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@@ -4,6 +4,35 @@ Version 4.6.2 [v4-stable] (rgerhards), 2010-03-??
pathes (this is primarily meant as a debug aid)
- added replacements for atomic instructions on systems that do not
support them. [backport of Stefen Sledz' patch for v5)
+- bugfix(temporary): message-induced off-by-one error (potential segfault)
+ Some types of malformed messages could trigger an off-by-one error
+ (for example, \0 or \n as the last character, and generally control
+ character escaption is questionable). This is due to not strictly
+ following a the \0 or string counted string paradigm (during the last
+ optimization on the cstring class). As a temporary fix, we have
+ introduced a proper recalculation of the size. However, a final
+ patch is expected in the future. See bug tracker for further details
+ and when the final patch will be available:
+ http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=184
+ Note that the current patch is considered sufficient to solve the
+ situation, but it requires a bit more runtime than desirable.
+- bugfix: potential segfault in dynafile cache
+ This bug was triggered by an open failure. The the cache was full and
+ a new entry needed to be placed inside it, a victim for eviction was
+ selected. That victim was freed, then the open of the new file tried. If
+ the open failed, the victim entry was still freed, and the function
+ exited. However, on next invocation and cache search, the victim entry
+ was used as if it were populated, most probably resulting in a segfault.
+- bugfix: race condition during directory creation
+ If multiple files try to create a directory at (almost) the same time,
+ some of them may fail. This is a data race and also exists with other
+ processes that may create the same directory. We do now check for this
+ condition and gracefully handle it.
+- bugfix: potential re-use of free()ed file stream object in omfile
+ when dynaCache is enabled, the cache is full, a new entry needs to
+ be allocated, thus the LRU discarded, then a new entry is opend and that
+ fails. In that case, it looks like the discarded stream may be reused
+ improperly (based on code analysis, test case and confirmation pending)
- added new property replacer option "date-rfc3164-buggyday" primarily
to ease migration from syslog-ng. See property replacer doc for
details. [backport from 5.5.3 because urgently needed by some]