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Calls for Presentations
CFP Deadlines: September 29, 2022 to November 28, 2022
The following listing of CFP deadlines is taken from the LWN.net CFP Calendar.
| Deadline | Event Dates | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 30 | November 7 November 9 |
Ubuntu Summit 2022 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| September 30 | October 20 October 21 |
Netfilter workshop | Seville, Spain |
| October 15 | December 2 December 3 |
OLF Conference 2022 | Columbus, OH, USA |
| November 15 | December 1 December 4 |
Karibu PyCon Tanzania | Zanzibar, Tanzania |
| November 20 | February 22 February 24 |
PGConf India | Bengaluru, India |
| November 23 | March 18 March 19 |
LibrePlanet | Boston, US |
If the CFP deadline for your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Upcoming Events
Events: September 29, 2022 to November 28, 2022
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| September 26 October 2 |
openSUSE Asia Summit 2022 | Online |
| September 28 October 1 |
LibreOffice Conference 2022 | Milan, Italy |
| October 1 October 7 |
Akademy 2022 | Barcelona, Spain |
| October 4 October 6 |
X.Org Developers Conference | Minneapolis, MN, USA |
| October 11 October 13 |
Tracing Summit 2022 | London, UK |
| October 13 October 14 |
PyConZA 2022 | Durban, South Africa |
| October 15 October 16 |
OpenFest 2022 | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| October 16 October 21 |
DjangoCon US 2022 | San Diego, USA |
| October 19 October 21 |
ROSCon 2022 | Kyoto, Japan |
| October 20 October 21 |
Netfilter workshop | Seville, Spain |
| October 24 October 28 |
KubeCon / CloudNativeCon North America | Detroit, United States |
| October 24 October 28 |
Netdev 0x16 | Lisbon, Portugal |
| October 25 October 28 |
PostgreSQL Conference Europe | Berlin, Germany |
| October 29 | Minsk Linux User Group meeting | Minsk, Belarus |
| October 29 | PyCon Hong Kong 2022 | Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| November 1 November 3 |
Reproducible Builds Summit 2022 | Venice, Italy |
| November 3 November 14 |
Ceph Virtual 2022 | Online |
| November 4 November 5 |
SeaGL 2022 | Seattle, US |
| November 7 November 9 |
Ubuntu Summit 2022 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| November 8 November 9 |
Open Source Experience Paris | Paris, France |
| November 11 November 12 |
South Tyrol Free Software Conference | Bolzano, Italy |
| November 11 | Software Supply Chain Offensive Research and Ecosystem Defenses 2022 | Los Angeles, USA |
| November 14 November 16 |
Open Source Monitoring Conference 2022 | Nürnberg, Germany |
| November 26 November 27 |
UbuCon Asia 2022 | Seoul, South Korea |
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Security updates
Alert summary September 22, 2022 to September 28, 2022
| Dist. | ID | Release | Package | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | DSA-5235-1 | stable | bind9 | 2022-09-22 |
| Debian | DLA-3122-1 | LTS | dovecot | 2022-09-27 |
| Debian | DSA-5233-1 | stable | e17 | 2022-09-21 |
| Debian | DLA-3119-1 | LTS | expat | 2022-09-25 |
| Debian | DSA-5236-1 | stable | expat | 2022-09-22 |
| Debian | DLA-3121-1 | LTS | firefox-esr | 2022-09-26 |
| Debian | DSA-5237-1 | stable | firefox-esr | 2022-09-23 |
| Debian | DSA-5234-1 | stable | fish | 2022-09-21 |
| Debian | DSA-5239-1 | stable | gdal | 2022-09-27 |
| Debian | DLA-3116-1 | LTS | mako | 2022-09-21 |
| Debian | DSA-5242-1 | stable | maven-shared-utils | 2022-09-28 |
| Debian | DLA-3117-1 | LTS | mediawiki | 2022-09-22 |
| Debian | DLA-3120-1 | LTS | poppler | 2022-09-26 |
| Debian | DLA-3123-1 | LTS | thunderbird | 2022-09-27 |
| Debian | DSA-5238-1 | stable | thunderbird | 2022-09-27 |
| Debian | DSA-5232-1 | stable | tinygltf | 2022-09-21 |
| Debian | DLA-3118-1 | LTS | unzip | 2022-09-22 |
| Debian | DSA-5240-1 | stable | webkit2gtk | 2022-09-28 |
| Debian | DSA-5241-1 | stable | wpewebkit | 2022-09-28 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-8c76e587f7 | F35 | dokuwiki | 2022-09-24 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-d048c0dde2 | F36 | dokuwiki | 2022-09-24 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-38179cd087 | F36 | firefox | 2022-09-27 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-25e330a435 | F37 | firefox | 2022-09-28 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-2eb4418018 | F37 | grafana | 2022-09-27 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-95000d85e2 | F36 | libofx | 2022-09-28 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-51b27699ce | F35 | mingw-poppler | 2022-09-22 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-f7b375eae8 | F36 | mingw-poppler | 2022-09-22 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-f0a2695054 | F36 | qemu | 2022-09-23 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-feb7bdf6b2 | F36 | thunderbird | 2022-09-23 |
| Gentoo | 202209-14 | fetchmail | 2022-09-25 | |
| Gentoo | 202209-12 | grub | 2022-09-25 | |
| Gentoo | 202209-11 | harfbuzz | 2022-09-25 | |
| Gentoo | 202209-13 | libaacplus | 2022-09-25 | |
| Gentoo | 202209-10 | logcheck | 2022-09-25 | |
| Gentoo | 202209-07 | mrxvt | 2022-09-25 | |
| Gentoo | 202209-15 | oracle jdk/jre | 2022-09-25 | |
| Gentoo | 202209-06 | rizin | 2022-09-25 | |
| Gentoo | 202209-09 | smarty | 2022-09-25 | |
