XZ: Repo maintainer Lasse Collin responding on LKML
Updates to license, filters, and compression options
Messages in this threadFirst message in threadJonathan CorbetKees CookAndrew MortonLasse CollinKees CookDateSat, 30 Mar 2024 14:48:48 +0200FromSubjectRe: [tech-board] [PATCH 00/11] xz: Updates to license, filters, and compression optionsOn 2024-03-29 Andrew Morton wrote:> On Fri, 29 Mar 2024 14:51:41 -0600 Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>> wrote:> > > > Andrew (and anyone else), please do not take this code right now.> > >> > > Until the backdooring of upstream xz[1] is fully understood, we> > > should not accept any code from Jia Tan, Lasse Collin, or any> > > other folks associated with tukaani.org. It appears the domain,> > > or at least credentials associated with Jia Tan, have been used> > > to create an obfuscated ssh server backdoor via the xz upstream> > > releases since at least 5.6.0. Without extensive analysis, we> > > should not take any associated code. It may be worth doing some> > > retrospective analysis of past contributions as well...> > >> > > Lasse, are you able to comment about what is going on here?  > > > > FWIW, it looks like this series has been in linux-next for a few> > days. Maybe it needs to come out, for now at least?  > > Yes, I have removed that series.Thank you. None of these patches are urgent. I'm on a holiday and onlyhappened to look at my emails and it seems to be a major mess.My proper investigation efforts likely start in the first days ofApril. That is, I currently know only a few facts which alone are badenough.Info will be updated here: https://tukaani.org/xz-backdoor/-- Lasse Collin