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Calls for Presentations
CFP Deadlines: October 6, 2022 to December 5, 2022
The following listing of CFP deadlines is taken from the LWN.net CFP Calendar.
| Deadline | Event Dates | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| December 2 | March 9 March 12 |
Southern California Linux Expo | Pasadena, CA, US |
If the CFP deadline for your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Upcoming Events
Netdev 0x16 accepted sessions announced
The accepted sessions for the upcoming Netdev 0x16 have been posted. The conference will be held virtually and in-person in Lisbon, Portugal October 24-28. In addition, early-bird registration rates have been extended to October 4.Netdev 0x16, like all the previous netdev conferences, is a conference of the netdev community, by the netdev community, for the netdev community. Linux kernel networking and user space utilization of the interfaces to the Linux kernel networking subsystem are the focus. If you are using Linux as a boot system for proprietary networking, then this conference _may not be for you_.
Events: October 6, 2022 to December 5, 2022
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Netdev 0x16 | Lisbon, Portugal |
| October 24 October 28 |
KubeCon / CloudNativeCon North America | Detroit, United States |
| October 25 October 28 |
PostgreSQL Conference Europe | Berlin, Germany |
| October 29 | PyCon Hong Kong 2022 | Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| October 29 | Minsk Linux User Group meeting | Minsk, Belarus |
| 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 | Software Supply Chain Offensive Research and Ecosystem Defenses 2022 | Los Angeles, USA |
| November 11 November 12 |
South Tyrol Free Software Conference | Bolzano, Italy |
| November 14 November 16 |
Open Source Monitoring Conference 2022 | Nürnberg, Germany |
| November 26 November 27 |
UbuCon Asia 2022 | Seoul, South Korea |
| December 1 December 4 |
Karibu PyCon Tanzania | Zanzibar, Tanzania |
| December 2 December 3 |
OLF Conference 2022 | Columbus, OH, USA |
| December 2 December 4 |
GNOME Asia 2022 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Security updates
Alert summary September 29, 2022 to October 5, 2022
| Dist. | ID | Release | Package | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | DLA-3136-1 | LTS | barbican | 2022-10-04 |
| Debian | DSA-5247-1 | stable | barbican | 2022-10-04 |
| Debian | DSA-5244-1 | stable | chromium | 2022-09-28 |
| Debian | DSA-5245-1 | stable | chromium | 2022-10-02 |
| Debian | DLA-3129-1 | LTS | gdal | 2022-10-01 |
| Debian | DLA-3131-1 | LTS | kernel | 2022-10-02 |
| Debian | DLA-3135-1 | LTS | libdatetime-timezone-perl | 2022-10-03 |
| Debian | DLA-3127-1 | LTS | libhttp-daemon-perl | 2022-09-30 |
| Debian | DLA-3126-1 | LTS | libsndfile | 2022-09-29 |
| Debian | DLA-3125-1 | LTS | libvncserver | 2022-09-29 |
| Debian | DLA-3133-1 | LTS | lighttpd | 2022-10-03 |
| Debian | DSA-5243-1 | stable | lighttpd | 2022-09-28 |
| Debian | DLA-3114-2 | LTS | mariadb-10.3 | 2022-09-30 |
| Debian | DSA-5246-1 | stable | mediawiki | 2022-10-04 |
| Debian | DLA-3128-1 | LTS | node-thenify | 2022-10-01 |
| Debian | DSA-5246-1 | stable | php-twig | 2022-10-05 |
| Debian | DLA-3132-1 | LTS | snakeyaml | 2022-10-03 |
| Debian | DLA-3130-1 | LTS | tinyxml | 2022-09-30 |
| Debian | DLA-3134-1 | LTS | tzdata | 2022-10-03 |
| Debian | DLA-3124-1 | LTS | webkit2gtk | 2022-09-29 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-5b644a935b | F35 | bash | 2022-10-05 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-4ff296fe8e | F36 | bash | 2022-09-30 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-3ca063941b | F35 | chromium | 2022-10-05 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-b49c9bc07a | F36 | chromium | 2022-10-05 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-bafb72fdc0 | F35 | enlightenment | 2022-10-03 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-0cc77b384a | F36 | enlightenment | 2022-10-03 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-1f8312716f | F35 | firefox | 2022-09-29 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-b60ea83571 | F36 | gajim | 2022-09-29 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-d718af66d1 | F36 | kitty | 2022-10-02 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-3dd3274ae2 | F35 | libdxfrw | 2022-10-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-c9028047bf | F35 | libofx | 2022-09-29 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-3dd3274ae2 | F35 | librecad | 2022-10-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-c26b19568d | F35 | lighttpd | 2022-10-05 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-cdeabe1bc0 | F35 | postgresql-jdbc | 2022-10-05 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-d7d49b2fac | F36 | postgresql-jdbc | 2022-10-05 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-b60ea83571 | F36 | python-nbxmpp | 2022-09-29 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-5a74a5eea7 | F37 | python-oauthlib | 2022-10-04 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-07dd9375b2 | F35 | scala | 2022-10-05 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-34acf878fb | F36 | scala | 2022-10-05 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-df4ffc6551 | F36 | thunderbird | 2022-10-01 |