| Gentoo | 202209-08 | smokeping | 2022-09-25 | |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0344 | 8 | firefox | 2022-09-21 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0340 | 8 | google-gson | 2022-09-21 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0341 | 8 | libxslt | 2022-09-21 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0342 | 8 | open-vm-tools | 2022-09-21 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0339 | 8 | redis | 2022-09-21 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0343 | 8 | sofia-sip | 2022-09-21 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0345 | 8 | tcpreplay | 2022-09-26 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0347 | 8 | thunderbird | 2022-09-26 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0346 | 8 | webkit2 | 2022-09-26 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-6608 | OL9 | dbus-broker | 2022-09-21 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-9828 | OL7 | kernel | 2022-09-22 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-9827 | OL8 | kernel | 2022-09-22 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-9828 | OL8 | kernel | 2022-09-22 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-9828 | OL8 | kernel | 2022-09-22 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-9827 | OL9 | kernel | 2022-09-22 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-6610 | OL9 | kernel | 2022-09-22 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-9827 | OL9 | kernel | 2022-09-22 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-9829 | OL7 | kernel-container | 2022-09-22 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-9829 | OL8 | kernel-container | 2022-09-22 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-9830 | OL8 | kernel-container | 2022-09-22 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-6590 | OL9 | mysql | 2022-09-22 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-6595 | OL9 | nodejs and nodejs-nodemon | 2022-09-22 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-6540 | OL8 | webkit2gtk3 | 2022-09-22 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6711-01 | EL7 | firefox | 2022-09-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6702-01 | EL8 | firefox | 2022-09-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6703-01 | EL8.1 | firefox | 2022-09-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6707-01 | EL8.2 | firefox | 2022-09-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6701-01 | EL8.4 | firefox | 2022-09-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6700-01 | EL9 | firefox | 2022-09-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6710-01 | EL7 | thunderbird | 2022-09-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6708-01 | EL8 | thunderbird | 2022-09-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6716-01 | EL8.1 | thunderbird | 2022-09-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6715-01 | EL8.2 | thunderbird | 2022-09-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6713-01 | EL8.4 | thunderbird | 2022-09-26 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6717-01 | EL9 | thunderbird | 2022-09-26 |
| Slackware | SSA:2022-264-01 | bind | 2022-09-21 | |
| Slackware | SSA:2022-269-01 | dnsmasq | 2022-09-26 | |
| Slackware | SSA:2022-269-02 | vim | 2022-09-26 | |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3339-1 | OS9 | ardana-ansible, ardana-cobbler, ardana-tempest, grafana, openstack-heat-templates, openstack-horizon-plugin-gbp-ui, openstack-neutron-gbp, openstack-nova, python-Django1, rabbitmq-server, rubygem-puma | 2022-09-22 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3338-1 | OS8 | ardana-ansible, ardana-cobbler, grafana, openstack-heat-templates, openstack-murano, python-Django, rabbitmq-server, rubygem-puma | 2022-09-22 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3335-1 | MP4.2 SLE15 oS15.3 | cdi-apiserver-container, cdi-cloner-container, cdi-controller-container, cdi-importer-container, cdi-operator-container, cdi-uploadproxy-container, cdi-uploadserver-container, containerized-data-importer | 2022-09-22 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3334-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.4 | cdi-apiserver-container, cdi-cloner-container, cdi-controller-container, cdi-importer-container, cdi-operator-container, cdi-uploadproxy-container, cdi-uploadserver-container, containerized-data-importer | 2022-09-22 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3429-1 | MP4.1 SLE15 SES7 | dpdk | 2022-09-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3390-1 | MP4.2 SLE15 oS15.3 | dpdk | 2022-09-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3341-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.4 | dpdk | 2022-09-23 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3381-1 | SLE12 | dpdk | 2022-09-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3356-1 | SLE15 | dpdk | 2022-09-23 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3430-1 | SLE15 SES6 oS15.3 oS15.4 | dpdk | 2022-09-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3396-1 | MP4.1 MP4.2 MP4.3 SLE15 SES7 oS15.3 oS15.4 | firefox | 2022-09-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3440-1 | OS9 SLE12 | firefox | 2022-09-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3441-1 | SLE15 SES6 | firefox | 2022-09-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3439-1 | SLE15 | flatpak | 2022-09-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3252-2 | MP4.1 SLE15 SES6 SES7 | freetype2 | 2022-09-22 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3325-1 | MP4.2 MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.3 oS15.4 | go1.18 | 2022-09-21 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3326-1 | MP4.2 MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.3 oS15.4 | go1.19 | 2022-09-21 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3425-1 | SES6 | grafana | 