Apr 16, 2018 let me ask my wife who is happy using linux as a regular desktop user how comfortable she would be with triaging kernel bugs. Sasha levin had the pleasure of announcing the immediate availability for download and upgrade of the linux kernel 3. Activities of super long term support kernel workgroup in. What the numbers essentially mean is that azure, a highly powerful remote cloudbased solutions provider, now experiences or processes more requests that are initiated using linux. Among other things, levin uses a machine learning approach to find the necessary patches for improvement. Microsoft asks to join private linux security developer list zdnet. Sasha levin used kasan and found an interesting bug in paravirtualized spinlocks, but realistically it. Microsoft developer reveals linux is now more used on. Ubuntu security notice usn33601 21st july, 2017 linux vulnerabilities a security issue affects these releases of ubuntu and its derivatives. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Jul 01, 2019 microsofts linux kernal hacker sasha levin sent an application to join the security boards last week, which could see the windows developer to be a party to behindcloseddoors conversations on. Many linux distributions provide their own longterm maintenance kernels that may or may not be based on those maintained by kernel developers. Sphere and the windows subsystem for linux wsl 2 as examples of. Please apply to join the microsoft linuxdistros security mailing list that will be discussed and voted publicly in the coming weeks.
Ubuntu security notice 14401 a flaw was found in the linuxs kernels ext4 file system when mounted with a journal. Compile linux module on raspbian error raspberry pi stack. Linux foundations projects are critical to the worlds infrastructure including linux, kubernetes, node. Various different interfaces, lacking documentation, and constant. Jul 03, 2019 sasha levin, microsoft linux kernel developer, confirmed this important milestone while putting forth a request that microsoft be allowed to join a linux security list. Founded in 2000, the linux foundation is supported by more than 1,000 members and is the worlds leading home for collaboration on open source software, open standards, open data, and open hardware. Today, march 17, 2016, linux kernel developer sasha levin has announced the release and immediate availability of the twentieth maintenance release of the longterm supported linux 4. Contribute to sashalevinlinux kvm development by creating an account on github.
Microsoft officially submitted an application to join linux. In the fall of 2018, scott guthrie, microsofts deputy ceo of cloud and enterprise services, said in an interview that about half of the virtual machines running on azure are linux. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover sashas. This page contains a collection of linux applications and utilities i have written. Microsofts linux kernal hacker sasha levin sent an application to join the security boards last week, which could see the windows developer to be a.
Kernel recipes 2017 linux kernel abi specification sasha levin. Sign up for your own profile on github, the best place to host code, manage projects, and build software alongside 40 million developers. Its always news when a new version of the linux kernel is released. Jul 21, 2017 ubuntu security notice usn33601 21st july, 2017 linux vulnerabilities a security issue affects these releases of ubuntu and its derivatives. Sasha levin has announced the immediate availability for download and update of the linux kernel 3. Contribute to sashalevinlinux stablesecurity development by creating an account on github. Linux becomes the most used operating system on azure cloud. Thats really up to the distribution, not the main kernel stable. Mar 21, 2016 today, march 17, 2016, linux kernel developer sasha levin has announced the release and immediate availability of the twentieth maintenance release of the longterm supported linux 4. As the first kernel selected for super long term support slts, the civil infrastructure platform will provide support until at.
The world may never forget microsoft calling linux a cancer, but its ready to join the inner circle of linux development partners. The point is, stable is to keep what was working continued working. The abi, the layer that joins the kernel and userspace is quite a mess. I wrote them to solve a particular problem, and then decided to share. Sasha maintains the stablelts kernel trees and liblockdep. Picture 2 microsoft officially submitted an application to join linux secretion. Sasha levin, a microsoft linux kernel developer yes, there are such. Linux surpasses windows server in microsoft azure youtube. Sasha is also the maintainer of liblockdep, a userspace lockdep library. Jan 22, 2018 founded in 2000, the linux foundation is supported by more than 1,000 members and is the worlds leading home for collaboration on open source software, open standards, open data, and open hardware. View sasha levin s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. The linux kernel organization is a california public benefit corporation established in 2002 to distribute the linux kernel and other open source software to the public without charge. Sasha levin is in charge of the maintenance of the linux 3. These kernel releases are not hosted at and kernel developers can provide no support for them.
