Vue normale
[$] Inheritable credentials for directory file descriptors
Rust 1.78.0 released
Rust now supports a #[diagnostic] attribute namespace to influence compiler error messages. These are treated as hints which the compiler is not required to use, and it is also not an error to provide a diagnostic that the compiler doesn't recognize. This flexibility allows source code to provide diagnostics even when they're not supported by all compilers, whether those are different versions or entirely different implementations.
Yocto Project 5.0 released
"run0" as a sudo replacement
So, in my ideal world, we'd have an OS entirely without SUID. Let's throw out the concept of SUID on the dump of UNIX' bad ideas. An execution context for privileged code that is half under the control of unprivileged code and that needs careful manual clean-up is just not how security engineering should be done in 2024 anymore.
Git 2.45.0 released
Security updates for Tuesday
McQueen: Update from the GNOME board
The Foundation has a reserves policy which specifies a minimum amount of money we have to keep in our accounts. This is so that if there is a significant interruption to our usual income, we can preserve our core operations while we work on new funding sources. We've now "hit the buffers" of this reserves policy, meaning the Board can't approve any more deficit budgets – to keep spending at the same level we must increase our income.
Kernel prepatch 6.9-rc6
Things continue to look pretty normal, and nothing here really stands out. The biggest single change that stands out in the diffstat is literally a documentation update, everything else looks pretty small and spread out.
[$] Giving Rust a chance for in-kernel codecs
[$] Support for the TSO memory model on Arm CPUs
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) released
This release continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, together with the community and our partners, to introduce new features and fix bugs.
The list of changes and enhancements is long; click below for some details. More information can be found in the release notes; see also this page for a summary of security-related changes.
[$] The state of realtime and embedded Linux
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for April 25, 2024
QEMU 9.0 released
This release contains 2700+ commits from 220 authors." The list of improvements is long; see the announcement and the changelog for details.
[$] Rust for embedded Linux kernels
Security updates for Tuesday
The Open Home Foundation launches
We created the Open Home Foundation to fight for the fundamental principles of privacy, choice, and sustainability for smart homes. And every person who lives in one.Ahead of today, we've transferred over 240 projects, standards, drivers, and libraries—Home Assistant, ESPHome, Zigpy, Piper, Improv Wi-Fi, Wyoming, and so many more—to the Open Home Foundation. This is all about looking into the future. We've done this to create a bulwark against surveillance capitalism, the risk of buyout, and open-source projects becoming abandonware. To an extent, this protection extends even against our future selves—so that smart home users can continue to benefit for years, if not decades. No matter what comes.