From e568e563ade00bbb0937162f405fc160f253e224 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 10:28:50 -0700 Subject: Git 2.5.5 Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.5.txt | 11 +++++++++++ Documentation/git.txt | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.5.txt (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.5.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..37eae9a2d9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.5.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +Git v2.5.5 Release Notes +======================== + +Fixes since v2.5.4 +------------------ + + * Bugfix patches were backported from the 'master' front to plug heap + corruption holes, to catch integer overflow in the computation of + pathname lengths, and to get rid of the name_path API. Both of + these would have resulted in writing over an under-allocated buffer + when formulating pathnames while tree traversal. diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 5449d7b35c..fe5fefe230 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ unreleased) version of Git, that is available from the 'master' branch of the `git.git` repository. Documentation for older releases are available here: -* link:v2.5.4/git.html[documentation for release 2.5.4] +* link:v2.5.5/git.html[documentation for release 2.5.5] * release notes for + link:RelNotes/2.5.5.txt[2.5.5], link:RelNotes/2.5.4.txt[2.5.4], link:RelNotes/2.5.3.txt[2.5.3], link:RelNotes/2.5.2.txt[2.5.2], -- cgit v1.2.3