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| author | Daniel Micay <daniel.micay@grapheneos.org> | 2023-09-19 04:06:50 -0400 |
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| committer | Daniel Micay <daniel.micay@grapheneos.org> | 2023-09-19 04:10:50 -0400 |
| commit | ccc26b9478e20d02654cb7c1c449e7799f3516af (patch) | |
| tree | d73b95694b7236bac2b756c76751a8efb1aa0f7d | |
| parent | 14aaa8ba7ba7654cda42e0cc0a17baec6a5407dd (diff) | |
document security patch and Android 14 status
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diff --git a/static/releases.html b/static/releases.html index a765ce4c..ae077871 100644 --- a/static/releases.html +++ b/static/releases.html @@ -647,11 +647,37 @@ <p>The <a href="/history/legacy-changelog">legacy changelog page</a> has the release notes from before the rebranding of the project in 2018 and 2019.</p> - <!-- <article id="2023090600"> <h3><a href="#2023090600">2023090600</a></h3> + <p>The September release of AOSP and the stock OS came out on 2023-09-18 and + are incorporated into this release. Unusually, they still set the patch level + to 2023-09-01 despite having all listed patches for 2023-09-05 for some of the + devices such as the Pixel 6 and Pixel 7. We left the listed patch level alone + to avoid delaying the release for aesthetic reasons while we figured out where + it could be raised. We shipped 2023-09-01 in our 2023090600 release but this + is the actual September release from AOSP and the stock OS rather than just + applying the Android Security Bulletin backports to Android 13.</p> + + <p>The strange timing and inclusion of only a single Mali GPU kernel driver + patch in the September Pixel Update Bulletin is due to Android 14 being + scheduled for this month but delayed to October. The Pixel Update Bulletin for + Android 14 will include a large number of recommended AOSP security patches + and many hardware related patches, neither of which will be backported to + Android 13, so we've already put a significant effort into porting to Android + 14 via our limited early access to the source code. We aim to have our Android + 14 port available as soon as possible after the stable release is published + due to the importance for security. It's unfortunate we don't have full access + to the sources in advance like Android partners, but we've had access to more + than we usually do this year and for longer due to the delay.</p> + + <p>We've also included additional Mali GPU kernel driver patches and a libwebp + patch in this release, similar to the kernel.org LTS patches we ship on a + regular basis many months before Android. We'll do more of this in the future + as our resources and partnerships grow, but we don't have much ability to ship + firmware patches earlier until there's hardware built to run GrapheneOS.</p> + <p>Tags:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/platform_manifest/releases/tag/2023090600-coral">2023090600-coral</a> (Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL) — extended support release for legacy devices with frozen 2022-11-01 patch level</li> |