FW16 green artifacts on screen

Framework Laptop 16 Linux
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I have a FW16 AMD 7840HS CPU, no dGPU.
For a while now, I have seen green flickering artifacts on the display intermittently.
I have recently install Kernel 7.1.8 and the artifacts seem to have disappeared.
So, just mentioning it, in case someone is running 7.1.5 or 7.1.6, or 7.1.7 and wish to find a fix for the artifacts.

I have a new bug, whereby the max brightness (using the brightness up/down F7/F8 keys) is actually dim. If I press F7 a few times, the display is at normal max brightness again.

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Can confirm that I too have been seeing this on my FW16. Fedora Silverblue 44.

Video of the brightness bug:

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Update:
Brightness bug:
Linux mainline kernel 7.1.5 OK.
Linux mainline kernel 7.1.6, 7.1.7, 7.1.8 Bad.

Looking at:
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:c1:00.0/drm/card0/card0-eDP-1/amdgpu_bl0

brightness: 62291 is bright. 65535 is dim
actual_brightness: 63584 is bright. 0 is dim

So, it seems that “actual_brightness” matches what the user sees happening.
the “brightness” matches what the user sees, except at the 65535 setting.
So, there is some sort of bug mapping brightness → actual_brightness.

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Has been reported in various locations, the following seems to be the bug report developers are tracking:

I hope they manage to fix it soon. Maximum brightness is also significantly lower so I can’t read everything well even in a bright room …

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I have more often than not had to hold back recent kernel updates because of these bugs. I’m wondering why the Linux kernel has been such a mess lately. Anyone in the know have any idea what is up with recent kernel development?

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Yes 100%

Linus is suppose to be a harda$$ when it comes to the Kernel, but I think he might want to restrict additions a bit more until they catch up with all the bugs introduced lately.

I run Fedora 44 KDE Plasma and its been a really wild ride since getting this Laptop about 6 months ago. I couldn’t get 2 days out of it without getting GUI freezes SDDM issues…etc.

It was so bad that I thought I might have a RAM issue but now it has stabilized somewhat.