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Calls for Presentations
LSFMM 2022 call for proposals
The Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory-Management, and BPF Summit is scheduled for May 2 to 4 in Palm Springs, California; with luck it will actually happen this year. As usual, it is an invitation-only event, with a preference for those who bring interesting topics to discuss. The call for proposals is out now, with a request for proposals to arrive before March 1.Binary T00ls Summit 2022 CFP
The Binary T00ls Summit has been announced for March 4-6, 2022; it is a forum to talk about tools that deal with binary data.
This includes binary editors, libraries to encode and decode data, parser generators, binary data description languages and frameworks, binary formats and encodings, assemblers, debuggers, reverse engineering suites, and the like.
The event will be held online. The CFP is open now, with a deadline of February 16.
CFP Deadlines: February 3, 2022 to April 4, 2022
The following listing of CFP deadlines is taken from the LWN.net CFP Calendar.
| Deadline | Event Dates | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 4 | March 29 | Open Source 101 | Online |
| February 8 | February 19 February 20 |
Online Guix Days 2022 | online |
| February 9 | June 7 June 9 |
Open Infrastructure Summit | Berlin, Germany |
| February 13 | April 20 April 22 |
foss-north Online 2022 | Online |
| February 15 | July 11 July 17 |
SciPy 2022 | Austin, TX, USA |
| February 16 | March 4 March 6 |
Binary T00ls Summit | Online |
| February 22 | May 13 | PostgreSQL Conference Germany | Leipzig, Germany |
| March 1 | May 2 May 4 |
Linux Storage, Filesystem, and Memory-Management Summit | Palm Springs CA, USA |
| March 1 | June 21 June 25 |
The Perl and Raku Conference 2022 | Houston, Texas, USA |
| March 14 | June 21 June 24 |
Open Source Summit North America | Austin, TX, USA |
| March 18 | April 29 May 1 |
Linux Application Summit 2022 | Rovereto, Italy |
| March 30 | June 23 June 24 |
Linux Security Summit North America | Austin, TX, USA |
| March 31 | May 31 June 2 |
sambaXP | Göttingen, Germany |
| March 31 | July 19 July 20 |
stackconf 2022 | Berlin, Germany |
| March 31 | July 20 July 25 |
GUADEC 2022 | Guadalajara, Mexico |
If the CFP deadline for your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Upcoming Events
Events: February 3, 2022 to April 4, 2022
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| February 3 February 4 |
CentOS Dojo, FOSDEM 2022 | online, online |
| February 4 | Offensive Security Conference 2022 | Berlin, Germany |
| February 5 February 6 |
FOSDEM 2022 | Online (Brussels), Belgium |
| February 8 | Kernel Debug Stories for Arm (Linaro Connect Tech Webinar) | online |
| February 19 February 20 |
Online Guix Days 2022 | online |
| March 4 March 6 |
Binary T00ls Summit | Online |
| March 7 March 11 |
Mozilla Festival 2022 | Online |
| March 19 March 20 |
LibrePlanet 2022 | Online |
| March 22 | Nordic PGDay 2022 | Helsinki, Finland |
| March 24 | pgDay Paris | Paris, France |
| March 29 | Open Source 101 | Online |
| April 1 April 3 |
Fedora and openSUSE Mentors Summit 2022 | Online |
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Security updates
Alert summary January 27, 2022 to February 2, 2022
| Dist. | ID | Release | Package | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CentOS | CESA-2022:0306 | C7 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2022-01-27 |
| CentOS | CESA-2022:0274 | C7 | polkit | 2022-01-26 |
| CentOS | CESA-2022:0328 | C7 | samba | 2022-02-01 |
| Debian | DLA-2905-1 | LTS | apache-log4j1.2 | 2022-01-31 |
| Debian | DLA-2907-1 | LTS | apache2 | 2022-02-01 |
| Debian | DLA-2904-1 | LTS | expat | 2022-01-30 |
| Debian | DLA-2902-1 | LTS | graphicsmagick | 2022-01-27 |
| Debian | DSA-5065-1 | stable | ipython | 2022-01-31 |
| Debian | DLA-2903-1 | LTS | libraw | 2022-01-29 |
| Debian | DSA-5047-2 | stable | prosody | 2022-01-29 |
| Debian | DLA-2906-1 | LTS | python-django | 2022-02-01 |
| Debian | DSA-5064-1 | stable | python-nbxmpp | 2022-01-29 |
| Debian | DLA-2883-2 | LTS | uriparser | 2022-01-26 |
| Debian | DSA-5063-1 | stable | uriparser | 2022-01-26 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-22594d9eb0 | F35 | chromium | 2022-01-29 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-61b55b6ebc | F34 | cryptsetup | 2022-01-26 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-7e328bd66c | F35 | flatpak | 2022-01-26 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-7e328bd66c | F35 | flatpak-builder | 2022-01-26 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-c6ae206be7 | F34 | grafana | 2022-01-27 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-6e6b59a682 | F35 | grafana | 2022-01-28 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-ec83686a30 | F35 | hiredis | 2022-01-30 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-55ae167d94 | F35 | java-11-openjdk | 2022-01-29 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-7d8b535724 | F35 | java-latest-openjdk | 2022-01-29 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-48acd4718d | F34 | kernel | 2022-02-02 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-a39015bec2 | F35 | kernel | 2022-02-01 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-93f064549c | F35 | lua | 2022-01-29 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-3544c7d20e | F34 | phpMyAdmin | 2022-02-02 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-914fa8641a | F35 | phpMyAdmin | 2022-02-02 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-1acf1bb522 | F34 | polkit | 2022-01-26 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-da040e6b94 | F35 | polkit | 2022-01-26 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-c4071e3dc7 | F35 | rust-afterburn | 2022-01-29 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-ff32cc67d0 | F34 | rust-ammonia | 2022-01-31 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-68d155ca82 | F35 | rust-ammonia | 2022-01-31 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-c4071e3dc7 | F35 | rust-askalono-cli | 2022-01-29 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-c4071e3dc7 | F35 | rust-below | 2022-01-29 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-c4071e3dc7 | F35 | rust-cargo-c | 2022-01-29 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-f3b8d958e8 | F34 | rust-cargo-insta | 2022-01-31 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-c4071e3dc7 | F35 | rust-cargo-insta | 2022-01-29 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-eb16f07001 | F35 | rust-cargo-insta | 2022-01-31 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-c4071e3dc7 | F35 | rust-fd-find | 2022-01-29 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-f3b8d958e8 | F34 | rust-insta | 2022-01-31 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-eb16f07001 | F35 | rust-insta | 2022-01-31 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-c4071e3dc7 | F35 | rust-lsd | 2022-01-29 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-c4071e3dc7 | F35 | rust-oxipng | 2022-01-29 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-c4071e3dc7 | F35 | rust-python-launcher | 2022-01-29 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-c4071e3dc7 | F35 | rust-ripgrep | 2022-01-29 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-f3b8d958e8 | F34 | rust-ron | 2022-01-31 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-eb16f07001 | F35 | rust-ron | 2022-01-31 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-f3b8d958e8 | F34 | rust-ron0.6 | 2022-01-31 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-eb16f07001 | F35 | rust-ron0.6 | 2022-01-31 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-f3b8d958e8 | F34 | rust-similar | 2022-01-31 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-eb16f07001 | F35 | rust-similar | 2022-01-31 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-f3b8d958e8 | F34 | rust-similar-asserts | 2022-01-31 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-eb16f07001 | F35 | rust-similar-asserts | 2022-01-31 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-c4071e3dc7 | F35 | rust-skim | 2022-01-29 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-c4071e3dc7 | F35 | rust-thread_local | 2022-01-29 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-c4071e3dc7 | F35 | rust-tokei | 2022-01-29 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-256142639c | F34 | usbview | 2022-02-01 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-421e65c5d4 | F35 | usbview | 2022-02-01 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-f05f9c155b | F35 | vim | 2022-01-30 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-41f5b208b2 | F35 | wpa_supplicant | 2022-01-29 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-c4071e3dc7 | F35 | zola | 2022-01-29 |
| Gentoo | 202201-02 | chromium, chrome | 2022-01-30 | |
| Gentoo | 202201-01 | polkit | 2022-01-27 | |
| Gentoo | 202202-01 | webkit-gtk | 2022-01-31 | |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0040 | 8 | aom | 2022-01-27 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0041 | 8 | kernel | 2022-02-01 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0042 | 8 | kernel-linus | 2022-02-01 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0039 | 8 | roundcubemail | 2022-01-27 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0038 | 8 | virtualbox | 2022-01-26 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:0214-1 | 15.3 15.4 | log4j | 2022-01-27 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:0226-1 | 15.3 15.4 | log4j12 | 2022-01-28 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:0210-1 | 15.3 | qemu | 2022-01-27 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:0283-1 | 15.3 | samba | 2022-02-01 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:0284-1 | 15.4 | samba | 2022-02-01 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:0287-1 | 15.4 | samba | 2022-02-01 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-0306 | OL7 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2022-01-31 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-0307 | OL8 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2022-01-31 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-9056 | OL6 | log4j | 2022-01-28 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-0323 | OL8 | nginx:1.20 | 2022-02-01 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-0290 | OL8 | parfait:0.5 | 2022-01-27 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-9073 | OL6 | polkit | 2022-01-28 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-0328 | OL7 | samba | 2022-02-01 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-0328 | OL7 | samba | 2022-02-01 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-0332 | OL8 | samba | 2022-02-01 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0370-01 | EL8 | cryptsetup | 2022-02-01 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0303-01 | RHSC7 | httpd24-httpd | 2022-01-27 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0288-01 | EL8.1 | httpd:2.4 | 2022-01-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0310-01 | EL7 | java-1.7.1-ibm | 2022-01-27 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0345-01 | EL8 | java-1.8.0-ibm | 2022-02-01 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0306-01 | EL7 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2022-01-27 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0307-01 | EL8 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2022-01-27 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0304-01 | EL8.1 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2022-01-27 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0305-01 | EL8.2 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2022-01-27 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0312-01 | EL8.4 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2022-01-27 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0344-01 | EL8.1 | kernel | 2022-02-01 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0335-01 | EL8.1 | kpatch-patch | 2022-02-01 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0350-01 | EL8 | nodejs:14 | 2022-02-01 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0290-01 | EL8 | parfait:0.5 | 2022-01-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0294-01 | EL8.1 | parfait:0.5 | 2022-01-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0291-01 | EL8.2 | parfait:0.5 | 2022-01-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0289-01 | EL8.4 | parfait:0.5 | 2022-01-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0368-01 | EL8 | rpm | 2022-02-02 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0328-01 | EL7 | samba | 2022-01-31 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0332-01 | EL8 | samba | 2022-01-31 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0329-01 | EL8.1 | samba | 2022-01-31 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0330-01 | EL8.2 | samba | 2022-01-31 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0331-01 | EL8.4 | samba | 2022-01-31 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0366-01 | EL8 | vim | 2022-02-01 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2022:0306-1 | SL7 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2022-01-28 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2022:0328-1 | SL7 | samba | 2022-01-31 |
| Slackware | SSA:2022-027-01 | expat | 2022-01-27 | |
| Slackware | SSA:2022-031-01 | kernel | 2022-01-31 | |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:14882-1 | SLE11 | clamav | 2022-01-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0213-1 | SLE12 | containerd, docker | 2022-01-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0267-1 | SLE12 | kernel | 2022-02-01 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0296-1 | SLE12 | kernel | 2022-02-02 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0298-1 | SLE12 | kernel | 2022-02-02 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0263-1 | SLE12 SLE15 | kernel | 2022-02-01 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0255-1 | SLE15 | kernel | 2022-02-01 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0241-1 | SLE15 | kernel | 2022-01-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0257-1 | SLE15 | kernel | 2022-02-01 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0262-1 | SLE15 | kernel | 2022-02-01 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0254-1 | SLE15 | kernel | 2022-02-01 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0270-1 | SLE15 | kernel | 2022-02-01 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0289-1 | SLE15 | kernel | 2022-02-02 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0212-1 | OS8 OS9 SLE12 | log4j | 2022-01-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:14881-1 | SLE11 | log4j | 2022-01-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0214-1 | SLE15 SES6 | log4j | 2022-01-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0226-1 | MP4.1 SLE15 SES7 | log4j12 | 2022-01-28 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0286-1 | OS8 | python-Django | 2022-02-01 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0285-1 | OS9 | python-Django1 | 2022-02-01 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0206-1 | SLE12 | python-numpy | 2022-01-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0287-1 | MP4.1 SLE15 SES7 | samba | 2022-02-01 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0271-1 | OS8 OS9 SLE12 | samba | 2022-02-01 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0252-1 | SLE12 | samba | 2022-01-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0251-1 | SLE15 | samba | 2022-01-31 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0283-1 | SLE15 | samba | 2022-02-01 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0284-1 | SLE15 SES6 | samba | 2022-02-01 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0202-1 | OS8 OS9 SLE12 | strongswan | 2022-01-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0211-1 | SLE15 SES6 | strongswan | 2022-01-27 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5064-2 | 16.04 | cpio | 2022-01-27 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5259-1 | 16.04 | cron | 2022-02-01 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5257-1 | 16.04 18.04 | ldns | 2022-01-31 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5260-2 | 18.04 | samba | 2022-02-01 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5260-1 | 20.04 21.10 | samba | 2022-02-01 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5254-1 | 14.04 16.04 18.04 | shadow | 2022-01-27 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5247-1 | 18.04 20.04 21.10 | vim | 2022-01-27 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5255-1 | 20.04 21.10 | webkit2gtk | 2022-01-27 |
Kernel patches of interest
Kernel releases
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Ricardo Neri
Thermal: Introduce the Hardware Feedback Interface for thermal and performance management
Jan 27
David Hildenbrand
drivers/base/memory: determine and store zone for single-zone memory blocks
Jan 28
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