On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 5:49 PM Pavel Machek <pavel@denx.de> wrote:
>
> On Thu 2021-02-18 17:21:57, Chen-Yu Tsai wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Five new issues this week:
> >
> > CVE-2021-20239 [setsockopt copy_from_user error] - fixed in 5.4 and
> > removed from 5.10
> > CVE-2021-26930 [xen-blkback error handling] - PR sent
> > CVE-2021-26931 [xen backends: BUG_ON in error handling] - PR sent
> > CVE-2021-26932 [xen grant mapping error handling] - PR sent
> > CVE-2021-26934 [xen unsupported driver] - Xen documentation change
> > stating be-alloc display driver is unsupported
> >
> > Linus doesn't seem to be processing PRs for the new merge window yet,
> > so we might have to wait a while before the Xen ones are fixed and
> > backported.
>
> Well, Xen is not a typical thing to run on embbeded hardware, but I
> did not check the configs.

I see Renesas and Siemens have it enabled. Is Xen still relevant?
Or has everyone switched over to KVM + QEMU?

> It seems Linus is having power problems:

I read the headline on Phoronix, but didn't know it was this bad.
That also explains why lkml.org was completely empty yesterday.


ChenYu

> Best regards,
>                                                                 Pavel
>
> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 12:25:06 -0800
> From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linuxfoundation.org>
> To: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: users@linux.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [kernel.org users] Partial power outage in the PDX
> datacentre
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> Sadly, the power at my house is still entirely out, although cell
> service
> has now been fixed so at least I can read some email without walking
> outside.
>
> But with no power for my laptop or workstation, I won't be starting
> the
> merge window until power is back more widely in they Portland area.
>
> My neighborhood is likely not a priority, so it very possibly will be
> a few
> more days (so far without power since Sunday evening).
>
> Even the local highway 43 (ok, not a big highway, but still) is still
> closed down two days later due to downed trees.
>
>         Linus
>
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