Release notes for Yocto-4.0.14 (Kirkstone)

Security Fixes in Yocto-4.0.14

Fixes in Yocto-4.0.14

  • SECURITY.md: Add file

  • apt: add missing <cstdint> for uint16_t

  • bind: update to 9.18.19

  • bitbake: SECURITY.md: add file

  • bitbake: bitbake-getvar: Add a quiet command line argument

  • bitbake: bitbake-worker/runqueue: Avoid unnecessary bytes object copies

  • brief-yoctoprojectqs: use new CDN mirror for sstate

  • bsp-guide: bsp.rst: replace reference to wiki

  • bsp-guide: bsp: skip Intel machines no longer supported in Poky

  • build-appliance-image: Update to kirkstone head revision

  • ccache: fix build with gcc-13

  • cml1: Fix KCONFIG_CONFIG_COMMAND not conveyed fully in do_menuconfig

  • contributor-guide/style-guide: Add a note about task idempotence

  • contributor-guide/style-guide: Refer to recipes, not packages

  • contributor-guide: deprecate “Accepted” patch status

  • contributor-guide: discourage marking patches as Inappropriate

  • contributor-guide: recipe-style-guide: add more patch tagging examples

  • contributor-guide: recipe-style-guide: add section about CVE patches

  • contributor-guide: style-guide: discourage using Pending patch status

  • dev-manual: add security team processes

  • dev-manual: fix testimage usage instructions

  • dev-manual: layers: Add notes about layer.conf

  • dev-manual: new-recipe.rst: add missing parenthesis to “Patching Code” section

  • dev-manual: new-recipe.rst: replace reference to wiki

  • dev-manual: start.rst: remove obsolete reference

  • dev-manual: wic: update “wic list images” output

  • dev/ref-manual: Document INIT_MANAGER

  • fontcache.bbclass: avoid native recipes depending on target fontconfig

  • glibc: Update to latest on stable 2.35 branch (c84018a05aec..)

  • json-c: define CVE_VERSION

  • kernel.bbclass: Add force flag to rm calls

  • libxpm: upgrade to 3.5.17

  • linux-firmware: create separate packages

  • linux-firmware: upgrade to 20230804

  • linux-yocto/5.10: update to v5.10.197

  • linux-yocto: update CVE exclusions

  • manuals: correct “yocto-linux” by “linux-yocto”

  • manuals: update linux-yocto append examples

  • migration-guides: add release notes for 4.0.13

  • openssl: Upgrade to 3.0.12

  • overview: Add note about non-reproducibility side effects

  • package_rpm: Allow compression mode override

  • poky.conf: bump version for 4.0.14

  • profile-manual: aesthetic cleanups

  • python3-git: upgrade to 3.1.37

  • python3-jinja2: fix for the ptest result format

  • python3-urllib3: upgrade to 1.26.17

  • ref-manual: Fix PACKAGECONFIG term and add an example

  • ref-manual: Warn about COMPATIBLE_MACHINE skipping native recipes

  • ref-manual: releases.svg: Scarthgap is now version 5.0

  • ref-manual: variables: add RECIPE_SYSROOT and RECIPE_SYSROOT_NATIVE

  • ref-manual: variables: add TOOLCHAIN_OPTIONS variable

  • ref-manual: variables: add example for SYSROOT_DIRS variable

  • ref-manual: variables: provide no-match example for COMPATIBLE_MACHINE

  • sdk-manual: appendix-obtain: improve and update descriptions

  • test-manual: reproducible-builds: stop mentioning LTO bug

  • uboot-extlinux-config.bbclass: fix missed override syntax migration

  • vim: Upgrade to 9.0.2048

Known Issues in Yocto-4.0.14

  • N/A

Contributors to Yocto-4.0.14

  • Alexander Kanavin

  • Archana Polampalli

  • Armin Kuster

  • Arne Schwerdt

  • BELHADJ SALEM Talel

  • Bruce Ashfield

  • Chaitanya Vadrevu

  • Colin McAllister

  • Deepthi Hemraj

  • Etienne Cordonnier

  • Fahad Arslan

  • Hitendra Prajapati

  • Jaeyoon Jung

  • Joshua Watt

  • Khem Raj

  • Lee Chee Yang

  • Marta Rybczynska

  • Martin Jansa

  • Meenali Gupta

  • Michael Opdenacker

  • Narpat Mali

  • Niko Mauno

  • Paul Eggleton

  • Paulo Neves

  • Peter Marko

  • Quentin Schulz

  • Richard Purdie

  • Robert P. J. Day

  • Roland Hieber

  • Ross Burton

  • Ryan Eatmon

  • Shubham Kulkarni

  • Siddharth Doshi

  • Soumya Sambu

  • Steve Sakoman

  • Tim Orling

  • Trevor Gamblin

  • Vijay Anusuri

  • Wang Mingyu

  • Yash Shinde

  • Yogita Urade

Repositories / Downloads for Yocto-4.0.14

poky

openembedded-core

meta-mingw

meta-gplv2

bitbake

yocto-docs