FOSS activity in July 2026

2 August 2026

Debian packages:
- apt:
  - Bugs:
    - replied to #1078608: apt update silently leaves old index data
- firmware-nonfree:
  - Merge requests:
    - opened and merged !151: Update to 20260622
  - Uploads:
    - uploaded version 20260622-1 to unstable
    - uploaded version 20260622-1~bpo13+1 to trixie-backports
- hexagon-dsp-binaries:
  - Bugs:
    - opened #1141904: Missing new DSP binaries for shikra
- initramfs-tools:
  - Bugs:
    - replied to #1142780: initramfs-tools: ip=dhcp lease is not renewed while initramfs remains active
- kernel-handbook:
  - Merge requests:
    - opened and merged !15: Update “Building a development version of the Debian kernel package”
- linux:
  - Bugs:
  - Merge requests:
    - closed !1936: [sparc64] Add nvme module to scsi-modules udeb
    - reviewed and merged !1968: [bookworm] net: mana: refresh driver from 6.12.94 (LTS)
    - merged !1984: udeb: Ensure that aead and macsec modules are in the right packages
    - reviewed and closed !2003: 6.1 backport: eventpoll: fix ep_remove struct eventpoll / struct file UAF (CVE-2026-46242) (LTS)
    - merged !2004: [sparc64] udeb: scsi-modules: Use the default module list
    - opened !2010: [x86] Backport security fixes for KVM (LTS)
    - merged !2012: Update to 6.1.177 (LTS)
    - merged !2017: Enable NTFS_FS (and replace NTFS3_FS)
    - opened and closed !2019: Fix rtmutex security issues (LTS)
    - opened !2027: Include rsync in Build-Depends-Arch for any build including tools
    - merged !2038: [loong64] drivers/mmc/host: Enable MMC_LOONGSON2 as module
    - reviewed !2041: Update to 5.10.262 (LTS)
  - Uploads:
    - uploaded version 5.10.259-1 to bullseye-security (LTS)
    - uploaded version 6.1.176-1 to bookworm-security (LTS)
    - uploaded version 6.1.177-1 to bookworm-security (LTS)
    - uploaded version 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 to bookworm-backports (LTS)
    - uploaded version 7.0.13-1~bpo13+1 to trixie-backports
    - uploaded version 7.1.3-1~bpo13+1 to trixie-backports
- linux-6.1 (LTS):
  - Uploads:
    - uploaded version 6.1.176-1~deb11u1 to bullseye-security
    - uploaded version 6.1.177-1~deb11u1 to bullseye-security
- linux-6.12 (LTS):
  - Uploads:
    - uploaded version 6.12.96-1~deb12u1 to bookworm-security (not yet accepted)
- linux-base:
  - Merge requests:
    - reviewed !21: Draft: Add hooks to copy vmlinuz file to /boot
- localechooser:
  - Bugs:
    - replied to #1141886: localechooser: Turkey is inconsistently classified under Asia in regionmap
- wireless-regdb:
  - Uploads:
    - uploaded version 2026.05.30-1~deb11u1 to bullseye-security (LTS)
Mailing lists:
- debian-kernel:
  - posted Agenda items for kernel-team meeting on 2026-07-01
  - posted Agenda items for kernel-team meeting on 2026-07-22
- debian-lts-announce:
  - posted [SECURITY] [DLA 4664-1] linux security update
  - posted [SECURITY] [DLA 4665-1] linux security update
  - posted [SECURITY] [DLA 4671-1] linux-6.1 security update
  - posted [SECURITY] [DLA 4676-1] wireless-regdb new upstream version
  - posted [SECURITY] [DLA 4688-1] linux security update
  - posted [SECURITY] [DLA 4700-1] linux-6.1 security update
- linux-kernel:
  - posted [PATCH] irqchip/irq-imgpdc: Remove unused driver
- stable (mostly LTS):