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Vulnerabilities in the wireless stack of the Linux kernel that allow remote code execution

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A series of vulnerabilities have been identified in the wireless stack (mac80211) of the Linux kernel, some of which potentially allow buffer overflows and remote code execution by sending specially crafted packets from the access point. The fix is ​​currently only available in patch form. To demonstrate the possibility of carrying out an attack, examples of frames that cause an overflow have been published, as well as a utility for substituting these frames into the wireless stack […]

PostgreSQL 15 release

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After a year of development, a new stable branch of the PostgreSQL 15 DBMS has been published. Updates for the new branch will be released over five years until November 2027. Main innovations: Added support for the SQL command “MERGE”, reminiscent of the expression “INSERT ... ON CONFLICT”. MERGE allows you to create conditional SQL statements that combine INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE operations into a single expression. For example, with MERGE you can […]

The code of a machine learning system for generating realistic human movements has been opened

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A team of researchers from Tel Aviv University has opened the source code associated with the MDM (Motion Diffusion Model) machine learning system, which allows generating realistic human movements. The code is written in Python using the PyTorch framework and is distributed under the MIT license. To conduct experiments, you can use both ready-made models and train the models yourself using the proposed scripts, for example, […]

A Robot Named Fight game code published

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The source texts of the game A Robot Named Fight, developed in the roguelike genre, have been published. The player is invited to control the robot to explore procedurally generated non-repeating labyrinth levels, collect artifacts and bonuses, complete tasks to gain access to new content, destroy attacking creatures and fight the main monster in the final. The code is written in C# using the Unity engine and published under […]

Vulnerability in LibreOffice allowing script execution while working with a document

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A vulnerability (CVE-2022-3140) has been identified in the free LibreOffice office suite, which allows organizing the execution of arbitrary scripts when clicking on a specially prepared link in a document or when a certain event is triggered while working with a document. The issue has been fixed in LibreOffice 7.3.6 and 7.4.1 updates. The vulnerability is caused by the addition of support for an additional macro calling scheme 'vnd.libreoffice.command' specific to LibreOffice. This scheme is […]

Creation of a national open source repository approved in Russia

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The Government of the Russian Federation adopted a resolution "On conducting an experiment on granting the right to use programs for electronic computers, algorithms, databases and documentation for them, including the exclusive right to which belongs to the Russian Federation, under the terms of an open license and creating conditions for the use of open source software ". The Decree prescribes: Creation of a national open source software repository; Accommodation […]

NVIDIA proprietary driver release 520.56.06

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NVIDIA has released a new branch of proprietary NVIDIA driver 520.56.06. The driver is available for Linux (ARM64, x86_64), FreeBSD (x86_64) and Solaris (x86_64). NVIDIA 520.x became the second stable branch after the discovery by NVIDIA of components that work at the kernel level. Source code for nvidia.ko, nvidia-drm.ko (Direct Rendering Manager), nvidia-modeset.ko and nvidia-uvm.ko (Unified Video Memory) kernel modules from NVIDIA 520.56.06, […]

Samsung has entered into agreements to supply Tizen on third-party TVs

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Samsung Electronics has announced a number of partnership agreements related to the licensing of the Tizen platform to other manufacturers of smart TVs. Agreements have been signed with Attmaca, HKC and Tempo, which will launch their Tizen-based TVs this year under the Bauhn, Linsar, Sunny and Vispera brands for sale in Australia, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, […]

Toyota T-Connect user base access key published by mistake on GitHub

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Automotive Corporation Toyota disclosed information about a possible leak of the user base of the T-Connect mobile application, which allows you to integrate your smartphone with the car's information system. The incident was caused by the publication on GitHub of a part of the source texts of the T-Connect website, which contained an access key to the server that stores personal data of clients. The code was mistakenly published to a public repository in 2017 and […]

Chrome OS 106 and first gaming Chromebooks available

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A release of the Chrome OS 106 operating system is available, based on the Linux kernel, the upstart system manager, the ebuild / portage assembly toolkit, open components and the Chrome 106 web browser. The Chrome OS user environment is limited to a web browser, and web applications are used instead of standard programs, however, Chrome OS includes a full multi-window interface, desktop and taskbar. The source code is distributed under […]

Release of Kata Containers 3.0 with virtualization-based isolation

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After two years of development, the release of the Kata Containers 3.0 project has been published, which develops a stack for organizing the execution of containers using isolation based on full-fledged virtualization mechanisms. The project was created by Intel and Hyper by combining Clear Containers and runV technologies. The project code is written in Go and Rust and distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. The development of the project is supervised by the working […]

Wayland support included in Blender daily builds

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The developers of the free 3D modeling package Blender announced the inclusion of support for the Wayland protocol in daily updated test builds. In stable releases native Wayland support is planned to be offered in Blender 3.4. The decision to support Wayland is driven by the desire to get rid of limitations when using XWayland and improve the quality of work in Linux distributions that use Wayland by default. To work in environments […]

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