NetBSD: Changes and News in 2017
On this page you will find a summary of significant changes to NetBSD. For those interested in every change to the source tree, there is no substitute for subscribing to the source-changes mailing list. Significant news related to the NetBSD Project is also included here. Changes to pkgsrc are also listed here. All of this information is also available in rss/xml format.
- Significant Source changes from NetBSD 7.0 to 8.0 (Updated nightly)
- Significant Source changes from NetBSD 6.0 to 7.0 (Updated nightly)
- Significant Source changes from NetBSD 5.0 to 6.0 (Updated nightly)
- Changes to pkgsrc
- Security patches
The NetBSD Project's BlogDecember 2017
September 2017
September 2017
August 2017
June 2017
March 2017
- 24 Mar 2017 - New Security Advisory: NetBSD-SA2017-003 (Weak privilege separation in XEN)
- 11 Mar 2017 - NetBSD 7.1 released
February 2017
January 2017
- 21 Jan 2017 - New Security Advisory: NetBSD-SA2017-001 (Memory leak in connect(2))
- 09 Jan 2017 - NetBSD 7.1_RC1 binaries available
December 2017
22 Dec 2017 - NetBSD 7.1.1 released
NetBSD 7.1.1 is now available! Please see the release notes for details.
September 2017
01 Nov 2017 - New Developers in October 2017
The NetBSD project is pleased to welcome the following new developers:
- Thomas Merkel (login: tm), who will be working on systems administration and the NetBSD Packages Collection.
- Utkarsh Anand (login: utkarsh009), who will be working on testing and device drivers.
September 2017
09 Sep 2017 - Three New Security Advisories: NetBSD-SA2017-00[456]
Three new security advisory were published:
- NetBSD-SA2017-004 Buffer overflow via cmap for 4 graphics drivers
- NetBSD-SA2017-005 X86: Vulnerabilities in context handling
- NetBSD-SA2017-006 Vnode reference leak in the openat system call
You can find more information about them on the Security and NetBSD page.
01 Sep 2017 - New Developers
The NetBSD project is pleased to welcome the following new developers:
- Jason Bacon (login: bacon), who will be working on tools and the NetBSD Packages Collection.
- Santhosh Raju (login: fox), who will be working on kernel and the NetBSD Packages Collection.
August 2017
01 Aug 2017 - New Developer in July 2017
The NetBSD project is pleased to welcome the following new developer:
- Frederic Fauberteau (login: triaxx), who will be working on debugging and the NetBSD Packages Collection.
June 2017
06 Jun 2017 - NetBSD 8.0 release process started
The NetBSD 8.0 release process was started, and the netbsd-8 branch was created. Please see the NetBSD blog for more information.
01 Jun 2017 - New Developer in May 2017
The NetBSD project is pleased to welcome the following new developer:
- Hrishikesh Goyal (login: hrishikesh), who will be working on file systems.
March 2017
24 Mar 2017 - New Security Advisory: NetBSD-SA2017-003 (Weak privilege separation in XEN)
A new security advisory was published:
- NetBSD-SA2017-003 Weak privilege separation in XEN
You can find more information about them on the Security and NetBSD page.
11 Mar 2017 - NetBSD 7.1 released
NetBSD 7.1 is now available! Please see the release notes for details.
February 2017
17 Feb 2017 - New Security Advisory: NetBSD-SA2017-002 (Several vulnerabilities in ARP)
A new security advisory was published:
- NetBSD-SA2017-002 Several vulnerabilities in ARP
You can find more information about them on the Security and NetBSD page.
January 2017
21 Jan 2017 - New Security Advisory: NetBSD-SA2017-001 (Memory leak in connect(2))
A new security advisory was published:
- NetBSD-SA2017-001 Memory leak in connect(2)
You can find more information about them on the Security and NetBSD page.
09 Jan 2017 - NetBSD 7.1_RC1 binaries available
The first release candidate for the upcoming 7.1 release has been announced. The binaries and installation images are available at http://cdn.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-7.1_RC1/.
Also see the blog article at http://blog.NetBSD.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_7_1_rc1_available.