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Meeting minutes

openSUSE board meeting minutes September 13

Calls for Presentations

The SQLite & Tcl Conf 2021

The SQLite & Tcl Conference (S&T 2021) will take place November 17 online. The call for proposals closes October 4.
We've made it easier to contribute by asking for shorter, less formal talks rather than requiring formal papers.

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CFP Deadlines: September 30, 2021 to November 29, 2021

The following listing of CFP deadlines is taken from the LWN.net CFP Calendar.

DeadlineEvent Dates EventLocation
September 30 November 27
November 28		 EmacsConf Online
October 1 December 3
December 4		 OLF Conference Columbus, OH, USA
October 4 November 17 SQLite & Tcl virtual conference Online
October 19 November 30
December 2		 Yocto Project Summit 2021-11 virtual
October 24 December 1
December 4		 FlaskCon Online
November 1 July 28
July 31		 Southern California Linux Expo Los Angeles, CA, USA

If the CFP deadline for your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.

Upcoming Events

Events: September 30, 2021 to November 29, 2021

The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.

Date(s)EventLocation
September 27
September 30		 Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference Seattle, WA, and online
September 28
September 30		 Qt Developer Conference [POSTPONED] Berlin, Germany
September 29
October 1		 Linux Security Summit Seattle, WA, and online
September 30
October 1		 Collabora COOL Days 2021 Online
October 2
October 3		 MiniDebConf Regensburg, Germany
October 3
October 9		 Fedora Week of Diversity Online
October 4 LinuxConf [ZA] Online, South Africa
October 4
October 5		 Open Source Strategy Forum London London, UK
October 5 PostgresConf South Africa Online, South Africa
October 6 OSPOCon Europe London, UK
October 7
October 8		 PyCon ZA 2021 Online
October 11
October 12		 Open Networking & Edge Summit + Kubernetes on Edge Day Virtual
October 17
October 19		 All Things Open Raleigh, NC, and virtual
November 3 Qt World Summit 2021 Online
November 5
November 6		 Seattle GNU/Linux conference Online
November 9
November 10		 Open Source Strategy Forum New York New York, NY, USA
November 9
November 10		 PackagingCon 2021 Online
November 10
November 12		 Meeting C++ 2021 Online
November 17 SQLite & Tcl virtual conference Online
November 27
November 28		 EmacsConf Online

If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.

