diff --git a/changelog/updates/2026-01-12-linux-6.12.65-update.md b/changelog/updates/2026-01-12-linux-6.12.65-update.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a36dea8c485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/updates/2026-01-12-linux-6.12.65-update.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Linux ([6.12.65](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tag/?h=v6.12.65))
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.12.64.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.12.65.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.12.64.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/hv-daemons/hv-daemons-6.12.65.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.12.64.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.12.65.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.12.64.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/coreos-kernel-6.12.65.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.12.64.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.12.65.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.12.64.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/coreos-modules-6.12.65.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 ba62ab03f17..a24d46cafe9 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 @@
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-DIST patch-6.12.64.xz 3723996 BLAKE2B 79527e9990c84105254f3f515906809a3d2fb0094488cb4e1d734c5ca0541553d0d557dc68fda0399ee6dd20a7f515e90b8a1fbaaa5fbeadd82afaf5d6e3a4c7 SHA512 428b10d6c34d696ba9bdd2c4e359ffa5a5c56cee3b0d9790e231a0eb0a365272b54c0cdeec6ff31af6f3190adcd5cf69fbe2cbdb47de3b22e449e1fcd0cb480b
+DIST patch-6.12.65.xz 3728296 BLAKE2B eddc8ef3db5f267d11222eb19b95c6ee46bebd63abc7e107b10894c426ed3303537522738e1cdb14f6feeaa1c513fc415e57e35b247a7e361f6cba42242855fd SHA512 668f8af255a429048875d23c0c859d763ee6998d5205bd4e1614dfa46dfb389c8fe14cb29a22fdb6989f289c477bd1d1afb28be77d4c7ba933f10a6b4332e609
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.12.64.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.12.65.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.12.64.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-6.12.65.ebuild