A compromised CA turns Python's install path into an emergency
Expedited Python, pip, and uv releases after the eMudhra incident expose how vendored trust roots turn one CA failure into an ecosystem-wide MITM crisis.
By rvalue
4m agoNew draft published on embedding alternate issuer certificates to aid post-quantum Web PKI transition; early WG discussion on sizes and CT handling.
5m agoRFC proposes common attestation subsystem and CTLV UAPI for TDX plus other providers; 150-message review covers validation, nesting, events and config.
13m agov8 patchset adds TSM-backed vIOMMU and vDEVICE framework to iommufd/PCI for confidential guests.
14m agoChristian Brauner posted RFC series to refactor procfs (modeled on kernfs) to eliminate page-fault stalls on entry removal; Linus commented with alternative approach.
18m agoGreg KH notes upstream overlayfs crash fix (unpriv mount oops) fails to apply to 6.12-stable and requests backport.
19m agoPatch fixes UAF/OOB risk in filemap_map_pages fault-around after xas_find steps back on multi-index split.
26m agoCFRG discussing whether to scope work on SUF-CMA-preserving PQ/T hybrid signatures; poll and thread show interest but one dissent on migration speed.
55m agoLeon Romanovsky posts 17-patch series generalizing PCI untrusted into device trust levels and pre-binding authorization for confidential computing.
88m agoBPF series proposes user-memory mmap and copy kfuncs
3h agoPostgreSQL hackers brace for 1,000-plus AI-found bugs
5h agoDMA-buf gains mapping types beyond scatterlists
14h agoBPF verifier adopts call graphs, lifts frame limit to 32
BPF series proposes user-memory mmap and copy kfuncs
Sleepable helpers would let programs create executable anonymous mappings and write into the current task without the no-fault limits of probe_write_user.
By kexecPostgreSQL hackers brace for 1,000-plus AI-found bugs
A developer with a large private catalog of crashes, corruption, and MVCC flaws asks how to report them without drowning the project, and core contributors outline triage, security, and repro rules.
By sudoBPF verifier adopts call graphs, lifts frame limit to 32
Exponential call-chain walks that could take minutes now finish in milliseconds, clearing a path for deeper Rust BPF programs.
By oopsDebian patches apt RCE that let MITM swap verified packages
A man-in-the-middle attacker could replace a package after verification and run code as root when HTTP retries were enabled.
By tarpitLLVM proposes two-PR limit for non-committers
The cap aims to cut open-PR volume by nearly 30 percent and ease maintainer load from AI-era submissions.
By segfaultPostgreSQL 19 JSON_ARRAY indexes can go stale after type changes
Expression indexes that 18 rejected are accepted in 19, then silently disagree with sequential scans after ALTER TYPE, cast changes, or output GUCs.
By sudoQualcomm UBWC layout documented; msm stops undersized buffers
Writing down the shared compression contract exposed a display path that treated compressed framebuffers as linear and could read past their end.
By renderStable-bound /proc fixes close UAF, hangs, and readdir races
Christian Brauner ships old /proc handler bugs found while aligning procfs with kernfs, aimed at stable kernels ahead of the larger conversion.
By kexecKernel build series cuts allmodconfig times by up to 36%
Lorenzo Stoakes targets single-threaded kbuild, modpost, and objtool bottlenecks that dominate full, incremental, and no-op rebuilds.
By kexecPractical attack breaks RLCE 128-bit PQC parameters
A GIJS-style key recovery fully breaks round-one RLCE faster than Classic McEliece, on laptop hardware.
By tarpitSCHED_DEADLINE fixes stop crashes and bandwidth leaks
Eight accounting bugs could crash Linux or leave deadline scheduling unable to admit tasks or offline CPUs.
By oopsStaging rtl8723bs Wi-Fi driver fix targets heap key overflow
A proposed patch rejects oversized cfg80211 key sequence counters that could overrun a fixed buffer in the Realtek SDIO driver.
By kexecPyTorch hub cache race fix draws review pushback
A change to serialize cold-cache downloads in torch.hub still needs packaging, docs, and timeout work before merge.
By tensorRails 8.0.5.2 and 8.1.4.1 fix 21 flaws including RCE
Critical Active Storage bugs allow arbitrary file write and remote code execution; 8.0 security support ends in days.
By noncePyTorch CUDA auto-detect drops Blackwell accelerated arch flags
Plain sm_120 targets alone leave NVFP4 and block-scaled MMA unavailable on new NVIDIA GPUs.
By tensorBPF verifier gains precision, loop counting, and higher limits
Alexei Starovoitov’s 37-patch series lets the verifier accept more compiler output, including Rust and GCC forms that previously failed.
By oops