Libgcrypt 1.8.4 release info
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	Oct 26 2018, 6:39 PM

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NEWS:

Bug fixes:
- Fix infinite loop due to applications using fork the wrong way. [T3491]
- Fix possible leak of a few bits of secret primes to pageable memory. [T3848]
- Fix possible hang in the RNG (1.8.3 only). [T4034]
- Several minor fixes. [T4102,T4208,T4209,T4210,T4211,T4212]
Performance:
- On Linux always make use of getrandom if possible and then use its /dev/urandom behaviour. [T3894]

Mentioned Here: T3491: FIPS-enabled libgcrypt traps gnome-keyring daemon in an infinite loop
T3848: Use of secure memory when generating secret primes in libgcrypt
T3894: re-evaluate default randomness choices during key generation on GNU/Linux platforms
T4034: libgcrypt: Fix for lock behavior broken in 1.8.3
T4102: libgcrypt: yat2m does not respect SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH, patch included
T4208: Copy & paste error in libgcrypt ecc-curves.c
T4209: Potential memory leak in _gcry_ecc_eddsa_verify
T4210: Potential memory leak in ecc_encrypt_raw
T4211: Potential memory leak in _gcry_secmem_malloc_internal
T4212: Uninitialized use of l1 variable in _gcry_sexp_vextract_param

• werner renamed this task from Ligcrypt 1.8.4 release info to Libcrypt 1.8.4 release info.Oct 26 2018, 8:01 PM

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