Jul 06, 2019 the world may never forget microsoft calling linux a cancer, but its ready to join the inner circle of linux development partners. Machine learning alone will not find any bugs full circle. Immediately after dropping news about the availability of the twentieth maintenance release of linux kernel 4. The microsoft employed developer sasha levin maintains together with greg kroahhartman the socalled stable branches of the linux kernel. Sasha is currently employed by oracle, working in the ksplice group which provides rebootless security updates to the linux kernel. It is easy to tell if you are running a distribution kernel. Sasha levin has announced the creation of the linux stable security tree project. Sasha levin, who describes himself as a linux kernel hacker at the. Microsoft bids for behindthescenes access to linux flaws.
Sasha levin discovered a flaw in the permission checking for device assignments requested via the kvm ioctl in the linux kernel. Fix to include flow direction in l2 key stephen boyd 1. Software description linux linux kernel details it was. Check for unknown options with ccoption usage in kconfig and clang takashi iwai 2. Then in the fall of 2018, scott guthrie, microsofts executive vp of the cloud and enterprise group, told me in an exclusive interview, about half azure vms are linux. View sasha levins profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Apr 05, 2015 sasha levin has announced the immediate availability for download and update of the linux kernel 3. The idea is to take the current stable updates and filter out everything that isnt identified as a security fix. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover sasha s.
Embedded linux conference europe 2019 10 version maintainer released projected eol 5. Kernel recipes 2017 linux kernel abi specification sasha. As the first kernel selected for super long term support slts, the civil infrastructure platform will provide support until at least 2026, possibly until 2036. Greetings, i got the below dmesg and the first bad commit is commit c07fe5ae0667f1077d671f62a093261223f918af author. He is currently employed by microsoft where he maintains the internal kernel tree for various products, maintain the upstream hyperv subsystem, support developers making the switch from windows to linux, and advise on various technical topics not directly related to the. Linux defeated windows server on the opponents home ground. Various different interfaces, lacking documentation, and constant changes make it hard for anyone who uses the kernel to. And now, july 2019, sasha levin, the developer of microsoft linux, revealed in an article asking microsoft to be included in the linux security list, saying. Sasha levin, who describes himself as a linux kernel hacker at the beast of redmond, made the application for his employer to join the list, which if approved would allow microsoft to tap into. Sasha is currently employed by microsoft where he helps make linux run better on windows.
The support lifetimes for lts kernels can be found here. Join facebook to connect with sasha levin and others you may know. Sasha levin, microsoft linux kernel developer, confirmed this important milestone while putting forth a request that microsoft be allowed to join a linux security list. A local, unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. Jan 27, 2016 sasha levin is in charge of the maintenance of the linux 3.
Canonical will provide extended support until april 2021. The source for the linux kernel used in windows subsystem for linux 2 wsl2. Linux kernel developer greg kroahhartman has confirmed this. Unless you downloaded, compiled and installed your own version of kernel. The primary lts maintainer is greg kroahhartmann gkh, and its his decision on how long to support each kernel. Jun 27, 2019 sasha levin, who describes himself as a linux kernel hacker at the beast of redmond, made the application for his employer to join the list, which if approved would allow microsoft to tap into. We may never forget microsoft calling linux a cancer, but it.
If nothing happens, download github desktop and try again. We are recognized by the irs as a 501c3 private operating foundation. Let me ask my wife who is happy using linux as a regular desktop user how comfortable she would be with triaging kernel bugs. Weve had a normal merge window, and its now early sunday afternoon, and its getting closed as has been the standard rule for a long while now. Oct 11, 2017 the abi, the layer that joins the kernel and userspace is quite a mess. Sasha is the maintainer of the native linux kvm tools, a fromscratch implementation of a kvm hypervisor designed to live inside the kernel tree. Sasha is a contributor to stable trees, the maintainer of the 4.
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