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author | Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> | 2017-02-22 13:05:47 +0100 |
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committer | Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> | 2017-02-22 13:05:47 +0100 |
commit | 6b4eb7792b19726e9ecce9d284890b6a5a0d3b53 (patch) | |
tree | b013749916c8143b84e724c36bc411bdd03a34fb | |
parent | 10ca665eccfcaa9271416dbb241f061bd5a965f8 (diff) | |
download | util-linux-6b4eb7792b19726e9ecce9d284890b6a5a0d3b53.tar.gz |
docs: update v2.29.2-ReleaseNotes
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/releases/v2.29.2-ReleaseNotes b/Documentation/releases/v2.29.2-ReleaseNotes new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0471cd745 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/releases/v2.29.2-ReleaseNotes @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +util-linux 2.29.2 Release Notes +=============================== + +This release fixes su(1) security issue CVE-2017-2616: + + It is possible for any local user to send SIGKILL to other processes with root + privileges. To exploit this, the user must be able to perform su with a + successful login. SIGKILL can only be sent to processes which were executed + after the su process. It is not possible to send SIGKILL to processes which + were already running. + + + +build-sys: + - fix --disable-all-programs --enable-schedutils [Karel Zak] + - improve detection of the "isnan" function in uClibc [Carlos Santos] + - simplify UL_ENABLE_ALIAS() semantic [Karel Zak] +cfdisk: + - support UI refresh on ^L [Karel Zak] +docs: + - add BUG REPORTING section to README [Karel Zak] + - update AUTHORS file [Karel Zak] +findmnt: + - flush stdout after each (un)(re)mount event, when polling. [Pedro Miguel Carvalho] + - use line separator for --poll output [Karel Zak] +fstrim: + - de-duplicate btrfs sub-volumes [Stanislav Brabec] +lib/strutils: + - return end pointer by isdigit_string() [Karel Zak] +libblkid: + - (gpt) fix force flag [Karel Zak] + - Fix out of bounds reads on bad GPT header [Alden Tondettar] + - fix BLKID_PARTS_FORCE_GPT usage [Karel Zak] +libfdisk: + - (gpt) add check for entries array size [Karel Zak] + - fix fdisk_set_wipe_area() calls [Karel Zak] +libmount: + - make rootfs lookup by parent-id more robust [Karel Zak] +logger: + - support sub-trees in the ID for RFC5424 [Karel Zak] +lscpu: + - Detect Windows Subsystem for Linux [Stanislav Brabec] + - don't use path_exist() before path_fopen() [Karel Zak] + - make osrelease file optional [Karel Zak] +po: + - merge changes [Karel Zak] + - update pt_BR.po (from translationproject.org) [Rafael Fontenelle] +sfdisk: + - --quiet fixes [Karel Zak] +su: + - properly clear child PID [Karel Zak] +tests: + - add build-sys enable-schedutils result [Karel Zak] +umount: + - exclude selinuxfs from --all [Karel Zak] |