From f1f188f804edb7fae607e21a62a750167ec52089 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Bauer Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2020 14:16:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add v2019.1.2 release notes --- docs/index.rst | 1 + docs/releases/v2019.1.2.rst | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 59 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/releases/v2019.1.2.rst diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index 037679ae..bfaf6735 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ Several Freifunk communities in Germany use Gluon as the foundation of their Fre :caption: Releases :maxdepth: 1 + releases/v2019.1.2 releases/v2019.1.1 releases/v2019.1 releases/v2018.2.4 diff --git a/docs/releases/v2019.1.2.rst b/docs/releases/v2019.1.2.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7d44fd49 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/releases/v2019.1.2.rst @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +Gluon 2019.1.2 +############## + +Bugfixes +******** + +* Fixes a buffer-overflow vulnerability in libubox, a core component of OpenWrt + (CVE-2020-7248) + +* Fixes a vulnerability in the OpenWrt package manager (opkg). By using this vulnerability, + an attacker could bypass the integrity check of the package artifacts. (CVE-2020-7982) + +Other Changes +************* + +* Linux kernel has been updated to either + + - 4.9.211 (ar71xx, brcm2708, mpc85xx) or + - 4.14.167 (ipq40xx, ipq806x, mvebu, ramips, sunxi, x86). + +Known issues +************ + +* Out of memory situations with high client count on ath9k. + (`#1768 `_) + +* The integration of the BATMAN_V routing algorithm is incomplete. + + - | Mesh neighbors don't appear on the status page. (`#1726 `_) + | Many tools have the BATMAN_IV metric hardcoded, these need to be updated to account for the new throughput + | metric. + + - | Throughput values are not correctly acquired for different interface types. + | (`#1728 `_) + | This affects virtual interface types like bridges and VXLAN. + +* Default TX power on many Ubiquiti devices is too high, correct offsets are unknown + (`#94 `_) + + Reducing the TX power in the Advanced Settings is recommended. + +* The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled + (`#496 `_) + + This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promiscuous mode is + disallowed). + +* Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 `_) + + The current API is inconsistent and will be replaced eventually. The old API will still be supported for a while. + +* Frequent reboots due to out-of-memory or high load due to memory pressure on weak hardware especially in larger + meshes (`#1243 `_) + + Optimizations in Gluon 2018.1 have significantly improved memory usage. + There are still known bugs leading to unreasonably high load that we hope to + solve in future releases. +