Security updates

Alert summary September 23, 2021 to September 29, 2021

Dist. ID Release Package Date
CentOS CESA-2021:3438 C7 kernel 2021-09-27
Debian DSA-4978-1 stable kernel 2021-09-25
Debian DLA-2767-1 LTS libxml-security-java 2021-09-27
Debian DLA-2765-1 LTS mupdf 2021-09-23
Debian DLA-2766-1 LTS openssl 2021-09-26
Debian DLA-2763-1 LTS ruby-kaminari 2021-09-22
Debian DLA-2764-1 LTS tomcat8 2021-09-23
Fedora FEDORA-2021-9998719311 F33 fetchmail 2021-09-24
Fedora FEDORA-2021-ddefbdbb46 F34 fetchmail 2021-09-24
Fedora FEDORA-2021-be0a93fb15 F33 ghostscript 2021-09-23
Fedora FEDORA-2021-b349650e52 F33 gifsicle 2021-09-23
Fedora FEDORA-2021-c351011066 F34 gifsicle 2021-09-23
Fedora FEDORA-2021-55198e6804 F33 iaito 2021-09-29
Fedora FEDORA-2021-d206891379 F34 iaito 2021-09-29
Fedora FEDORA-2021-288925ac19 F34 libssh 2021-09-29
Fedora FEDORA-2021-e7c8ba6301 F33 ntfs-3g 2021-09-23
Fedora FEDORA-2021-c1fef03e71 F33 python-rsa 2021-09-24
Fedora FEDORA-2021-783a157adc F34 python-rsa 2021-09-24
Fedora FEDORA-2021-55198e6804 F33 radare2 2021-09-29
Fedora FEDORA-2021-d206891379 F34 radare2 2021-09-29
Fedora FEDORA-2021-9fb6da134f F33 squashfs-tools 2021-09-29
Fedora FEDORA-2021-b30ea7dbd3 F34 squashfs-tools 2021-09-29
Mageia MGASA-2021-0440 8 389-ds-base 2021-09-23
Mageia MGASA-2021-0420 8 ansible 2021-09-23
Mageia MGASA-2021-0439 8 apache 2021-09-23
Mageia MGASA-2021-0428 8 apr 2021-09-23
Mageia MGASA-2021-0423 8 cpio 2021-09-23
Mageia MGASA-2021-0438 8 curl 2021-09-23
Mageia MGASA-2021-0425 8 firefox 2021-09-23
Mageia MGASA-2021-0436 8 ghostscript 2021-09-23
Mageia MGASA-2021-0437 8 gifsicle 2021-09-23
Mageia MGASA-2021-0431 8 gpac 2021-09-23
Mageia MGASA-2021-0430 8 libarchive 2021-09-23
Mageia MGASA-2021-0433 8 libgd 2021-09-23
Mageia MGASA-2021-0441 8 libssh 2021-09-23
Mageia MGASA-2021-0422 8 lynx 2021-09-23
Mageia MGASA-2021-0421 8 nextcloud-client 2021-09-23
Mageia MGASA-2021-0429 8 openssl 2021-09-23
Mageia MGASA-2021-0424 8 postgresql 2021-09-23
Mageia MGASA-2021-0434 8 proftpd 2021-09-23
Mageia MGASA-2021-0435 8 python3 2021-09-23
Mageia MGASA-2021-0427 8 thunderbird 2021-09-23
Mageia MGASA-2021-0426 8 tor 2021-09-23
Mageia MGASA-2021-0432 8 vim 2021-09-23
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2021:1303-1 15.2 chromium 2021-09-23
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2021:3193-1 15.3 ffmpeg 2021-09-23
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2021:3236-1 15.3 gd 2021-09-27
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2021:1308-1 15.2 grafana-piechart-panel 2021-09-25
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2021:1312-1 15.2 grilo 2021-09-28
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2021:3194-1 15.3 grilo 2021-09-23
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2021:1319-1 15.2 hivex 2021-09-29
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2021:3201-1 15.3 hivex 2021-09-23
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2021:3205-1 15.3 kernel 2021-09-23
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2021:3202-1 15.3 linuxptp 2021-09-23
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2021:1313-1 15.2 nodejs14 2021-09-28
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2021:3211-1 15.3 nodejs14 2021-09-23
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2021:1310-1 15.2 15.3 opera 2021-09-25
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2021:3187-1 15.3 samba 2021-09-22
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2021:3244-1 15.3 shibboleth-sp 2021-09-28
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2021:1311-1 SLE15.2 transfig 2021-09-27
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2021:1318-1 SLE15.3 transfig 2021-09-28
Oracle ELSA-2021-3585 OL8 go-toolset:ol8 2021-09-22
Oracle ELSA-2021-9459 OL6 kernel 2021-09-22
Oracle ELSA-2021-9457 OL7 kernel 2021-09-22
Oracle ELSA-2021-9460 OL7 kernel 2021-09-22
Oracle ELSA-2021-9460 OL7 kernel 2021-09-22
Oracle ELSA-2021-9459 OL7 kernel 2021-09-22
Oracle ELSA-2021-9457 OL8 kernel 2021-09-22
Oracle ELSA-2021-9457 OL8 kernel 2021-09-22
