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LWN.net (lwn@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jul-2024 12:02:20 JST LWN.net

[$] SUSE asks openSUSE to consider name change
SUSE has, in a somewhat clumsy fashion, asked openSUSE to consider rebranding to clear up confusion over the relationship between SUSE the company and openSUSE as a community proje [...]
https://lwn.net/Articles/981018/ #LWN
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LWN.net (lwn@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jun-2024 02:49:23 JST LWN.net

Linux nftables vulnerability exploited in the wild (CrowdStrike) https://lwn.net/Articles/977583/ #LWN
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  Linux nftables vulnerability exploited in the wild (CrowdStrike)
  
  According to CrowdStrike, a vulnerability in the Linux kernel's nftables code that was discovered earlier this year is being actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability allows for local privilege escalation. Most distributions have already released a fix. As noted by the exploit developer, leveraging this POC is dependent on the kernel's unprivileged user namespaces feature accessing nf_tables. This access is enabled by default on Debian, Ubuntu and kernel capture-the-flag (CTF) distributions. An attacker can then trigger the double-free vulnerability, scan the physical memory for the kernel base address, bypass kernel address-space layout randomization (KASLR) and access the modprobe_path kernel variable with read/write privileges. After overwriting the modprobe_path, the exploit drops a root shell.
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LWN.net (lwn@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jun-2024 01:36:22 JST LWN.net

[$] Debian's /tmpest in a teapot https://lwn.net/Articles/975565/ #LWN
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LWN.net (lwn@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 31-May-2024 22:37:12 JST LWN.net

25 Years of Krita https://lwn.net/Articles/976211/ #LWN
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  25 Years of Krita
  
  The developers of the Krita painting application are celebrating 25 years of development with a detailed history of the project.
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LWN.net (lwn@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 27-May-2024 00:56:11 JST LWN.net
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@halla We're not pleased with how some of those conversations go either. Suggestions on things we could do to improve the situation are more than welcome!

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LWN.net (lwn@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 09-May-2024 00:48:24 JST LWN.net

[$] Systemd heads for a big round-number release https://lwn.net/Articles/971866/ #LWN
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LWN.net (lwn@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 02-May-2024 00:07:18 JST LWN.net

Dolstra steps down from NixOS Foundation board https://lwn.net/Articles/971973/ #LWN
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  Eelco Dolstra steps down from NixOS Foundation board
  
  The NixOS Foundation board announced on April 30 that Eelco Dolstra is stepping down from the board following the recent calls for his resignation. Eelco is the principal author of Nix and undoubtedly a central figure in the ecosystem that grew around it. We confirm that Eelco showed no intention to be perceived as or act like the BDFL [Benevolent Dictator for Life] of the Nix ecosystem, or the Nix code base. To commit to that in a timely manner, he has decided to formally step down from the board.
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LWN.net (lwn@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 19-Apr-2024 00:19:44 JST LWN.net

[$] Gentoo bans AI-created contributions https://lwn.net/Articles/970072/ #LWN
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LWN.net (lwn@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 21-Mar-2024 22:01:36 JST LWN.net

Redis is no longer free software https://lwn.net/Articles/966133/ #LWN
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  Redis is no longer free software
  
  The Redis in-memory database system has had its license changed to either the Redis Source Available License or the Server Side Public License (covered here in 2018); neither license qualifies as free software.
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LWN.net (lwn@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2024 06:02:44 JST LWN.net

Today's hardware vulnerability: register file data sampling https://lwn.net/Articles/965167/ #LWN
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  Today's hardware vulnerability: register file data sampling
  
  The mainline kernel has just received a set of commits addressing the "register file data sampling" hardware vulnerability.
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LWN.net (lwn@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2024 00:38:12 JST LWN.net

[$] Insecurity and Python pickles https://lwn.net/Articles/964392/ #LWN
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LWN.net (lwn@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2024 02:36:53 JST LWN.net

[$] A turning point for CVE numbers https://lwn.net/Articles/961978/ #LWN
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LWN.net (lwn@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 14:09:40 JST LWN.net

Please welcome Joe Brockmeier to LWN https://lwn.net/Articles/961116/ #LWN
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  Please welcome Joe Brockmeier to LWN
  
  At the beginning of November, we let it be known that we were looking to hire a writer/editor to augment the LWN team. In past attempts, we have found it difficult to attract writers who could produce the kind of content that LWN readers expect. This time around, as we have said before, was different; we had a number of candidates who could have filled the bill and were forced to make some difficult choices.
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LWN.net (lwn@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 00:30:22 JST LWN.net

A new CEO for Mozilla https://lwn.net/Articles/961359/ #LWN
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  A new CEO for Mozilla
  
  Mitchell Baker has announced that she is stepping down from the role of Mozilla CEO, effective immediately. Laura Chambers will be the new CEO "for the remainder of the year".
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LWN.net (lwn@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 00:19:32 JST LWN.net

Glibc becomes a CVE Numbering Authority https://lwn.net/Articles/961355/ #LWN
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  Glibc becomes a CVE Numbering Authority
  
  The GNU C Library project has been accepted as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA), meaning that the project is now in control of the CVE numbers assigned to its code.
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LWN.net (lwn@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2024 02:06:19 JST LWN.net

Damn Small Linux 2024 released https://lwn.net/Articles/960446/ #LWN
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  Damn Small Linux 2024 released
  
  A new version of the Damn Small Linux distribution has come out with an updated definition of "damn small":
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LWN.net (lwn@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2024 01:34:47 JST LWN.net

A locally exploitable glibc vulnerability https://lwn.net/Articles/960289/ #LWN
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  A locally exploitable glibc vulnerability
  
  Qualys has disclosed a vulnerability in the GNU C Library that can be exploited by a local attacker for root access. It was introduced in the 2.37 release, and also backported to 2.36.
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LWN.net (lwn@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 00:07:40 JST LWN.net

Villa: Will the new judicial ruling in the Vizio lawsuit strengthen the GPL? https://lwn.net/Articles/958682/ #LWN
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  Villa: Will the new judicial ruling in the Vizio lawsuit strengthen the GPL?
  
  Luis Villa writes about the recent ruling in the Software Freedom Conservancy's GPL-violation lawsuit against Vizio, wherein the judge refused to agree that the SFC lacks standing to sue.
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LWN.net (lwn@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 10:23:48 JST LWN.net
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@lmayfair Thanks for the nice words. In truth, the subscriber links turn out to be one of our best marketing tools (not that we really have any of those :). They definitely get our work in front of people who wouldn't otherwise see it, and some of them become subscribers. We have never regretted adding the feature.

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LWN.net (lwn@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2024 09:46:43 JST LWN.net

The OpenWrt One project https://lwn.net/Articles/957255/ #LWN
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  The OpenWrt One project
  
  OpenWrt developer John Crispin says: "In 2024 the OpenWrt project turns 20 years! Let's celebrate this anniversary by launching our own first and fully upstream supported hardware design." The rest of the message describes the proposed OpenWrt-native network-routing system, based Banana Pi boards; the project is being organized through the Software Freedom Conservancy. (Thanks to Dave Täht).

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