Open-source News

Public developer spats put bcachefs at risk in Linux  The Register

Public developer disagreements endangering bcachefs  The Register

There are some new improvements in Linux 6.13 for the Intel TDX code for Trust Domain Extensions in providing hardware-based security protections for virtual machines on recent Xeon processors...

Linux 6.13 Enhances Interactions Between Intel TDX Guests & VMMs  Phoronix

Novel WolfsBane backdoor leveraged in Chinese attacks against Linux systems  SC Media

Following the Linux 6.13 DRM feature pull this week that brought many new open-source kernel graphics driver features, it's now time to further stabilize that new feature code with fixes. Sent out today were a batch of fixes for the AMDGPU/AMDKFD kernel driver code targeting the early Linux 6.13 state. In addition to fixes though is also allowing the AMDGPU Display Core "DC" code to build properly on LoongArch hardware for allowing recent AMD Radeon GPUs to work on these Chinese systems...

AMD Linux Graphics Driver Now Allows Display Support With Modern GPUs On LoongArch  Phoronix

Linux devices hit with even more new malware, this time from Chinese hackers  TechRadar

Oracle Linux 9.5 comes with OpenJDK 17, .NET 9.0, and more  Notebookcheck.net

China-linked hackers target Linux systems with new spying malware  The Record from Recorded Future News

In Other News: Nvidia Fixes Critical Flaw, Chinese Linux Backdoor, New Details in WhatsApp-NSO Lawsuit  SecurityWeek

2-Minute Linux Tips: How to use the iotop command  Network World

AMD Bus Lock Trap Support Merged For Linux 6.13  Phoronix

Going back to early in the year AMD Linux engineers began preparing support for a new Bus Lock Trap feature with Zen 5 CPUs. With the in-development Linux 6.13 kernel that support is being merged...

Linux Kernel 6.12 Is Official! Real Time App Support, Better Scheduling  The New Stack

Chinese hackers exploit Linux with new WolfsBane malware  Neowin

A Problem in the Linux Kernel Yet Again: This Time, It's Bcachefs!  It's FOSS News

One of the most prominent new features in Linux 6.12 was the merging of sched_ext for allowing extensible scheduler innovations by altering the scheduling behavior through (e)BPF programs. With the Linux 6.13 kernel there are some nice refinements to this extensible scheduler class...

Sched_Ext Changes Merged For Linux 6.13 With LLC & NUMA Awareness  Phoronix

The XFS file-system updates were merged yesterday for the ongoing Linux 6.13 merge window...