From d8b8dff6701dab0fa226d5a296b04bf2cf6dbb48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Larsson Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 12:14:10 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update NEWS for release --- NEWS | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 406c801f..fba93688 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,31 @@ +Changes in 1.12.0 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Released: 2021-10-08 + +This is the first stable release in the 1.12.x series. The major changes +in this series is the support for better control of sub-sandboxes, as +used by the steam flatpak. + +In addition, this release fixes a security vulnerability in the portal +support. Some recently added syscalls were not blocked by the seccomp rules +which allowed the application to create sub-sandboxes which can confuste +the sandboxing verification mechanisms of the portal. This has been +fixed by extending the seccomp rules. +For details, see: + https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/security/advisories/GHSA-67h7-w3jq-vh4q + +Other changes in this version: + * Some test fixes + * Update translations + * Support for specifying the flatpak binary to use during exports + * Install translations for all languages in the locale, not just the ones in + LC_MESSAGES. + * Fix progress reporting in flatpak fsck + * Handle cases where /var/tmp is a symlink + * Expose /etc/gai.conf to the sandbox + * Fix the parental control checks for root + * Handle missing /etc/ld.so.cache (musl) + Changes in 1.11.3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Released: 2021-08-25