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Linux 6.8 Dropping Support For Very Old Graphics Drivers

Phoronix - Čet, 12/07/2023 - 16:50
A new drm-misc-next pull request was sent today to DRM-Next bringing a few notable changes for the upcoming Linux 6.8 merge window...

KDE's KWin Adds DMA-Fence Deadline Support

Phoronix - Čet, 12/07/2023 - 16:27
KDE's KWin compositor has added DMA-Fence deadline support to its DRM back-end that can help ensure rendering is completed on-time and otherwise helping to boost the GPU clock speeds...

Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack (ars technica)

LWN.net - Čet, 12/07/2023 - 16:10
This ars technica article describes how secure-boot firmware on a huge range of systems can be subverted with a malicious image file:

As its name suggests, LogoFAIL involves logos, specifically those of the hardware seller that are displayed on the device screen early in the boot process, while the UEFI is still running. Image parsers in UEFIs from all three major IBVs [independent BIOS vendors] are riddled with roughly a dozen critical vulnerabilities that have gone unnoticed until now. By replacing the legitimate logo images with identical-looking ones that have been specially crafted to exploit these bugs, LogoFAIL makes it possible to execute malicious code at the most sensitive stage of the boot process.

Security updates for Thursday

LWN.net - Čet, 12/07/2023 - 15:18
Security updates have been issued by Debian (tzdata), Fedora (gmailctl), Oracle (kernel), Red Hat (linux-firmware, postgresql:12, postgresql:13, and squid:4), SUSE (cdi-apiserver-container, cdi-cloner-container, cdi- controller-container, cdi-importer-container, cdi-operator-container, cdi- uploadproxy-container, cdi-uploadserver-container, cont, frr, libtorrent-rasterbar, qbittorrent, openssl-3, openvswitch, openvswitch3, and suse-build-key), and Ubuntu (bluez, curl, linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-laptop, linux-lowlatency, linux-oem-6.5, linux-oracle, linux-raspi, linux-starfive, linux-gcp, open-vm-tools, postgresql-12, postgresql-14, postgresql-15, and python-cryptography).

Security: ICANN, Mozilla, and Microsoft

tuxmachines.org - Čet, 12/07/2023 - 15:02
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Alpine Linux 3.19 Released - Now Powered By Linux 6.6 LTS

Phoronix - Čet, 12/07/2023 - 14:56
Alpine Linux 3.19 has been released as the newest feature update to this lightweight Linux distribution employing Busybox and libc...

Security Leftovers and Windows TCO

tuxmachines.org - Čet, 12/07/2023 - 12:59
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Games: Steam Deck, GameMode, and More

tuxmachines.org - Čet, 12/07/2023 - 12:56
7 new article from Liam Dawe

git.kernel.org Adds Native Dark Mode Support

Phoronix - Čet, 12/07/2023 - 12:54
As an early Christmas present for Linux kernel developers and others keeping track of kernel development, the git.kernel.org Cgit web interface has rolled out native dark mode support...

Raspberry Pi OS Improves Wayfire Rendering, Enhanced Raspberry Pi 5 Support

Phoronix - Čet, 12/07/2023 - 12:42
As a nice update ahead of the holidays, the Raspberry Pi folks have released Raspberry Pi OS 2023-12-05 as the first update to their Debian-based operating system since the official launch of the Raspberry Pi 5 back in October...

Chrome 120 Released With Theora Support Evaporating, Adds WebGPU & CSS Improvements

Phoronix - Čet, 12/07/2023 - 12:30
Google on Wednesday released Chrome 120 as the newest version of their cross-platform web browser...

Android Leftovers

tuxmachines.org - Čet, 12/07/2023 - 11:50
Missed something important? Android's Notification History means all is not lost

The Fairphone 5 scores a perfect 10 on iFixit

tuxmachines.org - Čet, 12/07/2023 - 11:43
We are super stoked to announce that the Fairphone 5 has received a 10/10 on iFixit’s repairability scale
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