Oracle ELSA-2021-9461 OL7 kernel-container 2021-09-22
Oracle ELSA-2021-9461 OL8 kernel-container 2021-09-22
Oracle ELSA-2021-3576 OL8 krb5 2021-09-22
Oracle ELSA-2021-3590 OL8 mysql:8.0 2021-09-22
Oracle ELSA-2021-3623 OL8 nodejs:12 2021-09-22
Oracle ELSA-2021-3666 OL8 nodejs:14 2021-09-27
Oracle ELSA-2021-9465 OL7 squid 2021-09-27
Oracle ELSA-2021-9465 OL7 squid 2021-09-27
Red Hat RHSA-2021:3676-01 EL8.1 kernel 2021-09-28
Red Hat RHSA-2021:3666-01 EL8 nodejs:14 2021-09-27
Red Hat RHSA-2021:3675-01 EL8.1 shim and fwupd 2021-09-28
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:14811-1 SLE11 apache2 2021-09-27
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3237-1 SLE12 atftp 2021-09-27
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:14807-1 SLE11 curl 2021-09-23
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3193-1 SLE15 ffmpeg 2021-09-23
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3212-1 SLE15 SES6 ffmpeg 2021-09-23
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3191-1 OS8 OS9 SLE12 firefox 2021-09-22
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3214-1 SLE12 gd 2021-09-23
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3236-1 SLE15 gd 2021-09-27
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3194-1 SLE15 grilo 2021-09-23
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3210-1 SLE12 hivex 2021-09-23
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3201-1 SLE15 hivex 2021-09-23
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3192-1 SLE12 kernel 2021-09-22
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3206-1 SLE12 kernel 2021-09-23
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3217-1 SLE12 kernel 2021-09-23
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3207-1 SLE15 kernel 2021-09-23
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3205-1 SLE15 kernel 2021-09-23
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3202-1 SLE15 linuxptp 2021-09-23
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3184-1 SLE12 nodejs14 2021-09-22
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3211-1 SLE15 nodejs14 2021-09-23
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3234-1 OS8 python-Pillow 2021-09-27
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3235-1 OS9 python-Pillow 2021-09-27
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3209-1 SLE12 python-reportlab 2021-09-23
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3251-1 OS8 OS9 SLE12 python-urllib3 2021-09-29
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3187-1 SLE15 samba 2021-09-22
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3244-1 SLE15 shibboleth-sp 2021-09-28
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3215-1 OS8 OS9 SLE12 sqlite3 2021-09-23
SUSE SUSE-SU-2021:3213-1 OS8 SLE12 xen 2021-09-23
Ubuntu USN-5090-2 14.04 16.04 apache2 2021-09-27
Ubuntu USN-5090-4 16.04 apache2 2021-09-28
Ubuntu USN-5090-1 18.04 20.04 21.04 apache2 2021-09-27
Ubuntu USN-5090-3 18.04 20.04 21.04 apache2 2021-09-28
Ubuntu USN-5089-2 14.04 16.04 ca-certificates 2021-09-23
Ubuntu USN-5089-1 18.04 20.04 21.04 ca-certificates 2021-09-23
Ubuntu USN-5088-1 20.04 21.04 edk2 2021-09-23
Ubuntu USN-5092-1 20.04 21.04 linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.11, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi 2021-09-27
Ubuntu USN-5091-1 18.04 20.04 linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-gke, linux-gke-5.4, linux-gkeop, linux-gkeop-5.4, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4 2021-09-27
Ubuntu USN-5094-1 14.04 16.04 18.04 linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-dell300x, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-snapdragon 2021-09-29
Ubuntu USN-5092-2 20.04 21.04 linux-hwe-5.11, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.11, linux-oracle-5.11 2021-09-29
Ubuntu USN-5085-1 21.04 sqlparse 2021-09-22
Ubuntu USN-5093-1 14.04 16.04 18.04 20.04 21.04 vim 2021-09-28
Ubuntu USN-5087-1 18.04 20.04 21.04 webkit2gtk 2021-09-22
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Kernel patches of interest

