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CFP Deadlines: October 28, 2021 to December 27, 2021
The following listing of CFP deadlines is taken from the LWN.net CFP Calendar.
| Deadline | Event Dates | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 1 | July 28 July 31 |
Southern California Linux Expo | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| December 10 | April 5 April 7 |
Cephalocon 2022 | Portland, OR, US |
| December 15 | March 19 March 20 |
LibrePlanet 2022 | Online |
If the CFP deadline for your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Upcoming Events
Events: October 28, 2021 to December 27, 2021
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| November 30 December 2 |
Yocto Project Summit 2021-11 | virtual |
| December 1 December 4 |
FlaskCon | Online |
| December 2 December 3 |
PGConf NYC | New York, USA |
| December 3 December 4 |
OLF Conference | Columbus, OH, USA |
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Security updates
Alert summary October 21, 2021 to October 27, 2021
| Dist. | ID | Release | Package | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch Linux | ASA-202110-1 | apache | 2021-10-21 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-202110-2 | chromium | 2021-10-21 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-202110-4 | nodejs | 2021-10-21 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-202110-6 | nodejs-lts-erbium | 2021-10-21 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-202110-5 | nodejs-lts-fermium | 2021-10-21 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-202110-3 | virtualbox | 2021-10-21 | |
| Debian | DLA-2792-1 | LTS | faad2 | 2021-10-24 |
| Debian | DLA-2791-1 | LTS | mailman | 2021-10-23 |
| Debian | DSA-4991-1 | stable | mailman | 2021-10-22 |
| Debian | DLA-2793-1 | LTS | mosquitto | 2021-10-27 |
| Debian | DLA-2794-1 | LTS | php7.0 | 2021-10-27 |
| Debian | DSA-4993-1 | stable | php7.3 | 2021-10-25 |
| Debian | DSA-4992-1 | stable | php7.4 | 2021-10-25 |
| Debian | DLA-2790-1 | LTS | python-babel | 2021-10-21 |
| Debian | DLA-2789-1 | LTS | squashfs-tools | 2021-10-20 |
| Debian | DLA-2768-2 | LTS | uwsgi | 2021-10-20 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-9c737bb848 | F33 | gfbgraph | 2021-10-20 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-7cccd2784c | F34 | gfbgraph | 2021-10-20 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-35145352b0 | F34 | java-11-openjdk | 2021-10-25 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-7f5a82ef57 | F33 | libzapojit | 2021-10-23 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-c3395a5df6 | F34 | libzapojit | 2021-10-23 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-cbad295a90 | F33 | nodejs | 2021-10-23 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-9807b754d9 | F34 | nodejs | 2021-10-23 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-f213fea441 | F34 | python-django-filter | 2021-10-27 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-13cdc0ab0e | F34 | python-reportlab | 2021-10-24 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-93bb56ad9b | F34 | qt | 2021-10-27 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-449a2bdaf3 | F33 | rust-coreos-installer | 2021-10-20 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-3d52eb54ca | F34 | rust-coreos-installer | 2021-10-20 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-84f4cf3244 | F33 | vim | 2021-10-23 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-67164401ae | F34 | vsftpd | 2021-10-21 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-45b7585d65 | F33 | watchdog | 2021-10-21 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-31748c40a6 | F34 | watchdog | 2021-10-23 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0487 | 8 | ansible | 2021-10-23 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0482 | 8 | aom | 2021-10-20 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0484 | 8 | docker-containerd | 2021-10-23 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0486 | 8 | flatpak | 2021-10-23 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0491 | 8 | fossil | 2021-10-27 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0489 | 8 | kernel | 2021-10-25 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0490 | 8 | kernel-linus | 2021-10-25 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0480 | 8 | libslirp | 2021-10-20 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0492 | 8 | opencryptoki | 2021-10-27 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0493 | 8 | qtbase5 | 2021-10-27 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0483 | 8 | redis | 2021-10-20 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0485 | 8 | tomcat | 2021-10-23 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0481 | 8 | vim | 2021-10-20 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2021-0488 | 8 | virtualbox | 2021-10-23 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:3522-1 | 15.3 | apache2 | 2021-10-26 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:3531-1 | 15.3 | busybox | 2021-10-27 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:1392-1 | SLE15.3 | chromium | 2021-10-26 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:3506-1 | 15.3 | containerd, docker, runc | 2021-10-25 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:3530-1 | 15.3 | dnsmasq | 2021-10-27 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:3493-1 | 15.3 | fetchmail | 2021-10-20 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:3521-1 | 15.3 | ffmpeg | 2021-10-26 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:3487-1 | 15.3 | go1.16 | 2021-10-20 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:3488-1 | 15.3 | go1.17 | 2021-10-20 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:1389-1 | SLE15.3 | mbedtls | 2021-10-21 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:3490-1 | 15.3 | ncurses | 2021-10-20 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:3529-1 | 15.3 | pcre | 2021-10-27 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:3489-1 | 15.3 | python | 2021-10-20 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:3485-1 | 15.3 | squid | 2021-10-20 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:1390-1 | SLE15.3 | ssh-audit | 2021-10-21 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:1393-1 | 15.3 | virtualbox | 2021-10-26 