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CFP Deadlines: December 14, 2023 to February 12, 2024
The following listing of CFP deadlines is taken from the LWN.net CFP Calendar.
Deadline | Event Dates | Event | Location |
---|---|---|---|
December 16 | April 12 April 13 |
Texas Linux Fest | Austin, Texas, US |
January 2 | April 26 April 28 |
Linux Fest Northwest | Bellingham, WA, US |
January 14 | April 16 April 18 |
Open Source Summit North America | Seattle, US |
January 15 | May 28 May 31 |
PostgreSQL Development Conference | Vancouver, Canada |
January 21 | April 18 April 19 |
Linux Security Summit North America | Seattle, WA, US |
January 26 | May 9 May 12 |
Libre Graphics Meeting | Rennes, France |
January 31 | May 7 May 8 |
DevOpsDays Berlin | Berlin, Germany |
January 31 | April 25 April 26 |
Eco Compute 2024 - Engineering Conference on Sustainability in Hardware & Software | Munich, Germany |
January 31 | April 8 April 10 |
FOSSASIA Summit | Hanoi, Vietnam |
January 31 | March 7 March 8 |
Open Source Day 2024 | Florence, Italy |
January 31 | April 26 April 28 |
Penguicon 2024 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, US |
If the CFP deadline for your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Upcoming Events
Events: December 14, 2023 to February 12, 2024
The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
Date(s) | Event | Location |
---|---|---|
December 12 December 15 |
PostgreSQL Conference Europe | Prague, Czechia |
January 23 January 25 |
Creative Freedom Summit | Online |
February 6 February 7 |
State of Open Con 24 | London, UK |
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Security updates
Alert summary December 7, 2023 to December 13, 2023
Dist. | ID | Release | Package | Date |
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Debian | DSA-5573-1 | stable | chromium | 2023-12-09 |
Debian | DLA-3685-1 | LTS | debian-security-support | 2023-12-13 |
Debian | DSA-5574-1 | stable | libreoffice | 2023-12-11 |
Debian | DLA-3684-1 | LTS | tzdata | 2023-12-07 |
Debian | DSA-5575-1 | stable | webkit2gtk | 2023-12-11 |
Debian | DLA-3686-1 | LTS | xorg-server | 2023-12-13 |
Debian | DSA-5576-1 | stable | xorg-server | 2023-12-13 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2023-26a02512e1 | F38 | bluez | 2023-12-11 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2023-6a3fe615d3 | F39 | bluez | 2023-12-09 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2023-a32ad3e643 | F38 | chromium | 2023-12-09 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2023-5d1b8507b8 | F39 | chromium | 2023-12-08 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2023-9de8973300 | F39 | curl | 2023-12-10 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2023-6f4c5b6331 | F38 | gmailctl | 2023-12-07 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2023-e3e4e3f51a | F39 | gmailctl | 2023-12-07 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2023-7f704380a0 | F38 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2023-12-12 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2023-6a3c2aeeee | F39 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2023-12-12 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2023-433474a567 | F38 | java-17-openjdk | 2023-12-13 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2023-0d971cd6aa | F38 | libcmis | 2023-12-13 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2023-0d971cd6aa | F38 | libreoffice | 2023-12-13 |
Fedora | FEDORA-2023-76db6c040e | F39 | seamonkey | 2023-12-12 |
Mageia | MGASA-2023-0342 | 9 | firefox | 2023-12-08 |
Mageia | MGASA-2023-0344 | 8, 9 | fish | 2023-12-12 |
Mageia | MGASA-2023-0343 | 9 | thunderbird | 2023-12-08 |
Mageia | MGASA-2023-0341 | 9 | vim | 2023-12-08 |
Oracle | ELSA-2023-7711 | OL9 | apr | 2023-12-12 |
Oracle | ELSA-2023-13027 | OL7 | edk2 | 2023-12-11 |
Oracle | ELSA-2023-13019 | OL6 | kernel | 2023-12-07 |
Oracle | ELSA-2023-13019 | OL7 | kernel | 2023-12-07 |
Oracle | ELSA-2023-13039 | OL7 | kernel | 2023-12-12 |
Oracle | ELSA-2023-13039 | OL7 | kernel | 2023-12-12 |
