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diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index e10fbaa3..e9805162 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Check to make sure file system features which can not be supported by HURD are not enabled if the file system is created to be HURD-compatible. - Programmer's Notes ------------------ @@ -17,6 +16,71 @@ needed by boot loadsers such as yaboot. Support for the MMP feature can now be disabled at compile time. + +E2fsprogs 1.42.13 (May 17, 2015) +================================ + +Fixed a potential buffer overflow while closing a file system in +libext2fs. (CVE-2015-1572, Addresses Debian Bug: #778948) + +Fixed a bug which could cause e2fsck to corrupt Hurd file systems. +(Addresses Debian Bug: #760275) + +Fixed a deadlock which occurs when using systemd and e2fsck.conf's +logging feature. (Addresses Debian Bug: #775234) + +Fixed a bug which could cause programs using libext2's inode table +scanning functions from crashing on certain corrupted file systems. +(Addresses Debian Bug: #773795) + +Fixed dumpe2fs so it won't crash if the user doesn't specify a block +device (file system). (Addresses Debian Bug: #764293) + +Fixed e2fsck so if it notices unexpected HTREE blocks in pass 2, it +will report the correct directory inode containing the inconsistency. + +If e2fsck fails to grow the dir_info structure due realloc(3) not +having enough memory, it will now fail with explanatory message +instead of staggering on failing with a confusing internal error +messages. + +The tune2fs program will zero out the superblock journal backup +information when removing a journal from a file system. + +The mke2fs program now enables the large_file feature by default. + +Fixed a bug which could cause badblocks to crash if there are millions +and millions of bad blocks. + +Fixed some use-after-free bug in resize2fs and e2fsck. + +Fixed a memory leak in tune2fs. + +Fixed some bigendian bugs that had crept into both indirect and extent +handling inside libext2fs. + +Updated/fixed various man pages. + +Update Esperanto, German, and Spanish translations. Added Danish +translation. + +Programmer's Notes +------------------ + +Fixed coverity, sparce gcc -Wall, and clang warnings/nits. + +Clean up some build system problems (build failures with various +configure options, fix Posix portability issues, etc.) + +The functions ext2fs_inode_alloc_stats[2]() and +ext2fs_block_alloc_stats[2]() now check the inode and block numbers +passed to them, to avoid crashes caused by buggy callers. + +The libext2fs directory iterator will now check for an invalid +directory entry length instead of possibly walking off the end of the +directory buffer. + + E2fsprogs 1.42.12 (August 25, 2014) =================================== |