Release notes for Yocto-5.3.1 (Whinlatter) ------------------------------------------ Users of Alma 9, Rocky 9 and Centos Stream 9 rolling releases have seen obtuse failures in the execution of tar in various tasks after recent host distro updates. These newer versions of tar contain a CVE fix which uses a new glibc call/syscall (openat2). The fix is to update to a newer pseudo version which handles this syscall. This is not included in this stable release but we aim to include it in the next one. Security Fixes in Yocto-5.3.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - binutils: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-11494`, :cve_nist:`2025-11839` and :cve_nist:`2025-11840` - cups: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-58436` and :cve_nist:`2025-61915` - dropbear: Fix :cve_nist:`2019-6111` - glib-2.0: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-13601`, :cve_nist:`2025-14087` and :cve_nist:`2025-14512` - gnutls: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-9820` - go: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-61727` and :cve_nist:`2025-61729` - libarchive: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-60753` - libpcap: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-11961` and :cve_nist:`2025-11964` - libpng: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-64505`, :cve_nist:`2025-64506`, :cve_nist:`2025-64720`, :cve_nist:`2025-65018` and :cve_nist:`2025-66293` - linux-yocto/6.12: Ignore :cve_nist:`2023-7324`, :cve_nist:`2024-57995`, :cve_nist:`2025-21833`, :cve_nist:`2025-22105`, :cve_nist:`2025-22107`, :cve_nist:`2025-22121`, :cve_nist:`2025-23129`, :cve_nist:`2025-23130`, :cve_nist:`2025-37803`, :cve_nist:`2025-37860`, :cve_nist:`2025-38643`, :cve_nist:`2025-38678`, :cve_nist:`2025-39678`, :cve_nist:`2025-39981`, :cve_nist:`2025-40014`, :cve_nist:`2025-40026`, :cve_nist:`2025-40027`, :cve_nist:`2025-40028`, :cve_nist:`2025-40029`, :cve_nist:`2025-40030`, :cve_nist:`2025-40031`, :cve_nist:`2025-40032`, :cve_nist:`2025-40033`, :cve_nist:`2025-40034`, :cve_nist:`2025-40035`, :cve_nist:`2025-40036`, :cve_nist:`2025-40037`, :cve_nist:`2025-40038`, :cve_nist:`2025-40039`, :cve_nist:`2025-40040`, :cve_nist:`2025-40041`, :cve_nist:`2025-40042`, :cve_nist:`2025-40043`, :cve_nist:`2025-40044`, :cve_nist:`2025-40045`, :cve_nist:`2025-40046`, :cve_nist:`2025-40047`, :cve_nist:`2025-40048`, :cve_nist:`2025-40049`, :cve_nist:`2025-40050`, :cve_nist:`2025-40051`, :cve_nist:`2025-40052`, :cve_nist:`2025-40053`, :cve_nist:`2025-40055`, :cve_nist:`2025-40056`, :cve_nist:`2025-40057`, :cve_nist:`2025-40058`, :cve_nist:`2025-40059`, :cve_nist:`2025-40060`, :cve_nist:`2025-40061`, :cve_nist:`2025-40062`, :cve_nist:`2025-40063`, :cve_nist:`2025-40066`, :cve_nist:`2025-40067`, :cve_nist:`2025-40068`, :cve_nist:`2025-40069`, :cve_nist:`2025-40070`, :cve_nist:`2025-40071`, :cve_nist:`2025-40072`, :cve_nist:`2025-40073`, :cve_nist:`2025-40076`, :cve_nist:`2025-40077`, :cve_nist:`2025-40078`, :cve_nist:`2025-40079`, :cve_nist:`2025-40080`, :cve_nist:`2025-40081`, :cve_nist:`2025-40082`, :cve_nist:`2025-40083`, :cve_nist:`2025-40084`, :cve_nist:`2025-40085`, :cve_nist:`2025-40087`, :cve_nist:`2025-40088`, :cve_nist:`2025-40089`, :cve_nist:`2025-40090`, :cve_nist:`2025-40091`, :cve_nist:`2025-40092`, :cve_nist:`2025-40093`, :cve_nist:`2025-40094`, :cve_nist:`2025-40095`, :cve_nist:`2025-40096`, :cve_nist:`2025-40097`, :cve_nist:`2025-40099`, :cve_nist:`2025-40100`, :cve_nist:`2025-40101`, :cve_nist:`2025-40103`, :cve_nist:`2025-40104`, :cve_nist:`2025-40105`, :cve_nist:`2025-40106`, :cve_nist:`2025-40107`, :cve_nist:`2025-40108`, :cve_nist:`2025-40109`, :cve_nist:`2025-40110`, :cve_nist:`2025-40111`, :cve_nist:`2025-40112`, :cve_nist:`2025-40115`, :cve_nist:`2025-40116`, :cve_nist:`2025-40117`, :cve_nist:`2025-40118`, :cve_nist:`2025-40119`, :cve_nist:`2025-40120`, :cve_nist:`2025-40121`, :cve_nist:`2025-40122`, :cve_nist:`2025-40123`, :cve_nist:`2025-40124`, :cve_nist:`2025-40125`, :cve_nist:`2025-40126`, :cve_nist:`2025-40127`, :cve_nist:`2025-40129`, :cve_nist:`2025-40131`, :cve_nist:`2025-40132`, :cve_nist:`2025-40133`, :cve_nist:`2025-40134`, :cve_nist:`2025-40137`, :cve_nist:`2025-40138`, :cve_nist:`2025-40140`, :cve_nist:`2025-40141`, :cve_nist:`2025-40142`, :cve_nist:`2025-40143`, :cve_nist:`2025-40144`, :cve_nist:`2025-40145`, :cve_nist:`2025-40148`, :cve_nist:`2025-40151`, :cve_nist:`2025-40152`, :cve_nist:`2025-40153`, :cve_nist:`2025-40154`, :cve_nist:`2025-40155`, :cve_nist:`2025-40156`, :cve_nist:`2025-40157`, :cve_nist:`2025-40159`, :cve_nist:`2025-40160`, :cve_nist:`2025-40161`, :cve_nist:`2025-40162`, :cve_nist:`2025-40163`, :cve_nist:`2025-40165`, :cve_nist:`2025-40166`, :cve_nist:`2025-40167`, :cve_nist:`2025-40169`, :cve_nist:`2025-40171`, :cve_nist:`2025-40172`, :cve_nist:`2025-40173`, :cve_nist:`2025-40174`, :cve_nist:`2025-40175`, :cve_nist:`2025-40176`, :cve_nist:`2025-40177`, :cve_nist:`2025-40178`, :cve_nist:`2025-40179`, :cve_nist:`2025-40180`, :cve_nist:`2025-40181`, :cve_nist:`2025-40182`, :cve_nist:`2025-40183`, :cve_nist:`2025-40184`, :cve_nist:`2025-40185`, :cve_nist:`2025-40186`, :cve_nist:`2025-40187`, :cve_nist:`2025-40188`, :cve_nist:`2025-40189`, :cve_nist:`2025-40190`, :cve_nist:`2025-40191`, :cve_nist:`2025-40192`, :cve_nist:`2025-40193`, :cve_nist:`2025-40194`, :cve_nist:`2025-40195`, :cve_nist:`2025-40196`, :cve_nist:`2025-40197`, :cve_nist:`2025-40198`, :cve_nist:`2025-40199`, :cve_nist:`2025-40200`, :cve_nist:`2025-40201`, :cve_nist:`2025-40202`, :cve_nist:`2025-40203`, :cve_nist:`2025-40204`, :cve_nist:`2025-40205`, :cve_nist:`2025-40206`, :cve_nist:`2025-40207`, :cve_nist:`2025-40208`, :cve_nist:`2025-40209`, :cve_nist:`2025-40211`, :cve_nist:`2025-40212` and :cve_nist:`2025-40213` - python3-urllib3: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-66418` - python3: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-6075` and :cve_nist:`2025-12084` - sqlite3: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-3277`, :cve_nist:`2025-6965` and :cve_nist:`2025-29087` Fixes in Yocto-5.3.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bitbake ^^^^^^^ - bin: Hide os.fork() deprecation warning in all bitbake scripts - bitbake-layers: Also hide os.fork() deprecation warning meta-yocto ^^^^^^^^^^ - poky.conf: bump version for 5.3.1 openembedded-core ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - build-appliance-image: Update to whinlatter head revisions - ccache: upgrade to 4.12.2 - cross.bbclass: Propagate dependencies to outhash - cups: upgrade to 2.4.15 - curl: Use host CA bundle by default for native(sdk) builds - cve-update: Avoid NFS caching issues - e2fsprogs: misc/create_inode.c: Fix for file larger than 2GB - ell: upgrade to 0.80 - enchant2: upgrade to 2.8.14 - glib-2.0: Upgrade to 2.86.1 - glib-2.0: upgrade to 2.86.3 - go: upgrade to 1.25.5 - gst-devtools: upgrade to 1.26.7 - gst-examples: upgrade to 1.26.7 - gstreamer1.0: upgrade to 1.26.7 - gstreamer1.0-libav: upgrade to 1.26.7 - gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad: upgrade to 1.26.7 - gstreamer1.0-plugins-base: upgrade to 1.26.7 - gstreamer1.0-plugins-good: upgrade to 1.26.7 - gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly: upgrade to 1.26.7 - gstreamer1.0-python: