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CFP Deadlines: October 20, 2022 to December 19, 2022
The following listing of CFP deadlines is taken from the LWN.net CFP Calendar.
| Deadline | Event Dates | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| December 16 | May 9 May 11 |
sambaXP | Goettingen, Germany |
| December 18 | February 7 February 8 |
State of Open Con 2023 | London, UK |
If the CFP deadline for your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Upcoming Events
Events: October 20, 2022 to December 19, 2022
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
| Date(s) | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 October 13, 2022 to October 19, 2022
| Dist. | ID | Release | Package | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch Linux | ASA-202210-2 | kernel | 2022-10-15 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-202210-1 | linux-hardened | 2022-10-15 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-202210-3 | linux-lts | 2022-10-15 | |
| Arch Linux | ASA-202210-4 | linux-zen | 2022-10-15 | |
| Debian | DLA-3155-1 | LTS | bcel | 2022-10-18 |
| Debian | DSA-5256-1 | stable | bcel | 2022-10-18 |
| Debian | DSA-5253-1 | stable | chromium | 2022-10-13 |
| Debian | DLA-3152-1 | LTS | glibc | 2022-10-17 |
| Debian | DSA-5257-1 | stable | kernel | 2022-10-18 |
| Debian | DLA-3153-1 | LTS | libksba | 2022-10-17 |
| Debian | DSA-5255-1 | stable | libksba | 2022-10-17 |
| Debian | DSA-5252-1 | stable | libreoffice | 2022-10-12 |
| Debian | DLA-3154-1 | LTS | node-xmldom | 2022-10-18 |
| Debian | DSA-5254-1 | stable | python-django | 2022-10-15 |
| Debian | DLA-3150-1 | LTS | rexical | 2022-10-12 |
| Debian | DLA-3149-1 | LTS | ruby-nokogiri | 2022-10-12 |
| Debian | DLA-3151-1 | LTS | squid | 2022-10-13 |
| Debian | DSA-5258-1 | stable | squid | 2022-10-19 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-2ff503c5d4 | F35 | apptainer | 2022-10-15 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-0be906c02d | F36 | apptainer | 2022-10-15 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-076544c8aa | F36 | dbus | 2022-10-14 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-f5a45757df | F36 | dhcp | 2022-10-14 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-9ca9a94e28 | F37 | dhcp | 2022-10-17 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-c68d90efc3 | F35 | expat | 2022-10-14 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-b948fc3cfb | F35 | kernel | 2022-10-15 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-2cfbe17910 | F36 | kernel | 2022-10-14 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-1a5b125ac6 | F37 | kernel | 2022-10-17 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-b8b34e62ab | F35 | python3.6 | 2022-10-15 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-d4570fc1a6 | F36 | python3.6 | 2022-10-15 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-1454bee2fa | F35 | thunderbird | 2022-10-14 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-fff548cfab | F35 | vim | 2022-10-17 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-40161673a3 | F36 | vim | 2022-10-14 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-ca2f721916 | F36 | wavpack | 2022-10-12 |
| Fedora | FEDORA-2022-b81c4781af | F36 | weechat | 2022-10-14 |
| Gentoo | 202210-01 | assimp | 2022-10-16 | |
| Gentoo | 202210-07 | deluge | 2022-10-16 | |
| Gentoo | 202210-06 | libvirt | 2022-10-16 | |
| Gentoo | 202210-03 | libxml2 | 2022-10-16 | |
| Gentoo | 202210-02 | openssl | 2022-10-16 | |
| Gentoo | 202210-09 | rust | 2022-10-16 | |
| Gentoo | 202210-08 | tcpreplay | 2022-10-16 | |
| Gentoo | 202210-05 | virglrenderer | 2022-10-16 | |
| Gentoo | 202210-04 | wireshark | 2022-10-16 | |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0376 | 8 | chromium-browser-stable | 2022-10-19 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0374 | 8 | dhcp | 2022-10-19 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0372 | 8 | dokuwiki | 2022-10-19 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0378 | 8 | firefox | 2022-10-19 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0377 | 8 | golang | 2022-10-19 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0368 | 8 | libofx | 2022-10-13 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0369 | 8 | lighttpd | 2022-10-13 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0370 | 8 | mediawiki | 2022-10-13 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0367 | 8 | python | 2022-10-13 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0375 | 8 | python-joblib | 2022-10-19 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0373 | 8 | sos | 2022-10-19 |
| Mageia | MGASA-2022-0371 | 8 | unzip | 2022-10-19 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-6911 | OL8 | .NET 6.0 | 2022-10-13 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-6913 | OL9 | .NET 6.0 | 2022-10-13 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-6912 | OL8 | .NET Core 3.1 | 2022-10-13 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-6963 | OL9 | nodejs | 2022-10-18 |
| Oracle | ELSA-2022-6964 | OL8 | nodejs:16 | 2022-10-18 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6911-01 | EL8 | .NET 6.0 | 2022-10-17 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6913-01 | EL9 | .NET 6.0 | 2022-10-17 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6912-01 | EL8 | .NET Core 3.1 | 2022-10-17 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6967-01 | EL6 | compat-expat1 | 2022-10-17 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6921-01 | EL6 | expat | 2022-10-12 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6997-01 | EL7 | firefox | 2022-10-18 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:7024-01 | EL8 | firefox | 2022-10-18 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:7019-01 | EL8.1 | firefox | 2022-10-18 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:7022-01 | EL8.2 | firefox | 2022-10-18 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:7025-01 | EL8.4 | firefox | 2022-10-18 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:7020-01 | EL9 | firefox | 2022-10-18 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6983-01 | EL8.4 | kernel | 2022-10-18 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6991-01 | EL8.4 | kernel-rt | 2022-10-18 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6978-01 | EL8.4 | kpatch-patch | 2022-10-18 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6963-01 | EL9 | nodejs | 2022-10-18 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6985-01 | EL8.4 | nodejs:14 | 2022-10-18 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6964-01 | EL8 | nodejs:16 | 2022-10-17 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6998-01 | EL7 | thunderbird | 2022-10-18 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:7023-01 | EL8 | thunderbird | 2022-10-18 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:7021-01 | EL8.1 | thunderbird | 2022-10-18 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6996-01 | EL8.2 | thunderbird | 2022-10-18 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:6995-01 | EL8.4 | thunderbird | 2022-10-18 |
| Red Hat | RHSA-2022:7026-01 | EL9 | thunderbird | 2022-10-18 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2022:6997-1 | SL7 | firefox | 2022-10-19 |
| Scientific Linux | SLSA-2022:6998-1 | SL7 | thunderbird | 2022-10-19 |
| Slackware | SSA:2022-291-01 | git | 2022-10-18 | |
| Slackware | SSA:2022-291-02 | mozilla | 2022-10-18 | |
| Slackware | SSA:2022-286-01 | python3 | 2022-10-13 | |
| Slackware | SSA:2022-290-01 | xorg | 2022-10-17 | |
| Slackware | SSA:2022-288-01 | zlib | 2022-10-15 | |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3654-1 | SLE12 | amazon-ssm-agent | 2022-10-19 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3637-1 | caasp-release, cri-o, patchinfo, release-notes-caasp, skuba | 2022-10-18 | |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:10146-1 | osB15 | chromium | 2022-10-13 |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:10151-1 | osB15 | chromium | 2022-10-17 |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:10153-1 | osB15 | enlightenment | 2022-10-19 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3598-1 | MP4.1 MP4.2 MP4.3 SLE15 SES6 SES7 oS15.3 oS15.4 | exiv2 | 2022-10-17 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3597-1 | MP4.1 MP4.2 SLE15 SLE-m5.1 SLE-m5.2 SES6 SES7 oS15.3 osM5.2 | expat | 2022-10-17 |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:10145-1 | osB15 | gdcm, orthanc, orthanc-gdcm, orthanc-webviewer | 2022-10-12 |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:10144-1 | osB15 | gdcm, orthanc, orthanc-gdcm, orthanc-webviewer | 2022-10-12 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3609-1 | MP4.2 SLE15 oS15.3 | kernel | 2022-10-18 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3585-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.4 | kernel | 2022-10-14 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3586-1 | OS9 SLE12 | kernel | 2022-10-14 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3587-1 | SLE12 | kernel | 2022-10-14 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3584-1 | SLE12 | kernel | 2022-10-14 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3599-1 | SLE12 | kernel | 2022-10-17 |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:10147-1 | osB15 | libosip2 | 2022-10-13 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3650-1 | MP4.2 MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.3 oS15.4 | libreoffice | 2022-10-19 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3602-1 | SLE12 | libreoffice | 2022-10-17 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3617-1 | netty | 2022-10-18 | |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3616-1 | MP4.2 SLE15 oS15.3 oS15.4 | nodejs12 | 2022-10-18 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3614-1 | MP4.2 SLE15 oS15.3 oS15.4 | nodejs14 | 2022-10-18 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3615-1 | MP4.2 SLE15 oS15.3 | nodejs16 | 2022-10-18 |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:10154-1 | osB15 | pngcheck | 2022-10-19 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3613-1 | MP4.2 SLE15 oS15.3 | postgresql-jdbc | 2022-10-18 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3590-1 | SLE15 SES6 | python-Babel | 2022-10-14 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3512-2 | MP4.1 SLE15 SES6 SES7 | python | 2022-10-17 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:0134-3 | MP4.1 SLE15 SES6 SES7 | python-numpy | 2022-10-17 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3635-1 | OS8 | python-waitress | 2022-10-18 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3583-1 | OS9 | python-waitress | 2022-10-14 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3593-1 | MP4.1 SLE15 SLE-m5.1 SES6 SES7 | python3 | 2022-10-14 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3594-1 | MP4.1 SLE15 SES7 oS15.3 oS15.4 | qemu | 2022-10-17 |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:10148-1 | osB15 | roundcubemail | 2022-10-17 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3621-1 | MP4.0 MP4.1 MP4.2 MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.3 oS15.4 | rubygem-activesupport-5_1 | 2022-10-18 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3571-1 | MP4.0 MP4.1 MP4.2 MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.3 oS15.4 | rubygem-puma | 2022-10-13 |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:10150-1 | oS15.3 | seamonkey | 2022-10-17 |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:10149-1 | oS15.4 | seamonkey | 2022-10-17 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3596-1 | MP4.1 MP4.2 SLE15 SES6 SES7 oS15.3 | squid | 2022-10-17 |
| SUSE | SUSE-SU-2022:3653-1 | SLE12 | tcl | 2022-10-19 |
| SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2022:10152-1 | oS15.4 | virtualbox | 2022-10-18 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5672-1 | 16.04 18.04 20.04 | GMP | 2022-10-12 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5685-1 | 22.04 | frr | 2022-10-18 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5680-1 | 20.04 | gThumb | 2022-10-14 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5686-1 | 18.04 20.04 22.04 | git | 2022-10-18 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5675-1 | 14.04 16.04 18.04 20.04 | heimdal | 2022-10-13 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5688-1 | 14.04 16.04 18.04 20.04 22.04 | libksba | 2022-10-18 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5678-1 | 18.04 | linux-aws, linux-gcp-4.15 | 2022-10-13 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5682-1 | 18.04 | linux-aws-5.4 | 2022-10-14 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5679-1 | 16.04 | linux-aws-hwe | 2022-10-13 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5684-1 | 14.04 16.04 | linux-azure | 2022-10-17 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5687-1 | 18.04 | linux-azure-4.15 | 2022-10-18 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5677-1 | 18.04 20.04 | linux-gcp, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4 | 2022-10-13 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5683-1 | 22.04 | linux-ibm | 2022-10-14 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5676-1 | 16.04 | postgresql-9.5 | 2022-10-13 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5673-1 | 14.04 16.04 18.04 20.04 22.04 | unzip | 2022-10-13 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5674-1 | 16.04 | xmlsec1 | 2022-10-13 |
| Ubuntu | USN-5570-2 | 20.04 22.04 | zlib | 2022-10-17 |
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