Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/1081187/

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (389-ds-base, bind9.18, evince, fence-agents, freerdp, frr, frr10, gimp, gnutls, hplip, jmc, mariadb:11.8, mysql:8.4, php:7.4, postgresql-jdbc, postgresql:15, postgresql:16, valkey, xorg-x11-server, and xorg-x11-server-Xwayland), Debian (fastnetmon), Fedora (7zip, apptainer, cpp-httplib, mysql8.4, and nmap), Oracle (freerdp, giflib, glib2, glibc, kernel, libreoffice, libvirt, mariadb:10.11, postgresql, python3.11, python3.12, rrdtool, and thunderbird), Red Hat (buildah, podman, and skopeo), SUSE (alloy, apache2, buildah, c3p0, containerd, crun, cups, dhcpcd, dnsmasq, docker-stable, dracut, editorconfig-core-c, ffmpeg-7, fontforge, google-guest-agent, google-osconfig-agent, graphicsmagick, gstreamer-plugins-bad, gstreamer-plugins-good, helm, jackson-annotations, jackson-core, jackson-databind, jline3, kernel, kubectl-cnpg, lcms2, libslirp, libssh2_org, libxreaderdocument3, openbabel, openssl-3, pacemaker, perl-CGI-Session, perl-list-someutils-xs, python-lxml, python-tornado, python-tornado6, python3-onionshare, python311-python-engineio, sg3_utils, thunderbird, transmission, and trivy), and Ubuntu (cifs-utils, kernel, libvncserver, linux-aws-6.8, linux-gcp-6.8, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-ibm-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency, linux-oracle-6.8, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8, linux-nvidia-tegra, linux-oracle-5.15, linux-raspi, linux-xilinx, nghttp2, nginx, perl, and vim).

Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/1081038/

In August 2025, the CalyxOS privacy-focused
Android distribution announced
that it was pausing all releases while it reworked its
release process, security protocols, and changed its signing keys
following the departure of one of its founders. The project has now announced
that it is “officially back from the hiatus” with the
7.2.2.0 release.

CalyxOS 7.2.2.0 is signed by us using a new
HSM-based, open-source signing solution we designed to enhance the
security of the entire signing process, ensure redundancy, and remove
single points of failure. You can verify CalyxOS 7.2.2.0 and future
builds following these
instructions. For anyone who is interested, the security audit
report of the HSM provisioning ceremony script can be found here.

In addition, we also went through significant infrastructure
improvements. In particular, we have set up a cleaner server structure
to streamline each release. In response to Google’s less frequent AOSP
source code releases, our team developed scripts to reduce the
overhead in applying monthly patches and updates. Please keep in mind,
additional manual steps are still needed to compensate for AOSP
changes, such as requesting and storing kernel sources with each
update. Currently, our lead engineer is continuing the maintenance of
the base device trees for both LineageOS and CalyxOS to bridge the gap
created by the absence of Google Pixel device trees.

Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/1081015/

A few astute observers have noticed that some
content on kernel.org had disappeared and were understandably
concerned. Konstantin Ryabitsev has provided an update via
social.kernel.org:

There was an unfortunate error while changing the kernel.org
primary/secondary mirroring infrastructure, which resulted in the /pub
tree suddenly becoming empty. No data was lost, just public mirror
copies. Everything is now being restored, but deletes are fast and
restores are slow, so thank you for your patience!

The incident is
being tracked on the Linux Foundation’s IT status page.

Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/1081012/

We were made aware today of an email sent to a reader that was
spoofed to appear to be from LWN. The message claimed, among other
things, that we were providing personal information about the reader
to another site user. As is explained in our privacy policy we do not,
and would not, provide such information.

If any other readers have received an odd message from LWN, it is
an attempt at a hoax; if in doubt, please check the DKIM header of the
email. Any email that does come from LWN will have a proper DKIM
signature in its headers.

If you receive such a message, please feel free to send it to us,
with its headers intact. But to reiterate, we are not providing any
user information upon request, nor banning any accounts. We hope this
will not be a recurring problem.

Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/1081013/

Aoife Moloney has, on behalf of the Fedora Council, posted an
announcement that the Fedora Council is “proposing we pause the
Community Initiatives process as an official project process”
because it has decided the current process is ineffective. It is also
closing discussion regarding the AI developer desktop
initiative covered by LWN in May.

The Fedora Objectives/Initiatives framework was never intended as a
mandatory prerequisite to do the work in Fedora. It supposed to help
by focusing the community on a certain work when needed, not to decide
what is allowed. The AI developer desktop initiative proposal
highlighted that the Community Initiatives process has failed to serve
as a good framework in Fedora where new ideas can surface, receive
respectful feedback, and gain Council support for work that fits the
project’s present and/or future. This is something that the Council
must address.

As a first step, we would like to halt the community initiative
process immediately. Existing initiatives in flight (Fedora Forge,
Atomic, and Fedora Docs 2026) will continue with full Council
backing. Their underlying work will be completed as planned in their
current timeboxed state, though the administrative framework around
them may evolve.
As a second step, we would like to work out a new mechanism to allow
Council to set strategic direction in an open, transparent way that
more intentionally includes the community voice. We recognise that we
have to be better at being more open in our discussions and decision
making.

The council is considering the “sandbox” proposal as an
alternative or supplement to a process that replaces the Community
Initiatives.

Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/1080956/

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (giflib, kernel, mariadb:10.11, mod_http2, php, rrdtool, ruby, ruby:3.3, and ruby:4.0), Debian (jq and node-lodash), Fedora (caddy, hut, ipp-usb, kernel, opkssh, rclone, thunderbird, and transmission), SUSE (389-ds, 7zip, alsa, amazon-ecs-init, avahi, cadvisor, cosign, cups, dnsdist, docker, dracut, firefox, firewalld, giflib, glib-networking, glycin-loaders, google-cloud-sap-agent, google-guest-agent, gsasl, hauler, helm, ImageMagick, kernel, keylime, krb5, libaom, libexif, libgcrypt, libnfs, libssh2_org, loupe, lrzip, mutt, ncurses, nodejs22, openCryptoki, openssh, openssl-3, pacemaker, perl-Config-IniFiles, perl-CSS-Minifier-XS, perl-DBI, perl-JavaScript-Minifier-XS, perl-libwww-perl, postfix, python-click, python-idna, python-Markdown, python-joblib, python-handy-archives, python-apache-libcloud, python-WebOb, python-PyGithub, python-soupsieve, python-pip, python-pytest-html, python-python-dotenv, python-python-multipart, python-starlette, python-tornado6, python-zeroconf, python311, python311-jupyter-server, rpcbind, sed, sg3_utils, tar, tiff, and util-linux), and Ubuntu (kernel, linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.15, linux-aws-fips, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.15, linux-azure-fde-5.15, linux-fips, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-fips, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-hwe-5.15, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.15, linux-intel-iot-realtime, linux-intel-iotg, linux-kvm, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-tegra, linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15, linux-nvidia-tegra-igx, linux-oracle, linux-realtime, linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-fips, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-fips, linux-ibm, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-oracle, linux-realtime, linux-realtime-6.8, linux-oem-6.17, and linux-oem-7.0).

Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/1079457/

Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:

• Front: Xsnow protestware; Git 2.55; Rhombus; kernel hardening; More LSFMM+BPF coverage; 7.2 merge window; Secure Boot certificate expiration; Ceph and Garage; OSPM 2026.
• Briefs: Akrites; Mageia 10; Git 2.55.0; Podman 6.0; systemd v261; Creative Commons chat; Quotes; …
• Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.

Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/1079808/

Linux users who have Secure Boot enabled on
their systems rely on certificates issued by Microsoft to verify the software
used to boot a system is trusted by the user. One of those certificates expired
recently, but that will not cause systems that are able to boot to stop doing
so. There are situations where the expiration may cause problems, however, and
the window for relying on existing signed binaries is shorter than it might
appear. Users and administrators will want to stay on top of these changes. Over
the last year, part of my job at Microsoft has been to work on this
problem. LWN wrote about the
certificate expiration in July 2025, and this article follows up with where
we are now.

Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/1080689/

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (coreutils, galera and mariadb11.8, giflib, git-lfs, glibc, httpd, kernel, mariadb10.11, mod_md, perl-Archive-Tar, perl-IO-Compress, perl:5.32, rrdtool, ruby, ruby4.0, and thunderbird), Debian (debian-security-support, librabbitmq, and nginx), Fedora (chromium, collectd, maradns, python-django-haystack, python-jupytext, varnish, varnish-modules, and vmod-querystring), Oracle (firefox, git-lfs, kernel, nginx:1.24, openssl, perl-Archive-Tar, perl-IO-Compress, and uek-kernel), Red Hat (container-tools:rhel8), SUSE (7zip, apache2, buildah, cifs-utils, curl, docker, exiv2-0_26, libonnxruntime1, libsoup, nodejs22, opensc, pacemaker, perl-Config-IniFiles, podman, sg3_utils, socat, tar, tracker, and xdg-desktop-portal), and Ubuntu (curl, hplip, libgd-perl, libssh2, libyang, ruby2.7, ruby3.0, ruby3.2, ruby3.3, and tar).

Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/1080518/

Dee Harris has published a summary
of the recent “fireside chat” featuring Creative Commons founders Hal
Abelson, Lawrence (Larry) Lessig, Molly Van Houweling, and Glenn Otis
Brown. The chat was to mark the 25th anniversary
of Creative Commons and included a look back at its history as
well as a look at the landscape today:

Twenty-five years ago, a small group of people made a bet. They
believed that if you gave creators a simple set of tools and licenses
in language that a lawyer, a machine, and a human could all read,
millions of people might choose to share their work with the world
instead of locking it down.

The video
of the chat is available on YouTube.

Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/1080439/

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (git-lfs, perl-Archive-Tar, perl-IO-Compress, python3.12-urllib3, and runc), Debian (sogo), Fedora (perl-DBI and perl-Socket), Oracle (firefox, freerdp, git-lfs, libsoup, libxml2, mod_md, mysql, perl-Archive-Tar, perl-IO-Compress, python, python3.12-urllib3, rsync, thunderbird, tomcat, xorg-x11-server, and xorg-x11-server-Xwayland), SUSE (389-ds, 7zip, alsa, amazon-ecs-init, amazon-ssm-agent, ansible-core, apache2, atril, avahi, bind, bitcoin, capnproto, chromedriver, chromium, cosign, distribution, dnsdist, docker, dovecot24, dracut, firefox, firewalld, freeipmi, freerdp, giflib, gimp, gleam, glib-networking, glibc, glycin-loaders, golang-github-prometheus-alertmanager, google-cloud-sap-agent, google-guest-agent, graphite2, gsasl, hamlib, helm, himmelblau, ignition, imagemagick, istioctl, jackson-databind, jq, jupyter-jupyterlab-templates, keylime, krb5, ldns, libaom, libcaca, libgcrypt, libheif, libinput, libjxl, libnfs, libslirp-devel, libsolv, libzypp, zypper, libssh2_org, libvncserver, libyang, lldpd, logback, loupe, mbedtls, mbedtls-2, mcphost, mozjs128, mutt, nano, nginx, ocaml, ofono, openCryptoki, opencryptoki, opensc, openssh, openssl-3, papers, perl-compress-raw-zlib, perl-config-inifiles, perl-cpanel-json-xs, perl-crypt-passwdmd5, perl-DBI, perl-dbi, perl-html-parser, perl-http-daemon, perl-libwww-perl, perl-protocol-http2, postfix, postgresql14, postgresql15, postgresql16, python-aiohttp, python-biopython, python-click, python-ecdsa, python-idna, python-markdown, python-joblib,, python-paramiko, python-pdm, python-pip, python-py7zr, python-pydata-sphinx-theme, python-pyjwt, python-python-multipart, python-starlette, python-tornado6, python311-jupyter-ydoc, rpcbind, sed, sg3_utils, sqlite3, strongswan, tar, thunderbird, tomcat, tomcat10, tomcat11, trivy, unbound, util-linux, warewulf4, webkit2gtk3, xar, xwayland, yt-dlp, and zypper, libzypp, libsolv), and Ubuntu (libheif, nss, qemu, roundcube, and sqlite3).

Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/1080188/

Git maintainer Junio Hamano has announced
Git 2.55.0, which has non-merge commits from 100 people; 33 of
those are first-time contributors to the project. LWN recently covered some of
the noteworthy changes in 2.55, including new features for the
experimental “git history” command, addition of the Git fsmonitor
daemon for Linux systems, and more.

Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/1079385/

The xsnow
application, which generates an animated snowfall effect (and other
pleasant diversions) for X11 desktops, does not seem like an obvious
channel for political statements. Nevertheless, xsnow’s maintainer
seems to have included a political protest in the program: an
Easter egg that is triggered when the program’s language is set to Russia
(“ru”). One user has complained that this functionality should be
removed from the Debian xsnow
package, but Debian does not seem to have any rules that forbid
such a feature outright.

Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/1080144/

The Kubernetes project has published a blog
post explaining its AI
policy:

The main problem is that AI has made generating code fast but there
has been very little improvement in maintaining code bases. In this
post, we will highlight the ways the Kubernetes community is adapting
to the world of AI assisted coding.

The first step of this journey was to develop an AI policy. This
seems mundane and bureaucratic but there were many PRs that derailed
into discussions around AI usage. The AI policy helps steer the
conversation around the project’s stance on AI and provides a clear
signal to contributors on how to use these tools responsibly.

Of note, the project requires disclosure when AI tools have been
used to assist in the creation of a contribution but forbids the use
of listing AI as a co-author or including “assisted-by” or
“co-developed” trailers to attribute work to an LLM tool.

Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/1080143/

Mageia 10 has been
released with the 6.18 Linux kernel, DNF 5.4.0, RPM 4.20.1,
and an increase in hardware requirements for x86 32-bit systems; users now
need a CPU with SSE2 features. See the release
notes for a full list of updates, and the errata page
for known problems.

Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/1080075/

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (containernetworking-plugins, golang, kernel, libpng, libpng15, nginx, opencryptoki, perl-IO-Compress, thunderbird, and tigervnc), Debian (chromium, gdcm, incus, libhtml-parser-perl, lxd, openvpn, tor, and xorg-server), Fedora (chromium, docker-buildkit, docker-buildx, dotnet10.0, dotnet8.0, dotnet9.0, krita, ldns, libssh2, liferea, lighttpd, mariadb10.11, mariadb11.8, moby-engine, nginx, nginx-mod-brotli, nginx-mod-fancyindex, nginx-mod-headers-more, nginx-mod-js-challenge, nginx-mod-modsecurity, nginx-mod-naxsi, nginx-mod-vts, openbao, pacemaker, pgadmin4, podman-tui, prometheus-podman-exporter, python-jupyter-server, python-mistune, python-postorius, python-pydantic-settings, python3-docs, python3.14, thunderbird, tigervnc, tinyproxy, and util-linux), Mageia (krb5), Oracle (.NET 10.0, .NET 8.0, .NET 9.0, bind, dracut, fence-agents, firefox, frr, frr10, glib2, glibc, gnutls, golang, kernel, libpng, libpng15, libreoffice, libxml2, libxslt, mod_http2, mysql:8.4, nginx:1.26, openssl, php:8.3, podman, postgresql-jdbc, python3.14, redis, rsync, thunderbird, tomcat, valkey, and vim), Red Hat (osbuild-composer), and SUSE (agama-web-ui, asn1c, assimp, assimp-devel, aws-iam-authenticator, calibre, clamav, corepack24, dovecot22, exiv2, frr, giflib, glances-common, google-osconfig-agent, GraphicsMagick, gvim, haproxy, hydra, ImageMagick, jupyter-nbclassic, kernel, libsoup, libsoup2, libssh2-1, nano, NetworkManager-applet-openvpn, nodejs22, openbabel, opensc, openssl-3, pacemaker, python, python-base, python-doc, python311-pdm, python311-py7zr, python311-pypdf, python36, tar, trivy, util-linux, xen, and xtrabackup).

Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/1079769/

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (buildah, coreutils, evince, libpng, libreoffice, libtasn1, libxml2, libxslt, nginx, nginx:1.24, nginx:1.26, postgresql:12, python-urllib3, python3.12-urllib3, python3.14, python3.14-urllib3, skopeo, tigervnc, tomcat, and vim), Debian (chromium, dnsdist, giflib, libdbi-perl, libssh2, libtext-csv-xs-perl, pdns, pdns-recursor, python-urllib3, and sogo), Fedora (goose, httpd, librabbitmq, perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2, perl-DBI, perl-IO-Compress, perl-Socket, python-django-allauth, rsync, and strongswan), Oracle (389-ds-base, buildah, containernetworking-plugins, coreutils, evince, fence-agents, giflib, git-lfs, hplip, krb5, libcap, libexif, libtasn1, memcached, opencryptoki, podman, postfix, postgresql:12, postgresql:13, postgresql:15, postgresql:16, python-urllib3, python3.12-urllib3, python3.14-urllib3, python3.9, runc, skopeo, tigervnc, vim, webkit2gtk3, xorg-x11-server, and xorg-x11-server-Xwayland), SUSE (apache-commons-configuration2, apache-commons-text, apache2, containerd, kernel, libnilfs3, libopenbabel8, libtar, libzypp, lrzip, nodejs24, ofono, perl-Net-Dropbox-API, podman, python-pip, python-PyJWT, python311-aiohttp, python311-nltk, python311-python-multipart, python312, and python315), and Ubuntu (amd64-microcode, containerd, containerd-app, containerd-stable, cpp-httplib, imagemagick, mina2, node-pbkdf2, NSD, and xrdp).

Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/1077739/

MinIO is
a popular object-storage server that offered compatibility with the Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
API. In December 2025, the company behind the project (also named MinIO)
announced
that the project was in maintenance mode and would not accept new changes; it
was archived
completely in February 2026. MinIO users have been hunting for alternatives
since then, but the array of choices can be baffling. While many other projects
aim to fill the space, their strengths and areas of focus tend to vary. Two of
the alternatives—Ceph and Garage—are particularly compelling,
and both offer solid S3 compatibility.

Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/1079600/

Version 6.0.0 of the Podman
container-management tool has been released. Notable new features
include the ability to set multiple static IP addresses for
containers, improvements in network isolation that make Podman more
compatible with Docker, changes to the way Quadlet
commands function, many new options for many existing podman
commands, and a
rewrite of Podman’s configuration file handling. There are many
breaking changes; see the release
notes for a full list of all new features, changes, and bug fixes.

Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/1079551/

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (libpng, libsolv, libtasn1, libxml2, libxslt, python3.14, tigervnc, and vim), Debian (cloud-init, postgresql-13, and yelp), Mageia (nats-server), Oracle (.NET 10.0, .NET 8.0, .NET 9.0, bind9.18, cockpit, compat-openssl11, dnsmasq, dovecot, evince, expat, flatpak, freerdp, gimp, golang, grafana, grafana-pcp, httpd, jmc, jq, kernel, libsndfile, libsoup, libtiff, mod_http2, mysql:8.0, nginx, nginx:1.24, openexr, php:8.2, poppler, pyOpenSSL, python-markdown, redis:7, samba, thunderbird, tigervnc, unbound, and vim), Red Hat (libpng, libpng12, and libpng15), SUSE (apptainer, bind, crun, freeipmi, ghc-crypton-x509-store, ghc-crypton-x509-system, google-guest-agent, google-osconfig-agent, GraphicsMagick, gstreamer-plugins-bad, hamlib, iproute2, java-1_8_0-openjdk, kubevirt1, libarchive, libheif, libpng15, mbedtls, mbedtls-2, openssl-1_1, python-biopython, python-PyJWT, tar, webkit2gtk3, and xen), and Ubuntu (ffmpeg, libdbi-perl, and perl).