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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 0093f3b..cfa0b1c 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -86,6 +86,19 @@ New Features Library: -------- + - Add an enumerated value to H5F_libver_t for H5Pset_libver_bounds(). + + Currently, the library defines two values for H5F_libver_t and supports + only two pairs of (low, high) combinations as derived from these values. + Thus the bounds setting via H5Pset_libver_bounds() is rather restricted. + + Add an enumerated value (H5F_LIBVER_V18) to H5F_libver_t and + H5Pset_libver_bounds() now supports five pairs of (low, high) combinations + as derived from these values. This addition provides the user more + flexibility in setting bounds for object creation. + + (VC - 2018/03/14) + - Add prefix option to VDS files. Currently, VDS source files must be in the active directory to be @@ -271,6 +284,17 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.10.1 release Library ------- + - Freeing of object header in H5Ocache.c + + It was discovered that the object header was not released properly + when the checksum verification failed and a re-load of the object + header was needed. + + Free the object header that failed the chksum verification only + after the new object header is reloaded, deserialized and set up. + + (VC - 2018/03/14, HDFFV-10209) + - H5Pset_evict_on_close in H5Pfapl.c Changed the minor error number from H5E_CANTSET to H5E_UNSUPPORTED for @@ -362,6 +386,26 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.10.1 release (DER - 2018/02/26, HDFFV-10355) + - If an HDF5 file contains a malformed compound datatype with a + suitably large offset, the type conversion code can run off + the end of the type conversion buffer, causing a segmentation + fault. + + This issue was reported to The HDF Group as issue #CVE-2017-17507. + + NOTE: The HDF5 C library cannot produce such a file. This condition + should only occur in a corrupt (or deliberately altered) file + or a file created by third-party software. + + THE HDF GROUP WILL NOT FIX THIS BUG AT THIS TIME + + Fixing this problem would involve updating the publicly visible + H5T_conv_t function pointer typedef and versioning the API calls + which use it. We normally only modify the public API during + major releases, so this bug will not be fixed at this time. + + (DER - 2018/02/26, HDFFV-10356) + - If an HDF5 file contains a malformed compound type which contains a member of size zero, a division by zero error will occur while processing the type. @@ -377,6 +421,23 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.10.1 release (DER - 2018/02/26, HDFFV-10357) + - If an HDF5 file contains a malformed symbol table node that declares + it contains more symbols than it actually contains, the library + can run off the end of the metadata cache buffer while processing + the symbol table node. + + This issue was reported to The HDF Group as issue #CVE-2017-17509. + + NOTE: The HDF5 C library cannot produce such a file. This condition + should only occur in a corrupt (or deliberately altered) file + or a file created by third-party software. + + Performing bounds checks on the buffer while processing fixes the + problem. Instead of the segmentation fault, the normal HDF5 error + handling is invoked. + + (DER - 2018/03/12, HDFFV-10358) + Configuration ------------- - CMake @@ -455,6 +516,20 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.10.1 release Tools ----- + - h5clear + + An enhancement to the tool in setting a file's stored EOA. + + It was discovered that a crashed file's stored EOA in the superblock + was smaller than the actual file's EOF. When the file was reopened + and closed, the library truncated the file to the stored EOA. + + Add an option to the tool in setting the file's stored EOA in the + superblock to the maximum of (EOA, EOF) + increment. + Another option is also added to print the file's EOA and EOF. + + (VC - 2018/03/14, HDFFV-10360) + - h5repack h5repack changes the chunk parameters when a change of layout is not @@ -647,7 +722,11 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.10.1 release Testing ------- - - + - Memory for three variables in testphdf5's coll_write_test was malloced + but not freed, leaking memory when running the test. The variables' + memory is now freed. + + (LRK - 2018/03/12, HDFFV-10397) Supported Platforms =================== |