From: John Wolfe Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 22:36:15 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Update the ReleaseNotes.md for the 12.2.5 open-vm-tools release. X-Git-Tag: stable-12.2.5~2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=15c979c79cfc31a8d0cc77ecad1eb9b5369d90b3;p=thirdparty%2Fopen-vm-tools.git Update the ReleaseNotes.md for the 12.2.5 open-vm-tools release. --- diff --git a/ReleaseNotes.md b/ReleaseNotes.md index b552f6c07..79e208ded 100644 --- a/ReleaseNotes.md +++ b/ReleaseNotes.md @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -# open-vm-tools 12.2.0 Release Notes +# open-vm-tools 12.2.5 Release Notes -Updated on: 7 MAR 2023 +Updated on: 13 June 2023 -open-vm-tools | 7 MAR 2023 | Build 21223074 +open-vm-tools | 13 JUNE 2023 | Build 21855600 Check back for additions and updates to these release notes. @@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ The release notes cover the following topics: * [What's New](#whatsnew) * [Internationalization](#i18n) -* [End of Feature Support Notice](#endoffeaturesupport) * [Guest Operating System Customization Support](#guestop) * [Interoperability Matrix](#interop) * [Resolved Issues](#resolvedissues) @@ -20,17 +19,19 @@ The release notes cover the following topics: ## What's New -There are no new features in the open-vm-tools 12.2.0 release. This is primarily a maintenance release that addresses a few critical problems. +This release resolves CVE-2023-20867. For more information on this vulnerability and its impact on VMware products, see https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0013.html. + +There are no new features in the open-vm-tools 12.2.5 release. * Please see the [Resolved Issues](#resolvedissues) and [Known Issues](#knownissues) sections below. -* A complete list of the granular changes in the open-vm-tools 12.2.0 release is available at: +* A complete list of the granular changes in the open-vm-tools 12.2.5 release is available at: - [open-vm-tools ChangeLog](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.2.0/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog) + [open-vm-tools ChangeLog](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.2.5/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog) ## Internationalization -open-vm-tools 12.2.0 is available in the following languages: +open-vm-tools 12.2.5 is available in the following languages: * English * French @@ -52,35 +53,9 @@ The [VMware Product Interoperability Matrix](http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_ ## Resolved Issues -* **A number of Coverity reported issues have been addressed.** - -* **The vmtoolsd task is blocked in the uninterruptible state while doing a quiesced snapshot.** - - As the ioctl FIFREEZE is done during a quiesced snapshot operation, an EBUSY could be seen because of an attempt to freeze the same superblock more than once depending on the OS configuration (e.g. usage of bind mounts). An EBUSY could also mean another process has locked or frozen that filesystem. That later could lead to the vmtoolsd process being blocked and ultimately other processes on the system could be blocked. - - The Linux quiesced snapshot procedure has been updated that when an EBUSY is received, the filesystem FSID is checked against the list of filesystems that have already been quiesced. If not previously seen, a warning that the filesystem is controlled by another process is logged and the quiesced snapshot request will be rejected. - - This fix to lib/syncDriver/syncDriverLinux.c is directly applicable to previous releases of open-vm-tools and is available at: - - https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/commit/9d458c53a7a656d4d1ba3a28d090cce82ac4af0e - -* **Updated the guestOps to handle some edge cases.** - - When File_GetSize() fails or returns a -1 indicating the user does not have access permissions: - - 1. Skip the file in the output of the ListFiles() request. - 2. Fail an InitiateFileTransferFromGuest operation. - -* **The following pull requests and issues have been addressed.** - - * Detect the proto files for the containerd grpc client in alternate locations. - - [Pull request #626](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/pull/626) - - * FreeBSD: Support newer releases and code clean-up for earlier versions. - - [Pull request #584](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/pull/584) +* **This release resolves CVE-2023-20867. + For more information on this vulnerability and its impact on VMware products, see https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0013.html. ## Known Issues