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2021:3527-1 | 15.3 | wireguard-tools | 2021-10-26 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-3791 | OL7 | firefox | 2021-10-22 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-3791 | OL7 | firefox | 2021-10-25 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-3889 | OL7 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2021-10-21 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-3889 | OL7 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2021-10-21 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-3893 | OL8 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2021-10-21 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-3892 | OL7 | java-11-openjdk | 2021-10-21 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-3892 | OL7 | java-11-openjdk | 2021-10-21 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-3891 | OL8 | java-11-openjdk | 2021-10-21 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-3945 | OL8 | redis:6 | 2021-10-21 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-3841 | OL7 | thunderbird | 2021-10-25 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-3841 | OL7 | thunderbird | 2021-10-25 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-3956 | OL7 | xstream | 2021-10-25 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2021-3956 | OL7 | xstream | 2021-10-25 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:3889-01 | EL7 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2021-10-20 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:3892-01 | EL7 | java-11-openjdk | 2021-10-20 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:3987-01 | EL7.7 | kernel | 2021-10-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:4000-01 | EL7.7 | kpatch-patch | 2021-10-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:3982-01 | SCL | rh-ruby30-ruby | 2021-10-25 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:3988-01 | EL7.7 | samba | 2021-10-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2021:3956-01 | EL7 | xstream | 2021-10-25 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2021:3889-1 | SL7 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2021-10-20 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2021:3892-1 | SL7 | java-11-openjdk | 2021-10-20 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2021:3956-1 | SL7 | xstream | 2021-10-25 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3522-1 | SLE15 | apache2 | 2021-10-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3531-1 | SLE15 SES6 | busybox | 2021-10-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3502-1 | SLE12 | cairo | 2021-10-22 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3506-1 | SLE15 SES6 SES7 | containerd, docker, runc | 2021-10-25 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3530-1 | SLE15 SES6 | dnsmasq | 2021-10-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3492-1 | SLE12 | fetchmail | 2021-10-20 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3493-1 | SLE15 | fetchmail | 2021-10-20 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3521-1 | SLE15 | ffmpeg | 2021-10-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3484-1 | OS8 SLE12 | git | 2021-10-20 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3487-1 | SLE15 | go1.16 | 2021-10-20 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3488-1 | SLE15 | go1.17 | 2021-10-20 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3528-1 | SLE12 | java-11-openjdk | 2021-10-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3540-1 | SLE15 SES6 | libvirt | 2021-10-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3491-1 | SLE12 | ncurses | 2021-10-20 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3490-1 | SLE15 | ncurses | 2021-10-20 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3520-1 | SLE12 | open-lldp | 2021-10-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3529-1 | SLE15 | pcre | 2021-10-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3481-1 | OS8 OS9 SLE12 | postgresql10 | 2021-10-20 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3524-1 | SLE12 | python | 2021-10-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3489-1 | SLE15 | python | 2021-10-20 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3486-1 | SLE12 | python36 | 2021-10-20 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3519-1 | SLE12 | qemu | 2021-10-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3485-1 | SLE15 | squid | 2021-10-20 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3523-1 | SLE15 | util-linux | 2021-10-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2021:3527-1 | SLE15 | wireguard-tools | 2021-10-26 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5122-2 | 14.04 16.04 | apport | 2021-10-26 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5122-1 | 18.04 20.04 21.04 21.10 | apport | 2021-10-25 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5124-1 | 18.04 20.04 | binutils | 2021-10-25 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5119-1 | 14.04 16.04 18.04 20.04 21.04 21.10 | libcaca | 2021-10-21 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5009-2 | 21.10 | libslirp | 2021-10-26 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5114-1 | 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-raspi2, linux-snapdragon | 2021-10-20 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5116-1 | 18.04 20.04 | linux, linux-bluefield, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-kvm | 2021-10-20 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5116-2 | 18.04 20.04 | linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-gke, linux-gke-5.4, linux-gkeop, linux-gkeop-5.4, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4 | 2021-10-21 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5120-1 | 20.04 | linux-azure-5.8 | 2021-10-21 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5115-1 | 20.04 | linux-oem-5.10 | 2021-10-20 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5117-1 | 20.04 | linux-oem-5.13 | 2021-10-20 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5121-1 | 16.04 18.04 | mailman | 2021-10-21 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5123-1 | 18.04 20.04 21.04 21.10 | mysql-5.7, mysql-8.0 | 2021-10-25 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5123-2 | 16.04 | mysql-5.7 | 2021-10-25 |
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