[syslinux:master] NEWS: explain the memory overwrite bug a bit better

syslinux-bot for H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Fri Jul 2 11:03:16 PDT 2010


Commit-ID:  8e6154d58c45f6af204c69e7341aa6859877d225
Gitweb:     http://syslinux.zytor.com/commit/8e6154d58c45f6af204c69e7341aa6859877d225
Author:     H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 11:00:51 -0700
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com>
CommitDate: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 11:00:51 -0700

NEWS: explain the memory overwrite bug a bit better

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com>


---
 NEWS |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 60a8306..e6937e0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ Changes in 4.01:
 	  Helmut Hullen for invaluable debugging support.
 	* ifplop.c32: new module which detects if the PLoP Boot Loader
 	  already has booted a CDROM or USB drive (Gert Hulselmans).
-	* Correct a severe memory overwrite bug (mainly related to the
-	  menu system.)
+	* Correct a severe memory overwrite bug, triggered primarily
+	  when selecting a very long command line in the menu system.
 	* lua.c32: Lua script interpreter, currently experimental.
 	* PXELINUX: new option IPAPPEND 4 to append the system UUID to
 	  the kernel command line.



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