Oracle | ELSA-2023-7668 | OL8 | squid:4 | 2023-12-12 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7711-01 | EL9 | apr | 2023-12-11 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7764-01 | EL9 | buildah | 2023-12-12 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7766-01 | EL9 | containernetworking-plugins | 2023-12-12 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7743-01 | EL7 | curl | 2023-12-12 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7753-01 | EL9 | fence-agents | 2023-12-12 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7749-01 | EL9 | kernel | 2023-12-12 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7734-01 | EL9 | kpatch-patch | 2023-12-12 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7747-01 | EL9 | libxml2 | 2023-12-12 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7665-01 | EL8.1 | linux-firmware | 2023-12-06 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7754-01 | EL9 | pixman | 2023-12-12 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7765-01 | EL9 | podman | 2023-12-12 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7714-01 | EL8 | postgresql:12 | 2023-12-11 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7667-01 | EL8.2 | postgresql:12 | 2023-12-06 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7694-01 | EL8.4 | postgresql:12 | 2023-12-07 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7666-01 | EL8.6 | postgresql:12 | 2023-12-06 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7695-01 | EL8.4 | postgresql:13 | 2023-12-07 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7763-01 | EL9 | runc | 2023-12-12 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7762-01 | EL9 | skopeo | 2023-12-12 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7668-01 | EL8 | squid:4 | 2023-12-06 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7732-01 | EL8 | tracker-miners | 2023-12-12 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7731-01 | EL8.2 | tracker-miners | 2023-12-12 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7739-01 | EL8.4 | tracker-miners | 2023-12-12 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7733-01 | EL8.6 | tracker-miners | 2023-12-12 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7730-01 | EL8.8 | tracker-miners | 2023-12-12 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7712-01 | EL9 | tracker-miners | 2023-12-11 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7713-01 | EL9.0 | tracker-miners | 2023-12-11 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7744-01 | EL9.2 | tracker-miners | 2023-12-12 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7716-01 | EL8 | webkit2gtk3 | 2023-12-11 |
Red Hat | RHSA-2023:7715-01 | EL9 | webkit2gtk3 | 2023-12-11 |
Slackware | SSA:2023-343-01 | libxml2 | 2023-12-09 | |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4758-1 | MGR4.3.10 MP4.3 oS15.4 | SUSE Manager 4.3.10 Release Notes | 2023-12-13 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-202311:15242-1 | SUSE Manager Client Tools | 2023-12-13 | |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4689-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 SLE-m5.3 SLE-m5.4 oS15.4 osM5.3 osM5.4 | cdi-apiserver-container, cdi-cloner-container, cdi- controller-container, cdi-importer-container, cdi-operator-container, cdi- uploadproxy-container, cdi-uploadserver-container, cont | 2023-12-07 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4713-1 | SLE-m5.1 SLE-m5.2 | curl | 2023-12-11 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4663-1 | SLE15 oS15.5 | frr | 2023-12-06 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4708-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.4 oS15.5 | go1.20 | 2023-12-11 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4709-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.4 oS15.5 | go1.21 | 2023-12-11 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4710-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.4 oS15.5 | hplip | 2023-12-11 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4731-1 | SLE15 SLE-m5.3 SLE-m5.4 oS15.4 osM5.3 osM5.4 | kernel | 2023-12-12 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4732-1 | SLE15 SLE-m5.5 SLE-m6.0 oS15.5 | kernel | 2023-12-12 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4734-1 | SLE15 oS15.5 | kernel | 2023-12-12 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4693-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 SLE-m5.3 SLE-m5.4 oS15.4 osM5.3 osM5.4 | kubevirt, virt-api-container, virt-controller-container, virt-handler-container, virt-launcher-container, virt-libguestfs-tools- container, virt-operator-container | 2023-12-07 |
SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2023:0391-1 | osB15 | libtorrent-rasterbar, qbittorrent | 2023-12-07 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4649-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 SLE-m5.3 SLE-m5.4 oS15.4 osM5.3 osM5.4 | openssl-3 | 2023-12-06 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4714-1 | SLE15 SES7.1 oS15.3 | openvswitch | 2023-12-11 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4666-1 | SLE15 oS15.4 | openvswitch | 2023-12-06 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4657-1 | SLE15 oS15.5 | openvswitch3 | 2023-12-06 |
SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2023:0397-1 | oS15.4 | opera | 2023-12-11 |
SUSE | openSUSE-SU-2023:0396-1 | oS15.5 | opera | 2023-12-11 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4698-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 oS15.4 oS15.5 | squid | 2023-12-11 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4724-1 | SLE12 | squid | 2023-12-12 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4672-1 | MP4.3 SLE15 SLE-m5.1 SLE-m5.2 SLE-m5.3 SLE-m5.4 SLE-m5.5 SES7.1 oS15.4 oS15.5 osM5.3 osM5.4 | suse-build-key | 2023-12-06 |
SUSE | SUSE-SU-2023:4715-1 | SLE15 SES7.1 oS15.4 | xerces-c | 2023-12-11 |
Ubuntu | USN-6544-1 | 14.04 20.04 22.04 | binutils | 2023-12-11 |
Ubuntu | USN-6540-1 | 16.04 18.04 20.04 22.04 23.04 23.10 | bluez | 2023-12-06 |
Ubuntu | USN-6535-1 | 20.04 22.04 23.04 23.10 | curl | 2023-12-06 |
Ubuntu | USN-6522-2 | 18.04 | freerdp2 | 2023-12-07 |
Ubuntu | USN-6551-1 | 22.04 23.04 23.10 | ghostscript | 2023-12-12 |
Ubuntu | USN-6541-1 | 16.04 18.04 20.04 22.04 23.04 | glibc | 2023-12-07 |
Ubuntu | USN-6554-1 | 20.04 22.04 23.04 23.10 | gnome-control-center | 2023-12-13 |
Ubuntu | USN-6546-1 | 23.04 23.10 | libreoffice | 2023-12-11 |
Ubuntu | USN-6549-1 | 20.04 22.04 | linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.15, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.15, linux-azure-fde, linux-azure-fde-5.15, linux-gcp, linux-gke, linux-hwe-5.15, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.15, linux-kvm, linux-nvidia, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.15, linux-raspi | 2023-12-11 |
Ubuntu | USN-6548-1 | 18.04 20.04 | linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4, linux-bluefield, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.4, linux-kvm, linux-xilinx-zynqmp | 2023-12-11 |
Ubuntu | USN-6536-1 | 22.04 23.10 | linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-laptop, linux-lowlatency, linux-oem-6.5, linux-oracle, linux-raspi, linux-starfive | 2023-12-06 |
Ubuntu | USN-6534-2 | 23.04 | linux-gcp, linux-kvm | 2023-12-12 |
Ubuntu | USN-6537-1 | 23.10 | linux-gcp | 2023-12-06 |
Ubuntu | USN-6549-2 | 20.04 22.04 | linux-gkeop, linux-gkeop-5.15 | 2023-12-12 |
Ubuntu | USN-6534-3 | 22.04 | linux-hwe-6.2, linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2, linux-nvidia-6.2 | 2023-12-13 |
Ubuntu | USN-6549-3 | 20.04 22.04 | linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 | 2023-12-13 |
Ubuntu | USN-6548-3 | 20.04 | linux-oracle | 2023-12-13 |
Ubuntu | USN-6548-2 | 18.04 20.04 | linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4 | 2023-12-12 |
Ubuntu | USN-6552-1 | 20.04 22.04 23.04 | netatalk | 2023-12-12 |
Ubuntu | USN-6463-2 | 16.04 18.04 | open-vm-tools | 2023-12-06 |
Ubuntu | USN-6550-1 | 18.04 20.04 22.04 | postfixadmin | 2023-12-12 |
Ubuntu | USN-6538-1 | 20.04 22.04 23.04 23.10 | postgresql-12, postgresql-14, postgresql-15 | 2023-12-06 |
Ubuntu | USN-6553-1 | 20.04 | pydantic | 2023-12-13 |
Ubuntu | USN-6539-1 | 20.04 22.04 23.04 23.10 | python-cryptography | 2023-12-06 |
Ubuntu | USN-6547-1 | 23.04 | python3.11 | 2023-12-11 |
Ubuntu | USN-6500-2 | 16.04 18.04 | squid3 | 2023-12-11 |
Ubuntu | USN-6543-1 | 14.04 16.04 18.04 20.04 22.04 23.04 23.10 | tar | 2023-12-11 |
Ubuntu | USN-6542-1 | 16.04 18.04 20.04 | tinyxml | 2023-12-07 |
Ubuntu | USN-6545-1 | 22.04 23.04 23.10 | webkit2gtk | 2023-12-11 |
Kernel patches of interest
Kernel releases
Architecture-specific
Core kernel
Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
tracing: fprobe: function_graph: Multi-function graph and fprobe on fgraph
Dec 08
Development tools
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Suravee Suthikulpanit
iommu/amd: Introduce hardware info reporting and nested translation support
Dec 12
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