| Gentoo | 202209-16 | bluez | 2022-09-29 | |
| Gentoo | 202209-23 | chromium | 2022-09-29 | |
| Gentoo | 202209-24 | expat | 2022-09-29 | |
| Gentoo | 202209-27 | firefox | 2022-09-29 | |
| Gentoo | 202209-26 | go | 2022-09-29 | |
| Gentoo | 202209-19 | graphicsmagick | 2022-09-29 | |
| Gentoo | 202209-22 | kitty | 2022-09-29 | |
| Gentoo | 202209-20 | php | 2022-09-29 | |
| Gentoo | 202209-21 | poppler | 2022-09-29 | |
| Gentoo | 202209-17 | redis | 2022-09-29 | |
| Gentoo | 202209-18 | thunderbird | 2022-09-29 | |
| Gentoo | 202209-25 | zutty | 2022-09-29 | |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0358 | 8 | bash | 2022-10-05 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0357 | 8 | chromium-browser-stable | 2022-10-05 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0352 | 8 | expat | 2022-10-01 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0348 | 8 | firejail | 2022-10-01 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0356 | 8 | golang | 2022-10-05 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0353 | 8 | libjpeg | 2022-10-01 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0354 | 8 | nodejs | 2022-10-01 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0349 | 8 | perl-HTTP-Daemon | 2022-10-01 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0350 | 8 | python-mako | 2022-10-01 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0351 | 8 | squid | 2022-10-01 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0355 | 8 | thunderbird | 2022-10-01 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-6765 | OL7 | bind | 2022-10-03 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-6765 | OL7 | bind | 2022-10-03 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-6778 | OL8 | bind | 2022-10-05 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-6763 | OL9 | bind | 2022-10-03 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-6781 | OL8 | bind9.16 | 2022-10-05 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-6702 | OL8 | firefox | 2022-09-28 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-6700 | OL9 | firefox | 2022-09-28 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-6775 | OL8 | squid:4 | 2022-10-05 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-6708 | OL8 | thunderbird | 2022-09-28 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-6717 | OL9 | thunderbird | 2022-09-28 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6783-01 | EL8 | RHSSO | 2022-10-04 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6765-01 | EL7 | bind | 2022-10-03 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6778-01 | EL8 | bind | 2022-10-04 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6764-01 | EL8.1 | bind | 2022-10-03 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6780-01 | EL8.2 | bind | 2022-10-04 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6779-01 | EL8.4 | bind | 2022-10-04 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6763-01 | EL9 | bind | 2022-10-03 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6781-01 | EL8 | bind9.16 | 2022-10-04 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6753-01 | EL7 | httpd24-httpd | 2022-09-29 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6755-01 | EL7 | java-1.7.1-ibm | 2022-09-29 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6756-01 | EL7 | java-1.8.0-ibm | 2022-09-29 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6741-01 | EL7.7 | kernel | 2022-09-28 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6766-01 | EL7 | rh-python38-python | 2022-10-03 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6775-01 | EL8 | squid:4 | 2022-10-04 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6774-01 | EL8.1 | squid:4 | 2022-10-04 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6777-01 | EL8.2 | squid:4 | 2022-10-04 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6776-01 | EL8.4 | squid:4 | 2022-10-04 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2022:6765-1 | SL7 | bind | 2022-10-04 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2022:6711-1 | SL7 | firefox | 2022-09-30 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2022:6710-1 | SL7 | thunderbird | 2022-09-30 |
| Slackware | SSA:2022-271-01 | xorg | 2022-09-28 | |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3487-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.4 | ImageMagick | 2022-10-01 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3499-1 | OS9 SLE12 | bind | 2022-10-04 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3500-1 | SLE12 | bind | 2022-10-04 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3480-1 | MP4.1 SLE15 SES6 SES7 | buildah | 2022-09-30 |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:10138-1 | osB15 | chromium | 2022-10-03 |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:10139-1 | osB15 | chromium | 2022-10-03 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3525-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 SLE-m5.3 oS15.4 | cifs-utils | 2022-10-05 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3496-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 SLE-m5.3 oS15.4 | colord | 2022-10-04 |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:10134-1 | osB15 | connman | 2022-09-30 