Commit 97b74400 for xz
commit 97b7440006d69a30048ff1ffc29fc7a0615e5d51
Author: Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org>
Date: Tue Mar 31 17:26:16 2026 +0300
Add NEWS for 5.8.3
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XZ Utils Release Notes
======================
+5.8.3 (2026-03-31)
+
+ IMPORTANT: This includes a fix for CVE-2026-34743 which affects all
+ XZ Utils versions since 5.0.0. No new 5.2.x, 5.4.x, or 5.6.x
+ releases will be made, but the fix is in the v5.2, v5.4, and v5.6
+ branches in the xz Git repository.
+
+ * liblzma:
+
+ - Fix a buffer overflow in lzma_index_append(): If
+ lzma_index_decoder() was used to decode an Index that
+ contained no Records, the resulting lzma_index was left in
+ a state where where a subsequent lzma_index_append() would
+ allocate too little memory, and a buffer overflow would occur.
+
+ The lzma_index functions are rarely used by applications
+ directly. In the few applications that do use these functions,
+ the combination of function calls required to trigger this bug
+ are unlikely to exist, because there typically is no reason to
+ append Records to a decoded lzma_index. Thus, it's likely that
+ this bug cannot be triggered in any real-world application.
+
+ The bug was reported and discovered by Cantina using their
+ AppSec agent, Apex.
+
+ - Fix the build on Windows ARM64EC.
+
+ - Add "License: 0BSD" to liblzma.pc.
+
+ * xz:
+
+ - Fix invalid memory access in --files and --files0. All of
+ the following must be true to trigger it:
+
+ 1. A string being read (which supposedly is a filename) is
+ at least SIZE_MAX / 2 bytes long. This size is plausible
+ on 32-bit platforms (2 GiB - 1 B).
+
+ 2. realloc(ptr, SIZE_MAX / 2 + 1) must succeed.
+ On glibc >= 2.30 it shouldn't because the value
+ exceeds PTRDIFF_MAX.
+
+ 3. An integer overflow results in a realloc(ptr, 0) call.
+ If it doesn't return NULL, then invalid memory access
+ will occur.
+
+ - On QNX, don't use fsync() on directories because it fails.
+
+ * Autotools: Enable 32-bit x86 assembler on Hurd by default.
+ It was already enabled in the CMake-based build.
+
+ * Translations: Add Arabic man page translations.
+
+
5.8.2 (2025-12-17)
* liblzma: