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CFP Deadlines: February 10, 2022 to April 11, 2022
The following listing of CFP deadlines is taken from the LWN.net CFP Calendar.
| Deadline | Event Dates | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 10, 2022 to April 11, 2022
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| April 5 April 7 |
Cephalocon 2022 | Portland, OR, US |
| April 7 April 9 |
FOSSASIA Summit | Online |
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Security updates
Alert summary February 3, 2022 to February 9, 2022
| Dist. | ID | Release | Package | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CentOS | CESA-2022:0473 | C7 | aide | 2022-02-08 |
| CentOS | CESA-2022:0442 | C7 | log4j | 2022-02-07 |
| Debian | DLA-2911-1 | LTS | apng2gif | 2022-02-04 |
| Debian | DSA-5068-1 | stable | chromium | 2022-02-07 |
| Debian | DLA-2915-1 | LTS | connman | 2022-02-09 |
| Debian | DLA-2910-1 | LTS | ldns | 2022-02-04 |
| Debian | DLA-2912-1 | LTS | libphp-adodb | 2022-02-06 |
| Debian | DLA-2908-1 | LTS | librecad | 2022-02-03 |
| Debian | DSA-5066-1 | stable | ruby2.5 | 2022-02-03 |
| Debian | DSA-5067-1 | stable | ruby2.7 | 2022-02-03 |
| Debian | DLA-2909-1 | LTS | strongswan | 2022-02-04 |
| Debian | DLA-2913-1 | LTS | xterm | 2022-02-07 |
| Debian | DLA-2914-1 | LTS | zabbix | 2022-02-07 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-5aee32fbab | F35 | 389-ds-base | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-8c64cb0992 | F34 | flatpak | 2022-02-03 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-8c64cb0992 | F34 | flatpak-builder | 2022-02-03 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-918e18c52c | F34 | glibc | 2022-02-03 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-560d2bc333 | F35 | glibc | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-612dd9ae5e | F34 | java-latest-openjdk | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-74707ed2dd | F35 | kate | 2022-02-08 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-667a5c6e26 | F34 | kernel | 2022-02-06 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-57fd391bf8 | F35 | kernel | 2022-02-05 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-667a5c6e26 | F34 | kernel-headers | 2022-02-06 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-57fd391bf8 | F35 | kernel-headers | 2022-02-05 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-667a5c6e26 | F34 | kernel-tools | 2022-02-06 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-57fd391bf8 | F35 | kernel-tools | 2022-02-05 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-dbb274913a | F34 | keylime | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-5770dad5f8 | F35 | keylime | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-e6b2bd5b50 | F35 | lua | 2022-02-08 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-286134c3c1 | F34 | mingw-binutils | 2022-02-06 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-eca9d3b7fa | F34 | mingw-openexr | 2022-02-06 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-e4087f9366 | F34 | mingw-python-pillow | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-a1bc7decc9 | F35 | mingw-python-pillow | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-7018d21c6b | F34 | mingw-python3 | 2022-02-06 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-56f583fd79 | F34 | mingw-qt5-qtsvg | 2022-02-06 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-1e29b8997a | F35 | mingw-qt5-qtsvg | 2022-02-07 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-f4b7f896e3 | F35 | perl-App-cpanminus | 2022-02-09 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-f3ab9c77bc | F34 | perl-Image-ExifTool | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-c0c11c4776 | F35 | perl-Image-ExifTool | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2021-6bd024d2a7 | F34 | podman | 2022-02-08 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-e4087f9366 | F34 | python-pillow | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-a1bc7decc9 | F35 | python-pillow | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-7ec8bda833 | F34 | rust-afterburn | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-1b76e3a192 | F35 | rust-afterburn | 2022-02-09 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-7ec8bda833 | F34 | rust-askalono-cli | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-7ec8bda833 | F34 | rust-below | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-7ec8bda833 | F34 | rust-cargo-c | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-7ec8bda833 | F34 | rust-cargo-insta | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-7ec8bda833 | F34 | rust-fd-find | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-7ec8bda833 | F34 | rust-lsd | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-7ec8bda833 | F34 | rust-oxipng | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-7ec8bda833 | F34 | rust-python-launcher | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-7ec8bda833 | F34 | rust-ripgrep | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-7ec8bda833 | F34 | rust-skim | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-7ec8bda833 | F34 | rust-thread_local | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-7ec8bda833 | F34 | rust-tokei | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-0ee49c7f19 | F34 | scap-security-guide | 2022-02-06 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-8936f7d630 | F35 | scap-security-guide | 2022-02-06 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-448c3fe785 | F34 | stratisd | 2022-02-07 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-51067372d7 | F35 | stratisd | 2022-02-07 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-b670788a8d | F35 | strongswan | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-9d02441b24 | F35 | util-linux | 2022-02-05 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-7e9e1ae1fb | F34 | vim | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-f7366e60cb | F34 | webkit2gtk3 | 2022-02-06 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-420bf9fc1e | F35 | xen | 2022-02-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-7ec8bda833 | F34 | zola | 2022-02-04 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0043 | 8 | chromium-browser-stable | 2022-02-02 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0045 | 8 | connman | 2022-02-02 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0047 | 8 | cryptsetup | 2022-02-03 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0048 | 8 | expat | 2022-02-03 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0052 | 8 | glibc | 2022-02-08 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0046 | 8 | libtiff | 2022-02-02 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0049 | 8 | lrzsz | 2022-02-05 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0050 | 8 | qtwebengine5 | 2022-02-05 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0044 | 8 | rust | 2022-02-02 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0051 | 8 | xterm | 2022-02-05 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:0030-1 | 15.3 SLE15 | chromium | 2022-02-07 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:0334-1 | 15.3 | containerd, docker | 2022-02-04 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:0330-1 | 15.3 15.4 | glibc | 2022-02-04 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:0024-1 | 15.3 SLE15 | lighttpd | 2022-02-02 |
| openSUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:0333-1 | 15.3 | xen | 2022-02-04 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-0441 | OL8 | aide | 2022-02-07 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-0370 | OL8 | cryptsetup | 2022-02-02 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-0124 | OL7 | firefox | 2022-02-03 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-0442 | OL7 | log4j | 2022-02-07 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-0350 | OL8 | nodejs:14 | 2022-02-02 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-0368 | OL8 | rpm | 2022-02-02 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-0127 | OL7 | thunderbird | 2022-02-03 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-0418 | OL8 | varnish:6 | 2022-02-03 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-0366 | OL8 | vim | 2022-02-03 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0495-01 | EL8 | .NET 5.0 | 2022-02-09 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0496-01 | EL8 | .NET 6.0 | 2022-02-09 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0472-01 | EL6 | aide | 2022-02-08 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0473-01 | EL7 | aide | 2022-02-08 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0441-01 | EL8 | aide | 2022-02-07 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0464-01 | EL8.1 | aide | 2022-02-08 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0456-01 | EL8.2 | aide | 2022-02-08 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0440-01 | EL8.4 | aide | 2022-02-07 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0442-01 | EL6 EL7 EL7.3 EL7.4 EL7.6 EL7.7 | log4j | 2022-02-08 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0475-01 | RHV | ovirt-engine | 2022-02-09 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0439-01 | RHSC7 | rh-maven36-log4j12 | 2022-02-03 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0457-01 | EL7 | samba | 2022-02-08 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0458-01 | EL8 | samba | 2022-02-08 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0418-01 | EL8 | varnish:6 | 2022-02-03 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0420-01 | EL8.1 | varnish:6 | 2022-02-03 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0421-01 | EL8.2 | varnish:6 | 2022-02-03 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:0422-01 | EL8.4 | varnish:6 | 2022-02-03 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0334-1 | MP4.2 SLE15 | containerd, docker | 2022-02-04 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0355-1 | OS8 | elasticsearch, elasticsearch-kit, kafka, kafka-kit, logstash, openstack-monasca-agent, openstack-monasca-log-metrics, openstack-monasca-log-persister, openstack-monasca-log-transformer, openstack-monasca-persister-java, openstack-monasca-persister-java-kit, openstack-monasca-thresh, openstack-monasca-thresh-kit, spark, spark-kit, venv-openstack-monasca, zookeeper, zookeeper-kit | 2022-02-09 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0354-1 | OS9 | elasticsearch, elasticsearch-kit, kafka, kafka-kit, logstash, openstack-monasca-agent, openstack-monasca-persister-java, openstack-monasca-persister-java-kit, openstack-monasca-thresh, openstack-monasca-thresh-kit, spark, spark-kit, storm, storm-kit, venv-openstack-monasca, zookeeper, zookeeper-kit | 2022-02-09 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0330-1 | MP4.2 SLE15 | glibc | 2022-02-04 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0288-1 | SLE15 | kernel | 2022-02-02 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0323-1 | SLE12 | samba | 2022-02-03 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0301-1 | SLE15 | unbound | 2022-02-02 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0333-1 | MP4.2 SLE15 | xen | 2022-02-04 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0331-1 | OS9 SLE12 | xen | 2022-02-04 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0342-1 | SLE12 | xen | 2022-02-07 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0332-1 | SLE15 | xen | 2022-02-04 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5275-1 | 16.04 18.04 20.04 21.10 | bluez | 2022-02-08 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5262-1 | 16.04 | gdisk | 2022-02-03 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5264-1 | 16.04 | graphviz | 2022-02-03 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5030-2 | 16.04 | libdbi-perl | 2022-02-03 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5265-1 | 20.04 21.10 | linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.11, linux-aws-5.13, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.11, linux-hwe-5.13, linux-kvm, linux-oem-5.13, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.11, linux-raspi | 2022-02-02 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5267-1 | 18.04 20.04 | linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-bluefield, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-gkeop, linux-gkeop-5.4, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-ibm, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4 | 2022-02-02 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5267-2 | 18.04 20.04 | linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-ibm, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4 | 2022-02-08 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5268-1 | 14.04 16.04 18.04 | linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-dell300x, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon | 2022-02-02 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5266-1 | 18.04 20.04 | linux-gke, linux-gke-5.4 | 2022-02-02 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5270-1 | 18.04 20.04 21.10 | mysql-5.7, mysql-8.0 | 2022-02-03 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5270-2 | 16.04 | mysql-5.7 | 2022-02-03 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5276-1 | 18.04 20.04 21.10 | nvidia-graphics-drivers-450-server, nvidia-graphics-drivers-470, nvidia-graphics-drivers-470-server, nvidia-graphics-drivers-510 | 2022-02-08 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5269-2 | 14.04 16.04 | python-django | 2022-02-07 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5269-1 | 18.04 20.04 21.10 | python-django | 2022-02-03 |
| Ubuntu | USN-4754-5 | 14.04 | python2.7 | 2022-02-08 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5260-3 | 14.04 16.04 | samba | 2022-02-03 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5279-1 | 20.04 21.10 | util-linux | 2022-02-09 |
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