Syslinux - Oct 2002 - PXELINUX memory overwrite bug - SYSLINUX 2.00-pre9 released

Hi everyone,

Kevin Tran of Broadcom just identified a very serious bug in PXELINUX 
where random parts of the PXE stack would get overwritten by PXELINUX. 
As a result, I have release SYSLINUX 2.00-pre9 for testing; if you have 
had problems with PXELINUX **PLEASE** test this version.  I will try to 
make a SYSLINUX 2.00 some time this week if this tests out OK.

I will also hunt for similar bugs in ISOLINUX; it's at least plausible 
it has something to do with the Promise BIOS problem...

ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/Testing/

	-hpa

Is this a problem unique to the 2.00-preX series, or does it go back
to 1.XX versions as well?


On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Kevin Tran of Broadcom just identified a very serious bug in PXELINUX 
> where random parts of the PXE stack would get overwritten by PXELINUX. 
> As a result, I have release SYSLINUX 2.00-pre9 for testing; if you have 
> had problems with PXELINUX **PLEASE** test this version.  I will try to 
> make a SYSLINUX 2.00 some time this week if this tests out OK.
> 
> I will also hunt for similar bugs in ISOLINUX; it's at least plausible 
> it has something to do with the Promise BIOS problem...
> 
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/Testing/
> 
> 	-hpa

Jim Wright wrote:
> Is this a problem unique to the 2.00-preX series, or does it go back
> to 1.XX versions as well?
> 
It applies to all versions.

	-hpa