2022-09-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3408-1 | MP4.0 SLE15 SES6 oS15.3 oS15.4 | kernel | 2022-09-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3450-1 | MP4.1 SLE15 SES7 | kernel | 2022-09-28 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3333-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.4 | kubevirt, virt-api-container, virt-controller-container, virt-handler-container, virt-launcher-container, virt-libguestfs-tools-container, virt-operator-container | 2022-09-22 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3393-1 | MP4.2 SLE15 oS15.3 | libarchive | 2022-09-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3400-1 | MP4.2 MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.3 oS15.4 | libcaca | 2022-09-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3428-1 | SLE12 | libcaca | 2022-09-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3331-1 | SLE12 | libconfuse0 | 2022-09-21 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3391-1 | MP4.2 SLE15 oS15.3 | mariadb | 2022-09-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3327-1 | MP4.1 MP4.2 MP4.3 SLE15 SLE-m5.1 SLE-m5.2 SES6 SES7 oS15.3 oS15.4 osM5.2 | oniguruma | 2022-09-21 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3384-1 | SLE12 | openvswitch | 2022-09-26 |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:10130-1 | oS15.3 | opera | 2022-09-26 |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:10131-1 | oS15.4 | opera | 2022-09-27 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3394-1 | MP4.2 SLE15 SLE-m5.1 SLE-m5.2 oS15.3 | permissions | 2022-09-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3353-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.4 | permissions | 2022-09-23 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3382-1 | SLE12 | permissions | 2022-09-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3385-1 | SLE12 | podofo | 2022-09-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:2989-2 | MP4.3 SLE15 | postgresql14 | 2022-09-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3355-1 | SLE12 | puppet | 2022-09-23 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3347-1 | MP4.0 MP4.1 MP4.2 MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.3 oS15.4 | rubygem-rack | 2022-09-23 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3397-1 | MP4.2 MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.3 oS15.4 | snakeyaml | 2022-09-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3401-1 | OS9 SLE12 | sqlite3 | 2022-09-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3399-1 | MP4.2 MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.3 oS15.4 | unzip | 2022-09-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3386-1 | SLE12 | unzip | 2022-09-26 |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:10129-1 | oS15.3 | virtualbox | 2022-09-23 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3383-1 | SLE12 | vsftpd | 2022-09-26 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3351-1 | MP4.2 SLE15 oS15.3 oS15.4 | webkit2gtk3 | 2022-09-23 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3352-1 | SLE15 SES6 | webkit2gtk3 | 2022-09-23 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5626-2 | 14.04 16.04 | bind9 | 2022-09-21 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5628-1 | 20.04 | etcd | 2022-09-22 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5638-1 | 16.04 | expat | 2022-09-26 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5643-1 | 18.04 20.04 22.04 | ghostscript | 2022-09-27 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5631-1 | 18.04 20.04 | libjpeg-turbo | 2022-09-22 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5637-1 | 14.04 16.04 | libvpx | 2022-09-26 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5639-1 | 20.04 | linux-azure-fde | 2022-09-26 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5633-1 | 22.04 | linux-gcp, linux-gke, linux-raspi | 2022-09-22 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5644-1 | 20.04 | linux-gcp-5.15 | 2022-09-27 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5635-1 | 22.04 | linux-gkeop | 2022-09-23 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5634-1 | 22.04 | linux-oem-5.17 | 2022-09-22 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5640-1 | 22.04 | linux-oracle | 2022-09-26 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5630-1 | 18.04 | linux-raspi-5.4 | 2022-09-22 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5627-1 | 20.04 22.04 | pcre2 | 2022-09-22 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5632-1 | 22.04 | python-oauthlib | 2022-09-22 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5629-1 | 16.04 | python3.5 | 2022-09-22 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5636-1 | 14.04 16.04 18.04 20.04 22.04 | sosreport | 2022-09-26 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5641-1 | 18.04 20.04 22.04 | squid, squid3 | 2022-09-26 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5642-1 | 20.04 22.04 | webkit2gtk | 2022-09-26 |
Kernel patches of interest
Kernel releases
Architecture-specific
Michal Suchanek
arm64: kexec_file: use more system keyrings to verify kernel image signature + dependencies
Sep 23
Build system
Core kernel
Device drivers
Souradeep Chowdhury
soc: qcom: dcc: Add driver support for Data Capture and Compare unit(DCC)
Sep 28
Device-driver infrastructure
Documentation
Filesystems and block layer
Memory management
Networking
Security-related
Jason A. Donenfeld
random: use immediate per-cpu timer rather than workqueue for mixing fast pool
Sep 27
Virtualization and containers
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