While Red Hat noted that while XZ Utils is “present in nearly every Linux distribution,” the affected versions — 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 — were only released Feb. 24 and March 9, respectively.

The world of Linux has seen some disquiet over recent weeks following the decision of Red Hat to restrict source code distribution for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) to only their paying customers.

or 6 cents per share, on $46.3 million in revenue. Sales included 144,000 subscriptions to its Red Hat Enterprise Linux software, up substantially from the 26,000 subscriptions sold during its ...