# Tech News Digest – April 16, 2025

# Tech News Digest - 2025-04-16

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## Security updates for Wednesday
**Category:** Linux  
**Tags:** Linux  
**Published:** Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:10:40 +0000  
**TL;DR:** Here is a summary of the text in 2 sentences:

Various Linux distributions have issued security updates to fix vulnerabilities, including AlmaLinux, Fedora, Red Hat, Slackware, SUSE, and Ubuntu. The specific packages updated vary by distribution, with fixes for issues found in chromium, kernel, java, mozilla, and other popular software components.  
Security updates have been issued by <b>AlmaLinux</b> (gvisor-tap-vsock, kernel, and kernel-rt), <b>Fedora</b> (chromium, dnf, dotnet9.0, golang, lemonldap-ng, mariadb10.11, perl-Crypt-URandom-Token, perl-DBIx-Class-EncodedColumn, php-tcpdf, podman-tui, and trunk), <b>Red Hat</b> (java-17-openjdk and kernel), <b>Slackware</b> (mozilla), <b>SUSE</b> (apache2-mod_auth_openidc, cosign, etcd, expat, flannel, kernel, libsqlite3-0, libvarnishapi3, mozjs52, Multi-Linux Manager 4.3: Server, Multi-Linux Manager 5.0: Server, Proxy and Retail Server, pgadmin4, rekor, rsync, rubygem-bundler, and webkit2gtk3), and <b>Ubuntu</b> (7zip, Docker, and quickjs).  
[Read more](https://lwn.net/Articles/1017670/)  

## [$] Topics from the virtual filesystem layer
**Category:** Linux  
**Tags:** General  
**Published:** Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:01:10 +0000  
**TL;DR:** Here is a summary of the text in 2 sentences:

At the 2025 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit, Christian Brauner, co-maintainer of the virtual filesystem layer, discussed several topics with filesystem developers, including iterating through anonymous mount namespaces and unprivileged mounts. Despite only having 30 minutes to cover all the issues, the session moved quickly and introduced the topics to the assembled group.  
In the first filesystem-track session at the 2025 Linux Storage,
Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit (LSFMM+BPF), virtual
filesystem (VFS) layer co-maintainer Christian Brauner had a few different
topics he wanted to talk about.  Issues on the agenda
included iterating through anonymous mount namespaces, a needed feature
for ID-mapped mounts, the perennial unprivileged mounts topic, potentially
using hazard pointers for file reference counting, and Rust bindings.  He
did not expect to get through all of them in the 30 minutes allotted, but
the session did move along pretty quickly to at least
introduce them to the assembled filesystem developers.  
[Read more](https://lwn.net/Articles/1017128/)  

## MITRE Warns CVE Program Faces Disruption (Security Week)
**Category:** Linux  
**Tags:** General  
**Published:** Tue, 15 Apr 2025 21:25:50 +0000  
**TL;DR:** Here is a summary of the article in 2 sentences:

The funding for the CVE program at MITRE, which maintains a database of known cyber vulnerabilities, is set to expire on April 16. As a result, MITRE had already initiated layoffs affecting over 400 employees in its Virginia office after the US government canceled contracts worth $28 million.  
Security Week is one of several outlets <a href="https://www.securityweek.com/mitre-signals-potential-cve-program-deterioration-as-us-gov-funding-expires/">reporting</a>
that the funding for the CVE program at MITRE disappears as of
April&#160;16.
<p>
<blockquote class="bq">
	Maintained by MITRE Corporation, a not-for-profit organization that
	operates federal R&amp;D centers, the CVE program is funded through
	multiple channels, including the U.S. government, industry
	partnerships, and international organizations. 
	<p>
	Earlier this month, in anticipation of the US government funding
	cuts, MITRE initiated layoffs that affected more than 400 employees
	in its Virginia office. The cuts were ordered after the Trump
	administration announced more than $28 million in canceled
	contracts for the company.
</blockquote>  
[Read more](https://lwn.net/Articles/1017565/)  

## Manjaro Linux 25.0 released
**Category:** Linux  
**Tags:** Linux  
**Published:** Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:36:38 +0000  
**TL;DR:** Here is a summary of the text in 2 sentences:

Manjaro Linux version 25.0, code-named "Zetar", has been released. This new version includes the latest Linux kernel (6.12), as well as updated versions of popular desktop environments such as GNOME (48), KDE (6.3), and Xfce (4.18).  
<p><a href="https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-25-0-zetar-released/177008">Version
25.0</a> ("Zetar") of the Arch-based <a href="https://manjaro.org/">Manjaro Linux</a>
distribution is now available. This release includes Linux kernel 6.12,
GNOME&#160;48, KDE&#160;6.3, Xfce&#160;4.18, and more.</p>  
[Read more](https://lwn.net/Articles/1017538/)  

## Fedora Linux 42 released (Fedora Magazine)
**Category:** Linux  
**Tags:** General  
**Published:** Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:25:11 +0000  
**TL;DR:** Here is a 2-sentence summary:

The Fedora Project has released Fedora Linux 42, with separate "what's new" articles for Fedora Workstation and Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop. However, there is a known issue with the live media that can add an unexpected entry to the UEFI boot loader when booted from the live image, which may be problematic for dual-booting or running the live image without installation.  
<p>The Fedora Project has <a href="https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-42/">announced</a>
the release of Fedora Linux&#160;42, with "what's new" articles for <a href="https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-workstation-42/">Fedora&#160;Workstation</a>
and <a href="https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-for-fedora-kde-plasma-desktop-42/">Fedora&#160;KDE&#160;Plasma&#160;Desktop</a>. There
is also a last-minute warning about the live media for the release:</p>

<blockquote class="bq">
<p>We discovered a problem with the Live boot media at the last
minute, and since the release was already out of the airlock, we can't
do much about it. It doesn't damage anything, but is annoying: just
booting the Live media adds an unexpected entry to the UEFI boot
loader <em>even when Fedora Linux 42 is not installed to the local
system.</em></p>

<p>This is primarily a concern when you are dual-booting with a
different operating system, or if you're just running the Live image
and not intending to actually install.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>See the <a href="https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/latest/release-notes/">release
notes</a> for more information, and LWN's <a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/1016845/">coverage</a> of
Fedora&#160;42.</p>  
[Read more](https://lwn.net/Articles/1017537/)