# Summer Kernel Corn Roast URL: /show/linux-unplugged/577/ > Sixty vulnerabilities and exposures disclosed in one week sounds like a lot. We'll explain why it's just business as usual. - Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/) - Episode: 577 - Date: 2024-08-26 - Hosts: chris, wes, brent - Duration: 01:20:22 - Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/b9009434-10d6-4ff1-b8bb-29ccdc09dda4.mp3 Sponsors: - [Tailscale](/sponsors/tailscale.com-lup/index.md): Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices! - [1Password Extended Access Management](/sponsors/1password.com-lup/index.md): Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. - [Jupiter Signal Network Membership](/sponsors/memberful.com-lup/index.md): Put your support on automatic with our annual plan, and get one month of membership for free! ### Episode Links * [💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike](https://strike.me/ "💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike") * [📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM](https://www.fountain.fm/show/dWiuBeqpDSM86AwXRXov "📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM") * [Toronto Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/events/302700160/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events "Toronto Meetup") — Thursday, Aug 29, 2024 * [Berlin with Brent](https://www.meetup.com/jupiterbroadcasting/events/300421391/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events "Berlin with Brent") — September Meetup @ Nextcloud Conference, Saturday, Sep 14, 2024 * [Check out Alex’s “Building a Colo Server” video](https://youtu.be/zC_uKX2JSfc "Check out Alex’s “Building a Colo Server” video") * [Microsoft’s latest security update has ruined dual-boot Windows and Linux PCs](https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/21/24225108/microsoft-security-update-windows-linux-dual-boot-errors "Microsoft’s latest security update has ruined dual-boot Windows and Linux PCs") — The cause: an update Microsoft issued as part of its monthly patch release. It was intended to close a 2-year-old vulnerability in GRUB, an open source boot loader used to start up many Linux devices. * [What the f*** is an SBAT and why does everyone suddenly care](https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/70348.html "What the f*** is an SBAT and why does everyone suddenly care") — This update was not supposed to apply to dual-boot systems, but did anyway. * [SBAT Revocations: Boot Process - Ubuntu Community Hub](https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/sbat-revocations-boot-process/34996 "SBAT Revocations: Boot Process - Ubuntu Community Hub") * [“Something has gone seriously wrong,” dual-boot systems warn after Microsoft update](https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/08/a-patch-microsoft-spent-2-years-preparing-is-making-a-mess-for-some-linux-users/ "“Something has gone seriously wrong,” dual-boot systems warn after Microsoft update") * [Ubuntu Will Be Skipping Non-Critical Linux Kernel Updates For September - Phoronix](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Skipping-Kernel-SRU-Fix "Ubuntu Will Be Skipping Non-Critical Linux Kernel Updates For September - Phoronix") * [SRU Mailing List Annoucement](https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2024-August/152944.htm "SRU Mailing List Annoucement") * [Canonical Moves To Shipping Very Latest Upstream Kernel Code For Ubuntu Releases](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Releases-Fresher-Kernels "Canonical Moves To Shipping Very Latest Upstream Kernel Code For Ubuntu Releases") * [Kernel Version Selection for Ubuntu Releases - Kernel - Ubuntu Community Hub](https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/kernel-version-selection-for-ubuntu-releases/47007 "Kernel Version Selection for Ubuntu Releases - Kernel - Ubuntu Community Hub") * [Linus Torvalds Begins Expressing Regrets Merging Bcachefs](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linus-Torvalds-Bcachefs-Regrets "Linus Torvalds Begins Expressing Regrets Merging Bcachefs") — The bcachefs patches have become these kinds of "lots of development during the release cycles rather than before it", to the point where I'm starting to regret merging bcachefs. * [Re: [GIT PULL] bcachefs fixes for 6.11-rc5 - Linus Torvalds](https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wj1Oo9-g-yuwWuHQZU8v=VAsBceWCRLhWxy7_-QnSa1Ng@mail.gmail.com/ "Re: \[GIT PULL\] bcachefs fixes for 6.11-rc5 - Linus Torvalds") — No one is being jerks here, Linus and I are just sitting in different places with different perspectives. He has a resonsibility as someone managing a huge project to enforce rules as he sees best, while I have a responsibility to support users with working code, and to do that to the best of my abilities. * [LINUX Unplugged 545: 3,062 Days Later](https://linuxunplugged.com/545 "LINUX Unplugged 545: 3,062 Days Later") — Kent Overstreet, the creator of bcachefs, helps us understand where his new filesystem fits, what it's like to upstream a new filesystem, and how they've solved the RAID write hole. * [Linux is a CNA](http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2024/02/13/linux-is-a-cna/ "Linux is a CNA") — As was recently announced, the Linux kernel project has been accepted as a CNA as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA) for vulnerabilities found in Linux. * [The Linux security team issues 60 CVEs a week, but don't stress. Do this instead](https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-linux-security-team-issues-60-cves-a-week-but-dont-stress-do-this-instead/ "The Linux security team issues 60 CVEs a week, but don't stress. Do this instead") * [What is a "good" Linux Kernel bug?](https://blog.isosceles.com/what-is-a-good-linux-kernel-bug/ "What is a "good" Linux Kernel bug?") * [Keynote: Linux Kernel Security Demystified - Greg Kroah-Hartman - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yWhsynnxEg "Keynote: Linux Kernel Security Demystified - Greg Kroah-Hartman - YouTube") * [Membership Summer Discount](https://jupitersignal.memberful.com/checkout?plan=52946&coupon=summer "Membership Summer Discount") — Take $1 a month of your membership for a lifetime! * [added pihole nix module by Tdback · Pull Request #3 · JupiterBroadcasting/nixconfigs](https://github.com/JupiterBroadcasting/nixconfigs/pull/3 "added pihole nix module by Tdback · Pull Request #3 · JupiterBroadcasting/nixconfigs") — Recently, I wanted to start 'nixifying' some of my docker-compose setup. I've created a simple module for spinning up a podman container running pihole as a systemd service, so that way I can just stick it on any NixOS machine and easily make it my DNS server. * [NetworkManager cli (nmci) wrapper to easily create a new network connection](https://github.com/bhh32/wifi "NetworkManager cli \(nmci\) wrapper to easily create a new network connection") * [Distrohopper Wheel](https://halsschmerzen.github.io/distrohopper-wheel/ "Distrohopper Wheel") * [No idea where to distrohop next? Let the ultimate distrohopper decide for you!](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/s/5Wq04oYKFt "No idea where to distrohop next? Let the ultimate distrohopper decide for you!") * [Proxmox Virtual Environment - NixOS Wiki](https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Proxmox_Virtual_Environment "Proxmox Virtual Environment - NixOS Wiki") * [Pick: SaunaFS is a distributed file system](https://saunafs.com/ "Pick: SaunaFS is a distributed file system") — A robust distributed POSIX file system meticulously designed to revolutionize your storage solutions by offering unmatched efficiency, security, and redundancy. At its core, SaunaFS is a distributed file system primarily written in C++, inspired by the pioneering concepts introduced by Google File System. * [Google File System - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_File_System "Google File System - Wikipedia") * [saunafs/INSTALL.md](https://github.com/leil-io/saunafs/blob/main/INSTALL.md "saunafs/INSTALL.md")