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+Release notes for Yocto-4.0.12 (Kirkstone)
+------------------------------------------
+
+Security Fixes in Yocto-4.0.12
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  bind: Fix :cve:`2023-2828` and :cve:`2023-2911`
+-  cups: Fix :cve:`2023-34241`
+-  curl: Added :cve:`2023-28320` Follow-up patch
+-  dbus: Fix :cve:`2023-34969`
+-  dmidecode: fix :cve:`2023-30630`
+-  ghostscript: fix :cve:`2023-36664`
+-  go: fix :cve_mitre:`2023-24531`, :cve:`2023-24536`, :cve:`2023-29400`, :cve:`2023-29402`, :cve:`2023-29404`, :cve:`2023-29405` and :cve:`2023-29406`
+-  libarchive: Ignore :cve:`2023-30571`
+-  libcap: Fix :cve:`2023-2602` and :cve:`2023-2603`
+-  libjpeg-turbo: Fix :cve:`2023-2804`
+-  libpcre2: Fix :cve:`2022-41409`
+-  libtiff: fix :cve:`2023-26965`
+-  libwebp: Fix :cve:`2023-1999`
+-  libx11: Fix :cve:`2023-3138`
+-  libxpm: Fix :cve:`2022-44617`
+-  ninja: Ignore :cve:`2021-4336`
+-  openssh: Fix :cve:`2023-38408`
+-  openssl: Fix :cve:`2023-2975`, :cve:`2023-3446` and :cve:`2023-3817`
+-  perl: Fix :cve:`2023-31486`
+-  python3: Ignore :cve:`2023-36632`
+-  qemu: Fix :cve:`2023-0330`, :cve_mitre:`2023-2861`, :cve_mitre:`2023-3255` and :cve_mitre:`2023-3301`
+-  sqlite3: Fix :cve:`2023-36191`
+-  tiff: Fix :cve:`2023-0795`, :cve:`2023-0796`, :cve:`2023-0797`, :cve:`2023-0798`, :cve:`2023-0799`, :cve:`2023-25433`, :cve:`2023-25434` and :cve:`2023-25435`
+-  vim: :cve:`2023-2609` and :cve:`2023-2610`
+
+
+Fixes in Yocto-4.0.12
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  babeltrace2: Always use BFD linker when building tests with ld-is-lld distro feature
+-  babeltrace2: upgrade to 2.0.5
+-  bitbake.conf: add unzstd in :term:`HOSTTOOLS`
+-  bitbake: bitbake-layers: initialize tinfoil before registering command line arguments
+-  bitbake: runqueue: Fix deferred task/multiconfig race issue
+-  blktrace: ask for python3 specifically
+-  build-appliance-image: Update to kirkstone head revision
+-  cmake: Fix CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR setting for SDK
+-  connman: fix warning by specifying runstatedir at configure time
+-  cpio: Replace fix wrong CRC with ASCII CRC for large files with upstream backport
+-  cve-update-nvd2-native: actually use API keys
+-  cve-update-nvd2-native: always pass str for json.loads()
+-  cve-update-nvd2-native: fix cvssV3 metrics
+-  cve-update-nvd2-native: handle all configuration nodes, not just first
+-  cve-update-nvd2-native: increase retry count
+-  cve-update-nvd2-native: log a little more
+-  cve-update-nvd2-native: retry all errors and sleep between retries
+-  cve-update-nvd2-native: use exact times, don't truncate
+-  dbus: upgrade to 1.14.8
+-  devtool: Fix the wrong variable in srcuri_entry
+-  diffutils: upgrade to 3.10
+-  docs: ref-manual: terms: fix typos in :term:`SPDX` term
+-  fribidi: upgrade to 1.0.13
+-  gcc: upgrade to v11.4
+-  gcc-testsuite: Fix ppc cpu specification
+-  gcc: don't pass --enable-standard-branch-protection
+-  gcc: fix runpath errors in cc1 binary
+-  grub: submit determinism.patch upstream
+-  image_types: Fix reproducible builds for initramfs and UKI img
+-  kernel: add missing path to search for debug files
+-  kmod: remove unused ptest.patch
+-  layer.conf: Add missing dependency exclusion
+-  libassuan: upgrade to 2.5.6
+-  libksba: upgrade to 1.6.4
+-  libpng: Add ptest for libpng
+-  libxcrypt: fix build with perl-5.38 and use master branch
+-  libxcrypt: fix hard-coded ".so" extension
+-  libxpm: upgrade to 3.5.16
+-  linux-firmware: upgrade to 20230515
+-  linux-yocto/5.10: cfg: fix DECNET configuration warning
+-  linux-yocto/5.10: update to v5.10.185
+-  linux-yocto/5.15: cfg: fix DECNET configuration warning
+-  linux-yocto/5.15: update to v5.15.120
+-  logrotate: Do not create logrotate.status file
+-  lttng-ust: upgrade to 2.13.6
+-  machine/arch-arm64: add -mbranch-protection=standard
+-  maintainers.inc: correct Carlos Rafael Giani's email address
+-  maintainers.inc: correct unassigned entries
+-  maintainers.inc: unassign Adrian Bunk from wireless-regdb
+-  maintainers.inc: unassign Alistair Francis from opensbi
+-  maintainers.inc: unassign Andreas Müller from itstool entry
+-  maintainers.inc: unassign Pascal Bach from cmake entry
