[syslinux] PXELINUX memory overwrite bug - SYSLINUX 2.00-pre9 released
Jim Wright
jwright at penguincomputing.com
Tue Oct 22 12:06:08 PDT 2002
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
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