80d1b2ae99a77dbf8650543 SHA512 ed0e47ac509233de53a720de4a8a12b43fed6bb22d5a237bf883d19861c9f8e2581993b35ee974dfcef293e4efe44109171a43c9f970fca8074c5101a5d047a0
+DIST patch-6.6.79.xz 3920756 BLAKE2B 75a01e021a6150a524504d4ee86154fa2db73e66bf0a642841526ddd3035e0c6bc7f784bc0121d85e5d00baa29b2d54bcdc1ff795b3eb9e5c36ca21b1ff7aaa5 SHA512 8057b1b0bbb625888dd9ed5cd529b626dbc2663559817ae70c8f5ceb110a0b32b47260ea780f8b5077ab34375677c90ca0e4a2ebf956a26541ba47d8df1b0dc6
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.6.78.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.6.79.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.6.78.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.6.79.ebuild