+-  maintainers.inc: unassign Ricardo Neri from ovmf
+-  maintainers.inc: unassign Richard Weinberger from erofs-utils entry
+-  mdadm: fix 07revert-inplace ptest
+-  mdadm: fix segfaults when running ptests
+-  mdadm: fix util-linux ptest dependency
+-  mdadm: skip running known broken ptests
+-  meson.bbclass: Point to llvm-config from native sysroot
+-  meta: lib: oe: npm_registry: Add more safe caracters
+-  migration-guides: add release notes for 4.0.11
+-  minicom: remove unused patch files
+-  mobile-broadband-provider-info: upgrade to 20230416
+-  oe-depends-dot: Handle new format for task-depends.dot
+-  oeqa/runtime/cases/rpm: fix wait_for_no_process_for_user failure case
+-  oeqa/selftest/bbtests: add non-existent prefile/postfile tests
+-  oeqa/selftest/devtool: add unit test for "devtool add -b"
+-  openssl: Upgrade to 3.0.10
+-  openssl: add PERLEXTERNAL path to test its existence
+-  openssl: use a glob on the PERLEXTERNAL to track updates on the path
+-  package.bbclass: moving field data process before variable process in process_pkgconfig
+-  pm-utils: fix multilib conflictions
+-  poky.conf: bump version for 4.0.12
+-  psmisc: Set :term:`ALTERNATIVE` for pstree to resolve conflict with busybox
+-  pybootchartgui: show elapsed time for each task
+-  python3: fix missing comma in get_module_deps3.py
+-  python3: upgrade to 3.10.12
+-  recipetool: Fix inherit in created -native* recipes
+-  ref-manual: add LTS and Mixin terms
+-  ref-manual: document image-specific variant of :term:`INCOMPATIBLE_LICENSE`
+-  ref-manual: release-process: update for LTS releases
+-  rust-llvm: backport a fix for build with gcc-13
+-  scripts/runqemu: allocate unfsd ports in a way that doesn't race or clash with unrelated processes
+-  scripts/runqemu: split lock dir creation into a reusable function
+-  sdk.py: error out when moving file fails
+-  sdk.py: fix moving dnf contents
+-  selftest reproducible.py: support different build targets
+-  selftest/license: Exclude from world
+-  selftest/reproducible: Allow chose the package manager
+-  serf: upgrade to 1.3.10
+-  strace: Disable failing test
+-  strace: Merge two similar patches
+-  strace: Update patches/tests with upstream fixes
+-  sysfsutils: fetch a supported fork from github
+-  systemd-systemctl: fix errors in instance name expansion
+-  systemd: Backport nspawn: make sure host root can write to the uidmapped mounts we prepare for the container payload
+-  tzdata: upgrade to 2023c
+-  uboot-extlinux-config.bbclass: fix old override syntax in comment
+-  unzip: fix configure check for cross compilation
+-  useradd-staticids.bbclass: improve error message
+-  util-linux: add alternative links for ipcs,ipcrm
+-  v86d: Improve kernel dependency
+-  vim: upgrade to 9.0.1592
+-  wget: upgrade to 1.21.4
+-  wic: Add dependencies for erofs-utils
+-  wireless-regdb: upgrade to 2023.05.03
+-  xdpyinfo: upgrade to 1.3.4
+-  zip: fix configure check by using _Static_assert
+
+
+Known Issues in Yocto-4.0.12
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- N/A
+
+
+Contributors to Yocto-4.0.12
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Alberto Planas
+-  Alexander Kanavin
+-  Alexander Sverdlin
+-  Andrej Valek
+-  Archana Polampalli
+-  BELOUARGA Mohamed
+-  Benjamin Bouvier
+-  Bruce Ashfield
+-  Charlie Wu
+-  Chen Qi
+-  Etienne Cordonnier
+-  Fabien Mahot
+-  Frieder Paape
+-  Frieder Schrempf
+-  Heiko Thole
+-  Hitendra Prajapati
+-  Jermain Horsman
+-  Jose Quaresma
+-  Kai Kang
+-  Khem Raj
+-  Lee Chee Yang
+-  Marc Ferland
+-  Marek Vasut
+-  Martin Jansa
+-  Mauro Queiros
+-  Michael Opdenacker
+-  Mikko Rapeli
+-  Nikhil R
+-  Ovidiu Panait
+-  Peter Marko
+-  Poonam Jadhav
+-  Quentin Schulz
+-  Richard Purdie
+-  Ross Burton
+-  Rusty Howell
+-  Sakib Sajal
+-  Soumya Sambu
+-  Steve Sakoman
+-  Sundeep KOKKONDA
+-  Tim Orling
+-  Tom Hochstein
+-  Trevor Gamblin
+-  Vijay Anusuri
+-  Vivek Kumbhar
+-  Wang Mingyu
+-  Xiangyu Chen
+-  Yoann Congal
+-  Yogita Urade
+-  Yuta Hayama
+
+
+Repositories / Downloads for Yocto-4.0.12
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+poky
