# Linux Action News 239

URL: /show/linux-action-news/239/
> New firmware superpowers are coming to a future Linux kernel, why Google is working on encrypted hibernation support, and a sneak peek at SteamOS 3.

- Show: [Linux Action News](/show/linux-action-news/)
- Episode: 239
- Date: 2022-05-06
- Hosts: chris, wes
- Duration: 00:16:06
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/dec90738-e640-45e5-b375-4573052f4bf4/03b32e9a-8076-4221-b4fb-e2a2e93d9248.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/AsuE3UlCiFY



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### Episode Links

  * [Google Working On Linux Encrypted Hibernation Support](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Encrypted-Hibernation "Google Working On Linux Encrypted Hibernation Support") — Google engineers are working on "enabling hibernation in some new scenarios." 
  * [Encrypted Hibernation - Evan Green](https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220504232102.469959-1-evgreen@chromium.org/ "Encrypted Hibernation - Evan Green")
  * [Update on Linux hibernation support when lockdown is enabled](https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/58077.html "Update on Linux hibernation support when lockdown is enabled")
  * [uswsusp - ArchWiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Uswsusp "uswsusp - ArchWiki")
  * [Rewritten Apple Silicon CPUFreq Driver Posted For Linux](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Apple-SoC-CPUFreq-Driver-v2 "Rewritten Apple Silicon CPUFreq Driver Posted For Linux") — The new patches posted today are a "complete rewrite" of the earlier Apple SoC CPUFreq driver attempt.
  * [Apple Silicon Exclusively Hit With World-First “Augury” DMP Vulnerability](https://www.tomshardware.com/news/apple-silicon-exclusively-hit-with-world-first-augury-dmp-vulnerability "Apple Silicon Exclusively Hit With World-First “Augury” DMP Vulnerability") — Apple's DMP can potentially leak the entire memory content even if it's not being actively accessed. 
  * [Linux 5.19 Adding Ability To Initiate Firmware Updates Using Sysfs](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.19-FW_UPLOAD-sysfs "Linux 5.19 Adding Ability To Initiate Firmware Updates Using Sysfs") — Thanks to Intel there is firmware-upload support being added to sysfs that user-space software can use for initiating a firmware update.
  * [0.34.0 security release for matrix-appservice-irc](https://matrix.org/blog/2022/05/04/0-34-0-security-release-for-matrix-appservice-irc-high-severity "0.34.0 security release for matrix-appservice-irc") — Incorrect handling of a CR character allowed for making part of the message be sent to the IRC server verbatim rather than as a message to the channel.
  * [Adopting Matrix at the GNOME Foundation](https://blog.ergaster.org/post/20220425-adopting-matrix/ "Adopting Matrix at the GNOME Foundation")
  * [IRC, Matrix, and thanks for all the kicks](https://discourse.gnome.org/t/irc-matrix-and-thanks-for-all-the-kicks/6482 "IRC, Matrix, and thanks for all the kicks")
  * [holoiso: SteamOS 3](https://github.com/bhaiest/holoiso "holoiso: SteamOS 3") — This project attempts to bring Steam Deck's Holo OS into a generic, installable format and replicate close-to-official SteamOS experience.
  * [HoloISO brings Valve’s SteamOS 3 from the Steam Deck to everyone](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/05/holoiso-brings-valves-steamos-3-from-the-steam-deck-to-everyone/ "HoloISO brings Valve’s SteamOS 3 from the Steam Deck to everyone")