Kernel releases

Linus Torvalds Linux 5.15-rc3 Sep 26
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior v5.15-rc2-rt4 Sep 24
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior v5.15-rc2-rt3 Sep 22
Greg Kroah-Hartman Linux 5.14.8 Sep 26
Greg Kroah-Hartman Linux 5.10.69 Sep 26
Greg Kroah-Hartman Linux 5.4.149 Sep 26
Greg Kroah-Hartman Linux 4.19.208 Sep 26
Greg Kroah-Hartman Linux 4.14.248 Sep 26
Greg Kroah-Hartman Linux 4.9.284 Sep 26
Greg Kroah-Hartman Linux 4.4.285 Sep 26

Architecture-specific

Huacai Chen arch: Add basic LoongArch support Sep 27
Anup Patel KVM RISC-V Support Sep 27
Matteo Croce riscv: optimized mem* functions Sep 29
Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan Add TDX Guest Support (#VE handler support) Sep 22
Huang Rui cpufreq: introduce a new AMD CPU frequency control mechanism Sep 26

Core kernel

André Almeida futex: splitup and waitv syscall Sep 23
Andrii Nakryiko bpf_jhash_mem() and BPF Bloom filter implementation Sep 22
Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi Support kernel module function calls from eBPF Sep 27

Device drivers

Marc Zyngier PCI: Add support for Apple M1 Sep 22
Sven Peter usb: typec: tipd: Add Apple M1 support Sep 23
Sven Peter Add Apple M1 support to PASemi i2c driver Sep 26
Marc Zyngier clocksource/arm_arch_timer: Add basic ARMv8.6 support Sep 22
Chunyan Zhang Add Unisoc's UMS512 clock support Sep 23
Russ Weight Intel MAX10 BMC Secure Update Driver Sep 22
Daniel Palmer gpio: msc313: Add gpio support for ssd20xd Sep 23
Akhil R Add Nvidia Tegra GPC-DMA driver Sep 23
Yong Wu MT8195 IOMMU SUPPORT Sep 23
Biju Das Add Gigabit Ethernet driver support Sep 23
Michael Tretter media: i2c: isl7998x: Add driver for Intersil ISL7998x Sep 23
Tinghan Shen Mediatek MT8195 SCP support Sep 24
Kavyasree Kotagiri Add driver for lan966x Generic Clock Controller Sep 24
Justin Chen brcm ASP 2.0 Ethernet controller Sep 24
Cai Huoqing iio: imx8qxp-adc: Add driver support for NXP IMX8QXP ADC Sep 25
Shengjiu Wang Add remoteproc driver for DSP on i.MX Sep 26
Justin Chen net: bcmasp: Add support for ASP2.0 Ethernet controller Sep 24
Chia-Wei Wang arm: aspeed: Add UART routing support Sep 27
Shawn Guo Add QCM2290 USB3 PHY support Sep 27
Srinivas Kandagatla ASoC: qcom: Add AudioReach support Sep 27
H. Nikolaus Schaller MIPS: JZ4780 and CI20 HDMI Sep 27
Marijn Suijten Global Clock Controller driver for MSM8976/56 Sep 27
Mauro Carvalho Chehab Add support for Hikey 970 PCIe Sep 28
Samuel Holland clk: sunxi-ng: Add a RTC CCU driver Sep 28
Miquel Raynal TI AM437X ADC1 Sep 28
Hannes Reinecke nvme: In-band authentication support Sep 28
Lad Prabhakar Add SPI Multi I/O Bus Controller support for RZ/G2L Sep 28
Wu Zongyong vDPA driver for Alibaba ENI Sep 29
LakshmiPraveen Kopparthi i2c:busses:Microchip PCI1XXXX I2C adapter Sep 29

Device-driver infrastructure

Russ Weight FPGA Image Load (previously Security Manager) Sep 22
Greg Kroah-Hartman dma-buf: move dma-buf symbols into the DMA_BUF module namespace Sep 25
Andrzej Pietrasiewicz VP9 codec V4L2 control interface Sep 27
William Breathitt Gray Introduce the Counter character device interface Sep 29

Filesystems and block layer

Chengguang Xu implement containerized syncfs for overlayfs Sep 23
Jeffle Xu fuse,virtiofs: support per-file DAX Sep 23
Shiyang Ruan [PATCH v7 0/8] fsdax: introduce fs query to support reflink Sep 24
Shiyang Ruan fsdax,xfs: Add reflink&dedupe support for fsdax Sep 28
Bart Van Assche Restore I/O priority support in the mq-deadline scheduler Sep 27
Dai Ngo nfsd: Initial implementation of NFSv4 Courteous Server Sep 28

Memory management

Mike Kravetz hugetlb: add demote/split page functionality Sep 23
David Howells mm: Use DIO for swap and fix NFS swapfiles Sep 24
Muchun Song Free the 2nd vmemmap page associated with each HugeTLB page Sep 26
Nadav Amit mm/madvise: support process_madvise(MADV_DONTNEED) Sep 26
Mel Gorman Remove dependency on congestion_wait in mm/ v2 Sep 29

Networking

Wei Wang net: add new socket option SO_RESERVE_MEM Sep 27

Security-related

Casey Schaufler LSM: Module stacking for AppArmor Sep 24
David Hildenbrand proc/vmcore: sanitize access to virtio-mem memory Sep 28

Virtualization and containers

Nuno Das Neves Microsoft Hypervisor root partition ioctl interface Sep 28
David Stevens KVM: allow mapping non-refcounted pages Sep 29
Vincent Whitchurch Support kernel buffers in vhost Sep 29
Joerg Roedel KVM: SVM: Add initial GHCB protocol version 2 support Sep 29

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