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/poky`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`kirkstone </poky/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-4.0.12 </poky/log/?h=yocto-4.0.12>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`d6b8790370500b99ca11f0d8a05c39b661ab2ba6 </poky/commit/?id=d6b8790370500b99ca11f0d8a05c39b661ab2ba6>`
+-  Release Artefact: poky-d6b8790370500b99ca11f0d8a05c39b661ab2ba6
+-  sha: 35f0390e0c5a12f403ed471c0b1254c13cbb9d7c7b46e5a3538e63e36c1ac280
+-  Download Locations:
+   http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.12/poky-d6b8790370500b99ca11f0d8a05c39b661ab2ba6.tar.bz2
+   http://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.12/poky-d6b8790370500b99ca11f0d8a05c39b661ab2ba6.tar.bz2
+
+openembedded-core
+
+-  Repository Location: :oe_git:`/openembedded-core`
+-  Branch: :oe_git:`kirkstone </openembedded-core/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :oe_git:`yocto-4.0.12 </openembedded-core/log/?h=yocto-4.0.12>`
+-  Git Revision: :oe_git:`e1a604db8d2cf8782038b4016cc2e2052467333b </openembedded-core/commit/?id=e1a604db8d2cf8782038b4016cc2e2052467333b>`
+-  Release Artefact: oecore-e1a604db8d2cf8782038b4016cc2e2052467333b
+-  sha: 8b302eb3f3ffe5643f88bc6e4ae8f9a5cda63544d67e04637ecc4197e9750a1d
+-  Download Locations:
+   http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.12/oecore-e1a604db8d2cf8782038b4016cc2e2052467333b.tar.bz2
+   http://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.12/oecore-e1a604db8d2cf8782038b4016cc2e2052467333b.tar.bz2
+
+meta-mingw
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/meta-mingw`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`kirkstone </meta-mingw/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-4.0.12 </meta-mingw/log/?h=yocto-4.0.12>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`a90614a6498c3345704e9611f2842eb933dc51c1 </meta-mingw/commit/?id=a90614a6498c3345704e9611f2842eb933dc51c1>`
+-  Release Artefact: meta-mingw-a90614a6498c3345704e9611f2842eb933dc51c1
+-  sha: 49f9900bfbbc1c68136f8115b314e95d0b7f6be75edf36a75d9bcd1cca7c6302
+-  Download Locations:
+   http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.12/meta-mingw-a90614a6498c3345704e9611f2842eb933dc51c1.tar.bz2
+   http://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.12/meta-mingw-a90614a6498c3345704e9611f2842eb933dc51c1.tar.bz2
+
+meta-gplv2
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/meta-gplv2`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`kirkstone </meta-gplv2/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-4.0.12 </meta-gplv2/log/?h=yocto-4.0.12>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a </meta-gplv2/commit/?id=d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a>`
+-  Release Artefact: meta-gplv2-d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a
+-  sha: c386f59f8a672747dc3d0be1d4234b6039273d0e57933eb87caa20f56b9cca6d
+-  Download Locations:
+   http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.12/meta-gplv2-d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a.tar.bz2
+   http://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.12/meta-gplv2-d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a.tar.bz2
+
+bitbake
+
+-  Repository Location: :oe_git:`/bitbake`
+-  Branch: :oe_git:`2.0 </bitbake/log/?h=2.0>`
+-  Tag:  :oe_git:`yocto-4.0.12 </bitbake/log/?h=yocto-4.0.12>`
+-  Git Revision: :oe_git:`41b6684489d0261753344956042be2cc4adb0159 </bitbake/commit/?id=41b6684489d0261753344956042be2cc4adb0159>`
+-  Release Artefact: bitbake-41b6684489d0261753344956042be2cc4adb0159
+-  sha: efa2b1c4d0be115ed3960750d1e4ed958771b2db6d7baee2d13ad386589376e8
+-  Download Locations:
+   http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.12/bitbake-41b6684489d0261753344956042be2cc4adb0159.tar.bz2
+   http://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.12/bitbake-41b6684489d0261753344956042be2cc4adb0159.tar.bz2
+
+yocto-docs
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/yocto-docs`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`kirkstone </yocto-docs/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag: :yocto_git:`yocto-4.0.12 </yocto-docs/log/?h=yocto-4.0.12>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`4dfef81ac6164764c6541e39a9fef81d49227096 </yocto-docs/commit/?id=4dfef81ac6164764c6541e39a9fef81d49227096>`
+