upgrade to 1.26.7 - gstreamer1.0-rtsp-server: upgrade to 1.26.7 - gstreamer1.0-vaapi: upgrade to 1.26.7 - libarchive: upgrade to 3.8.3 - libarchive: upgrade to 3.8.4 - libpcap: upgrade to 1.10.6 - libpng: upgrade to 1.6.52 - libssh2: fix regression in KEX method validation (GH-1553) - libxmlb: upgrade to 0.3.24 - linux-yocto/6.12: update to v6.12.60 - llvm/clang: Upgrade to 21.1.7 - mesa: upgrade to 25.2.8 - python3: upgrade to 3.13.11 - spdx30_tasks: Fix :term:`SPDX_CUSTOM_ANNOTATION_VARS` implementation - xserver-nodm-init: avoid race condition related to udev yocto-docs ^^^^^^^^^^ - Add the sphinx-copybutton extension - Fix bitbake version mapping for whinlatter - Makefile: fix rsvg-convert --format capitalization - brief-yoctoprojectqs/index.rst: fix improper code-block indentation - brief-yoctoprojectqs/index.rst: switch shell block to to console/text blocks - brief-yoctoprojectqs/index.rst: update available bitbake-setup configurations - brief-yoctoprojectqs: specify what "recent Ubuntu Linux distribution" is - dev-manual/limiting-resources.rst: update how to track pressure info - make sure Quick Build section and System Requirements are in sync - migration-guide: update 5.3 release notes download section - migration-guides/release-notes-5.3.rst: add contributors - migration-guides/release-notes-5.3.rst: add fixed cve - migration-guides/release-notes-5.3.rst: add license updates - migration-guides/release-notes-5.3.rst: add recipe upgrades - migration-guides/release-notes-5.3.rst: latest changes from master - overview-manual/concepts.rst: update the cross-development toolchain section - poky.yaml.in: add DISTRO_RELEASE_SERIES - ref-manual/classes.rst: document the image-container class - ref-manual/faq.rst: add Q&A on third-party vuln scanning tools - ref-manual/system-requirements.rst: add RockyLinux install instructions - ref-manual/system-requirements.rst: fix AlmaLinux PDF build - ref-manual/tasks.rst: document the do_list_image_features task - ref-manual/variables.rst: document WESTON_USER/WESTON_USER_HOME variables - ref-manual: Document :term:`SPDX` 3.0.1 variables - set_versions.py: add wrynose as devbranch - tools/build-docs-container: add CentOS Stream 9 support - tools/build-docs-container: move container files in their own directory - tools: add gen-cve-release-notes - tools: ubuntu_docs: remove duplicate python3-saneyaml Known Issues in Yocto-5.3.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - N/A Contributors to Yocto-5.3.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to the following people who contributed to this release: - Alexander Kanavin - Ankur Tyagi - Antonin Godard - Bruce Ashfield - Chen Qi - Deepesh Varatharajan - Dmitry Baryshkov - Gyorgy Sarvari - Jayasurya Maganuru - Jörg Sommer - Lee Chee Yang - Martin Jansa - Mathieu Dubois-Briand - Moritz Haase - Paul Barker - Peter Marko - Quentin Schulz - Robert Yang - Stefano Tondo - Vijay Anusuri - Wang Mingyu - Yash Shinde - Yoann Congal - Zhang Peng Repositories / Downloads for Yocto-5.3.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ yocto-docs - Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/yocto-docs` - Branch: :yocto_git:`whinlatter ` - Tag: :yocto_git:`yocto-5.3.1 ` - Git Revision: :yocto_git:`102a33294e63a5581c413555040f790161fc80ff ` - Release Artefact: yocto-docs-102a33294e63a5581c413555040f790161fc80ff - sha: 377b828c5dbf82b8a918360a52ff7b4122d37fd8d13d0451738edd57a1924083 - Download Locations: https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-5.3.1/yocto-docs-102a33294e63a5581c413555040f790161fc80ff.tar.bz2 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