Release notes for Yocto-5.0.17 (Scarthgap)

Openssl 3.2 has reached EOL. Some projects would like to use LTS version due to criticality and exposure of this component, so upgrade to 3.5 branch.

Security Fixes in Yocto-5.0.17

Fixes in Yocto-5.0.17

  • README: Add scarthgap subject-prefix to git-send-email suggestion

  • bind: upgrade to 9.18.44

  • bitbake: COW: Fix hardcoded magic numbers and work with python 3.13

  • bitbake: fetch2: Fix LFS object checkout in submodules

  • bitbake: fetch2: Fix incorrect lfs parametrization for submodules

  • bitbake: fetch2: don’t try to preserve all attributes when unpacking files

  • bitbake: gitsm: Add clean function

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

  • classes/buildhistory: Do not sign buildhistory commits

  • create-pull-request: Keep commit hash to be pulled in cover email

  • dev-manual: delete references to “tar” package format

  • docs: Makefile: pass -silent to latexmk

  • go-vendor: Fix absolute paths issue

  • improve_kernel_cve_report: add option to read debugsources.zstd

  • improve_kernel_cve_report: do not override backported-patch

  • improve_kernel_cve_report: do not use custom version

  • linux-yocto/6.6: upgrade to v6.6.123

  • lsb.py: strip ‘ from os-release file

  • migration-guides: add release notes for 5.0.16

  • mobile-broadband-provider-info: upgrade to 20251101

  • oe-setup-build: Fix typo

  • oeqa/selftest/wic: test recursive dir copy on ext partitions

  • openssl: upgrade to 3.5.5

  • overview-manual/concepts: list other possible class directories

  • overview-manual: escape wildcard in inline markup

  • poky.conf: Bump version for 5.0.17 release

  • poky.conf: add Centos Stream 9, fedora-41, rocky-8 to SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS

  • pseudo: Update to include a fix for systems with kernel <5.6

  • python3-pip: drop unused Windows distlib launcher templates

  • python3-setuptools: drop Windows launcher executables on non-mingw builds

  • ref-manual/classes.rst: fix broken links to U-Boot documentation

  • ref-manual/system-requirements.rst: update supported, end-of-life and untested distros

  • scripts/install-buildtools: Update to 5.0.15

  • spdx30_tasks: Exclude ‘doc’ when exporting PACKAGECONFIG to SPDX

  • spdx: add option to include only compiled sources

  • systemd-systemctl: Fix instance name parsing with escapes or periods

  • tzdata,tzcode-native: upgrade to 2025c

  • u-boot: move CVE Fixes out of the common .inc file

  • uboot-config: Fix devtool modify

  • weston: fix a touch-calibrator issue

  • what-i-wish-id-known.rst: replace figure by the new SVG

  • wic/engine: error on old host debugfs for standalone directory copy

  • wic/engine: fix copying directories into wic image with ext* partition

  • wireless-regdb: upgrade to 2026.02.04

Known Issues in Yocto-5.0.17

  • N/A

Contributors to Yocto-5.0.17

  • Aleksandar Nikolic

  • Amaury Couderc

  • Ankur Tyagi

  • Antonin Godard

  • Benjamin Robin (Schneider Electric)

  • Bruce Ashfield

  • Daniel Dragomir

  • Daniel Turull

  • Deepak Rathore

  • Dragomir, Daniel

  • Eduardo Ferreira

  • Fabio Berton

  • Hitendra Prajapati

  • Hugo SIMELIERE

  • João Marcos Costa (Schneider Electric)

  • Kristiyan Chakarov

  • Krupal Ka Patel

  • Lee Chee Yang

  • Livin Sunny

  • Martin Jansa

  • Michael Opdenacker

  • Ming Liu

  • Nguyen Dat Tho

  • Paul Barker

  • Peter Marko

  • Philip Lorenz

  • Quentin Schulz

  • Richard Purdie

  • Robert P. J. Day

  • Robert Yang

  • Ross Burton

  • Ryan Eatmon

  • Shaik Moin

  • Tom Hochstein

  • Trent Piepho

  • Vijay Anusuri

  • Yoann Congal

Repositories / Downloads for Yocto-5.0.17

yocto-docs

poky

openembedded-core

meta-yocto

meta-mingw

bitbake