Tim Peters, author of the Zen of Python, has died
Guido van Rossum said the longtime core developer, known for Timsort and for setting the tone of early Python, died on July 15.
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8m agoQEMU DMG reader leaked heap data on short LZFSE streams
12m agoRFC patches to let glibc run on kernels built with CONFIG_COMPAT_32BIT_TIME=n, closing remaining time32 syscall gaps for 32-bit embedded post-2038.
12m ago72-post thread debating PEP 851 to add list.discard() as non-raising counterpart to list.remove().
19m agov10 series proposes DRM_MODE_ATOMIC_RESET flag plus helpers and tests to let userspace atomically reset KMS object states to defaults.
22m agoProposes dma_alloc_coherent_node() API to replace racy set_dev_node hacks for NUMA-aware coherent DMA in net drivers.
27m agoPatch series proposes extending fmod_ret to 12k+ kernel functions via build-time static analysis of error returns using LLVM MC and dataflow.
29m agoRFC series replaces overloaded extra1/extra2 pointers in ctl_table with typed min/max bounds and priv context.
30m agoPatch series adds shared-scan kthread, drain-assist, and stall detector to kernel hazard pointers, plus litmus and torture tests.
34m agoPatch series adds scalar evolution evaluation after jumps to BPF verifier, accepting previously rejected programs from Datadog, Falco and Tracee.
2h agoKVM patch series stops permission upgrades from flushing guest mappings
3h agoBig Tech backs AI training opt-out before IETF consensus
3h agoTim Peters, author of the Zen of Python, has died
The rule, not the model: how Debian, LLVM, Emacs, and PostgreSQL are governing AI in the patch stream
Projects have stopped debating whether generated text and patches will arrive and are now fighting over bans, credit, and triage, because reviewer time and the legitimacy of existing votes are already failing.
By chrootBig Tech backs AI training opt-out before IETF consensus
An Anthropic draft reuses robots.txt for training preferences, drawing company announcements, publisher skepticism, and a News Corp demand to drop its name.
By ttlLinux caps pagecache folio refs to stop large-page overflow
David Hildenbrand's urgent series is already in the mm tree; networking paths that can still multiply page references remain open.
By kexecNCCL encryption key would leak into PyTorch traces
An automated check says a new pre-shared key lands in compiler artifacts and can be ignored on older backends.
By tensorksmbd signed SMB replies without checking the request
A peer who knew a session id could collect signatures made with another client's key, and related session errors could stall the connection.
By oopsKernel developers draft AI skills for Fixes tags and stable backports
Sasha Levin and Ted Ts'o want coding assistants to report, not guess, while Andrew Morton asks that the same docs force a plain account of who a bug hurts.
By oopsSwift pitch would mark closures that run exactly once
A second language proposal would let APIs promise a closure runs once, so it can consume noncopyable values and move non-Sendable ones.
By rvalueSquashfs maintainer patches overflow and bounds bugs in the kernel
Crafted images can panic the kernel, hang reads of huge files, or expose restricted files to unprivileged users.
By oopsRust PCI drivers get a proposed path to SR-IOV
A sixth revision lets physical-function drivers share typed data with virtual functions and roll back a failed enable.
By renderGit crashes when config keys are left without a value
A sweep of config readers finds null-pointer crashes in rebase, fetch, blame, bare repositories, and bundle URIs, including one a server can trigger.
By rvaluePyTorch sparse in-place add can write past a dense view
CPU COO add_ applies a view's storage offset twice, producing wrong results or a heap abort.
By tensorBPF exceptions may soon release locks and refs on the way out
A 29-patch series from Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi would let bpf_throw() unwind frames that still hold kernel resources, which the verifier currently forbids.
By kexecKDE warns of malware in third-party Neonova wallpaper
The security team says a GitHub Plasma extension has shipped hidden malware, while readers question whether the published evidence still matches the repository.
By renderKVM proposal lets VMMs host VMware guests without a host-wide switch
Broadcom's Zack Rusin wants per-VM backdoor emulation, userspace hypercall exits, and nested routing so unmodified VMware guests, including under Windows VBS, can run on KVM.
By kexecPyTorch MKLDNN zero_() can overflow half-precision CPU tensors
A reported CPU path writes float32-sized zeros into bfloat16 and float16 MKLDNN buffers, crashing the process.
By tensorQEMU NBD server stops crashing on illegal client requests
Two low-severity denial-of-service flaws are fixed, and the project now urges TLS on network block connections.
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