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CFP Deadlines: July 23, 2020 to September 21, 2020
The following listing of CFP deadlines is taken from the LWN.net CFP Calendar.
| Deadline | Event Dates | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 27 | August 7 August 9 |
Nest With Fedora | Online |
| July 31 | October 20 October 23 |
[Canceled] PostgreSQL Conference Europe | Berlin, Germany |
| July 31 | October 29 October 30 |
[Virtual] Linux Security Summit Europe | Virtual |
| August 14 | October 2 October 5 |
PyCon India 2020 | Virtual |
| August 28 | October 8 October 9 |
PyConZA 2020 | Online |
| September 1 | September 14 | GNU Radio Conference | Virtual |
| September 13 | October 13 October 15 |
Lustre Administrator and Developer Workshop 2020 | Online |
| September 15 | October 24 October 25 |
[Cancelled] T-Dose 2020 | Geldrop (Eindhoven), Netherlands |
| September 18 | October 10 October 11 |
Arch Linux Conf 2020 Online | Online |
If the CFP deadline for your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Upcoming Events
Netdev conf 0x14 update and logistics
The Netdev 0x14 virtual conference starts July 28. After that, there are seven days of sessions between August 13 and August 21. The opening keynote is from Nick McKeown. "Nick has a vision on how we can work together to realize a world where owners of large networks can express the intended behavior they want in their network using a high-level language, and then seamlessly compile and deploy it across all their various network devices."
Events: July 23, 2020 to September 21, 2020
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| July 22 July 28 |
[VIRTUAL] GUADEC 2020 | Zacatecas, Mexico |
| July 23 July 26 |
[Virtual] EuroPython 2020 | Online |
| July 25 August 2 |
Hackers On Planet Earth | Online |
| August 6 August 9 |
[Canceled] miniDebConf Montreal 2020 | Montreal, Canada |
| August 7 August 9 |
Nest With Fedora | Online |
| August 13 August 21 |
Netdev 0x14 | Virtual |
| August 20 | [Virtual] RustConf | online |
| August 23 August 29 |
DebConf20 | online |
| August 25 August 27 |
Linux Plumbers Conference | Virtual |
| August 26 August 28 |
[Canceled] FOSS4G Calgary | Calgary, Canada |
| August 28 | Linux Kernel Maintainer Summit | Virtual |
| September 4 September 11 |
Akademy 2020 | Virtual, Online |
| September 9 September 10 |
State of the Source Summit | online |
| September 13 September 18 |
The C++ Conference 2020 | Online |
| September 14 | GNU Radio Conference | Virtual |
| September 16 September 18 |
X.Org Developer's Conference 2020 | online |
| September 18 | [Postponed to 2021] PGDay Austria 2020 | Vienna, Austria |
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Security updates
Alert summary July 16, 2020 to July 22, 2020
| Dist. | ID | Release | Package | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | DLA-2281-1 | LTS | evolution-data-server | 2020-07-16 |
| Debian | DSA-4725-1 | stable | evolution-data-server | 2020-07-15 |
| Debian | DLA-2284-1 | LTS | ksh | 2020-07-21 |
| Debian | DSA-4729-1 | stable | libopenmpt | 2020-07-19 |
| Debian | DLA-2285-1 | LTS | librsvg | 2020-07-22 |
| Debian | DLA-2283-1 | LTS | nginx | 2020-07-20 |
| Debian | DSA-4726-1 | stable | nss | 2020-07-17 |
| Debian | DSA-4728-1 | stable | qemu | 2020-07-19 |
| Debian | DLA-2282-1 | LTS | rails | 2020-07-20 |
| Debian | DSA-4731-1 | stable | redis | 2020-07-19 |
| Debian | DSA-4730-1 | stable | ruby-sanitize | 2020-07-19 |
| Debian | DSA-4732-1 | stable | squid | 2020-07-21 |
| Debian | DSA-4727-1 | stable | tomcat9 | 2020-07-17 |
| Debian | DSA-4724-1 | stable | webkit2gtk | 2020-07-15 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-ff38f3a401 | F32 | bashtop | 2020-07-17 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-d860479b2a | F32 | glibc | 2020-07-19 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-3be4990c1d | F31 | kernel | 2020-07-16 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-5131d30947 | F31 | libldb | 2020-07-18 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-62f2df3ca4 | F31 | mailman | 2020-07-22 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-07f0a49a9e | F31 | mingw-LibRaw | 2020-07-22 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-4f4c778096 | F32 | mingw-LibRaw | 2020-07-22 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-3ef1937475 | F32 | nspr | 2020-07-19 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-3ef1937475 | F32 | nss | 2020-07-19 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-0fbd043bcf | F31 | php-horde-kronolith | 2020-07-22 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-2f88bad887 | F32 | php-horde-kronolith | 2020-07-22 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-b513391ca8 | F31 | python39 | 2020-07-17 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-705c6ea5be | F32 | python39 | 2020-07-17 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-5131d30947 | F31 | samba | 2020-07-18 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-ccb155ea2c | F31 | snapd | 2020-07-16 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-7685deba9b | F32 | snapd | 2020-07-16 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-83d2616f81 | F32 | targetcli | 2020-07-22 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-d2736ee493 | F31 | webkit2gtk3 | 2020-07-18 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2020-fbc13516af | F32 | xen | 2020-07-16 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0988-1 | 15.1 | LibVNCServer | 2020-07-18 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0978-1 | 15.2 | LibVNCServer | 2020-07-18 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:1025-1 | 15.2 | LibVNCServer | 2020-07-21 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:1022-1 | 15.2 | ant | 2020-07-21 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:1003-1 | 15.1 | cairo | 2020-07-19 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:1021-1 | 15.1 | chromium | 2020-07-20 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:1020-1 | 15.2 | chromium | 2020-07-20 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:1017-1 | 15.1 | firefox | 2020-07-20 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0983-1 | 15.2 | firefox | 2020-07-18 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0996-1 | 15.1 | google-compute-engine | 2020-07-19 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:1014-1 | 15.2 | google-compute-engine | 2020-07-20 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:1023-1 | 15.2 | ldb, samba | 2020-07-21 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:1016-1 | 15.1 15.2 | mumble | 2020-07-20 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:1007-1 | 15.2 | ntp | 2020-07-19 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0997-1 | 15.1 | openconnect | 2020-07-19 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:1027-1 | 15.2 | openconnect | 2020-07-21 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0970-1 | 15.1 | openexr | 2020-07-16 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:1015-1 | 15.2 | openexr | 2020-07-20 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0976-1 | 15.2 | openldap2 | 2020-07-18 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:1005-1 | pdns-recursor | 2020-07-19 | |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:1005-1 | 15.1 15.2 | pdns-recursor | 2020-07-19 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0989-1 | 15.1 | python-ipaddress | 2020-07-18 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:1002-1 | 15.2 | python-ipaddress | 2020-07-19 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0990-1 | 15.1 | rubygem-puma | 2020-07-18 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:1001-1 | 15.2 | rubygem-puma | 2020-07-19 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0984-1 | 15.1 | samba | 2020-07-18 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:1011-1 | 15.2 | singularity | 2020-07-19 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0987-1 | 15.1 | slirp4netns | 2020-07-18 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0994-1 | 15.2 | slirp4netns | 2020-07-19 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0967-1 | 15.1 | thunderbird | 2020-07-15 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0982-1 | 15.2 | thunderbird | 2020-07-18 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0965-1 | 15.1 | xen | 2020-07-15 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0985-1 | 15.2 | xen | 2020-07-18 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2020:0999-1 | 15.1 | xrdp | 2020-07-19 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-2954 | OL8 | .NET Core 3.1 | 2020-07-17 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-2938 | OL8 | .NET Core | 2020-07-17 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-2894 | OL7 | dbus | 2020-07-15 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-2985 | OL6 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2020-07-17 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-2968 | OL7 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2020-07-17 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-2968 | OL7 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2020-07-18 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-2972 | OL8 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2020-07-17 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-2969 | OL7 | java-11-openjdk | 2020-07-17 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-2969 | OL7 | java-11-openjdk | 2020-07-18 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-2970 | OL8 | java-11-openjdk | 2020-07-17 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-2933 | OL6 | kernel | 2020-07-17 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-2966 | OL6 | thunderbird | 2020-07-17 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2020-2906 | OL7 | thunderbird | 2020-07-15 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3011-01 | EL8 | NetworkManager | 2020-07-21 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3050-01 | EL8 | cloud-init | 2020-07-21 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3053-01 | EL8 | container-tools:rhel8 | 2020-07-21 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3014-01 | EL8 | dbus | 2020-07-21 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3044-01 | EL8.0 | dbus | 2020-07-21 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:2985-01 | EL6 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2020-07-16 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:2968-01 | EL7 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2020-07-16 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:2972-01 | EL8 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2020-07-16 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3100-01 | EL8.0 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2020-07-22 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3101-01 | EL8.1 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2020-07-22 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:2969-01 | EL7 | java-11-openjdk | 2020-07-16 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:2970-01 | EL8 | java-11-openjdk | 2020-07-16 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3098-01 | EL8.0 | java-11-openjdk | 2020-07-22 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3099-01 | EL8.1 | java-11-openjdk | 2020-07-22 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3043-01 | EL8.0 | jbig2dec | 2020-07-21 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:2971-01 | EL8.1 | jbig2dec | 2020-07-16 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3019-01 | EL7.7 | kernel | 2020-07-21 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3010-01 | EL8 | kernel | 2020-07-21 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3041-01 | EL8.0 | kernel | 2020-07-21 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3016-01 | EL8 | kernel-rt | 2020-07-21 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3073-01 | EL8 | kpatch-patch | 2020-07-21 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3032-01 | EL8 | mod_auth_openidc:2.3 | 2020-07-21 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3042-01 | EL8.0 | nodejs:10 | 2020-07-21 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3096-01 | OSP10 | openstack-keystone | 2020-07-22 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3102-01 | OSP15 | openstack-keystone | 2020-07-22 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3105-01 | OSP16 | openstack-keystone | 2020-07-22 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3084-01 | SCL | rh-nodejs10-nodejs | 2020-07-21 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3045-01 | EL8.0 | sane-backends | 2020-07-21 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:2967-01 | EL8.1 | sane-backends | 2020-07-16 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:2966-01 | EL6 | thunderbird | 2020-07-16 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3038-01 | EL8 | thunderbird | 2020-07-21 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3046-01 | EL8.0 | thunderbird | 2020-07-21 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2020:3040-01 | EL8.0 | virt:rhel | 2020-07-21 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2020:2933-1 | SL6 | kernel | 2020-07-15 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2020:2966-1 | SL6 | thunderbird | 2020-07-16 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:14431-1 | MGR2.1 | SUSE Manager Client Tools | 2020-07-21 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:1970-1 | OS8 OS9 SLE12 SES5 | SUSE Manager Client Tools | 2020-07-21 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:1971-1 | MP3.2 SLE12 | Salt | 2020-07-21 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:1973-1 | SLE15 | Salt | 2020-07-21 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:1937-1 | SLE15 | cairo | 2020-07-16 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:1957-1 | SLE15 | cni-plugins | 2020-07-20 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:1657-2 | SLE15 | containerd, docker, docker-runc, golang-github-docker-libnetwork | 2020-07-15 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:1958-1 | SLE15 | firefox | 2020-07-20 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:1934-1 | SLE15 | google-compute-engine | 2020-07-15 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:14423-1 | SLE11 | mailman | 2020-07-15 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:1709-2 | mercurial | 2020-07-15 | |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:1930-1 | SLE15 | openconnect | 2020-07-15 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:1984-1 | SLE12 | openexr | 2020-07-21 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:1931-1 | SLE15 | openexr | 2020-07-15 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:1974-1 | SLE15 | salt | 2020-07-21 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:1963-1 | OS9 SLE12 | tomcat | 2020-07-20 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:1983-1 | SLE15 | tomcat | 2020-07-21 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:1962-1 | SLE15 | tomcat | 2020-07-20 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:1990-1 | SLE15 | webkit2gtk3 | 2020-07-22 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:1992-1 | SLE15 | webkit2gtk3 | 2020-07-22 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:1991-1 | OS8 OS9 SLE12 SES5 | xrdp | 2020-07-22 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2020:1933-1 | SLE15 | xrdp | 2020-07-15 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4429-1 | 16.04 18.04 20.04 | evolution-data-server | 2020-07-22 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4199-2 | 14.04 | libvpx | 2020-07-15 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4426-1 | 16.04 18.04 | linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-gke-4.15, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2 | 2020-07-21 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4425-1 | 18.04 20.04 | linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi-5.4, linux-riscv | 2020-07-21 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4427-1 | 14.04 16.04 | linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-lts-xenial, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon | 2020-07-21 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4430-1 | 16.04 18.04 | pillow | 2020-07-22 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4428-1 | 12.04 14.04 16.04 18.04 20.04 | python2.7, python3.4, python3.5, python3.6, python3.8 | 2020-07-22 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4424-1 | 16.04 18.04 19.10 20.04 | snapd | 2020-07-15 |
Kernel patches of interest
Kernel releases
Architecture-specific
Thomas Gleixner
[patch V3 00/13] entry, x86, kvm: Generic entry/exit functionality
for host and guest
Jul 16
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