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3486-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.4 | cosign | 2022-10-01 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3489-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 SLE-m5.3 oS15.4 | expat | 2022-10-01 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3466-1 | OS9 SLE12 | expat | 2022-09-29 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3471-1 | OS9 SLE12 | krb5-appl | 2022-09-29 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3493-1 | SLE15 SES6 | libcroco | 2022-10-04 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3494-1 | MP4.1 MP4.2 SLE15 SES7 oS15.3 oS15.4 | libgit2 | 2022-10-04 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3495-1 | MP4.1 SLE15 SES6 SES7 oS15.3 oS15.4 | libgit2 | 2022-10-04 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3523-1 | MP4.2 SLE15 SLE-m5.1 SLE-m5.2 oS15.3 oS15.4 osM5.2 | libjpeg-turbo | 2022-10-04 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3475-1 | SLE12 | libjpeg-turbo | 2022-09-30 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3456-1 | MP4.1 MP4.2 SLE15 SES7 oS15.3 | libostree | 2022-09-28 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3455-1 | SLE15 SES6 | libostree | 2022-09-28 |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:10132-1 | osB15 | lighttpd | 2022-09-29 |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:10140-1 | osB15 | lighttpd | 2022-10-03 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3503-1 | SLE12 | nodejs12 | 2022-10-04 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3516-1 | SLE12 | nodejs14 | 2022-10-04 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3524-1 | SLE12 | nodejs16 | 2022-10-05 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3512-1 | MP4.2 SLE15 oS15.3 oS15.4 | python | 2022-10-04 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3511-1 | SLE12 | python3 | 2022-10-04 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3460-1 | SLE12 | python3-lxml | 2022-09-29 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3461-1 | SLE12 | python3-lxml | 2022-09-29 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3473-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.4 | python310 | 2022-09-30 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3483-1 | SLE12 | python36 | 2022-09-30 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3485-1 | MP4.2 SLE15 oS15.3 oS15.4 | python39 | 2022-10-01 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3451-1 | MP4.2 MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.3 oS15.4 | rust1.62 | 2022-09-28 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3497-1 | SLE12 | slurm | 2022-10-04 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3468-1 | SLE15 oS15.3 oS15.4 | slurm | 2022-09-29 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3490-1 | SLE15 oS15.3 oS15.4 | slurm | 2022-10-03 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3454-1 | SLE12 | slurm_18_08 | 2022-09-28 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3462-1 | SLE15 oS15.3 oS15.4 | slurm_18_08 | 2022-09-29 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3477-1 | SLE12 | slurm_20_02 | 2022-09-30 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3491-1 | SLE15 oS15.3 oS15.4 | slurm_20_02 | 2022-10-03 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3457-1 | MP4.1 MP4.2 SLE15 SES7 oS15.3 | vsftpd | 2022-09-28 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3458-1 | SLE15 SES6 | vsftpd | 2022-09-28 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3488-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.4 | webkit2gtk3 | 2022-10-01 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3492-1 | OS9 SLE12 | webkit2gtk3 | 2022-10-03 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3502-1 | SLE15 SES6 | webkit2gtk3 | 2022-10-04 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5656-1 | 16.04 | jackd2 | 2022-10-04 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5646-1 | 16.04 | libxi | 2022-09-28 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5650-1 | 14.04 16.04 | linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-lts-xenial | 2022-09-30 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5652-1 | 14.04 16.04 | linux-azure | 2022-10-03 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5647-1 | 20.04 | linux-gcp | 2022-09-28 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5654-1 | 20.04 | linux-gke | 2022-10-04 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5648-1 | 20.04 | linux-gke-5.15 | 2022-09-30 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5655-1 | 22.04 | linux-intel-iotg | 2022-10-04 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5645-1 | 16.04 | postgresql-9.5 | 2022-09-28 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5653-1 | 20.04 22.04 | python-django | 2022-10-04 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5615-2 | 16.04 | sqlite3 | 2022-09-28 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5651-2 | 14.04 16.04 | strongswan | 2022-10-03 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5651-1 | 18.04 20.04 22.04 | strongswan | 2022-10-03 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5614-2 | 16.04 | wayland | 2022-10-03 |
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