OpenWrt 21.02.3 Third service release
Hauke Mehrtens
hauke at hauke-m.de
Wed Apr 20 15:21:32 PDT 2022
Hi,
The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the third service release of
OpenWrt 21.02. It fixes security issues, improves device support, and
brings a few bug fixes.
We recently moved our bugs to GitHub, please report issues over there
(after checking that nobody else posted the same issue before).
https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/
Download firmware images via the Firmware Selector or directly from our
download servers:
• https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org
• https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02.3/
Main changes from OpenWrt 21.02.2:
Security fixes
==============
* wolfssl: Fix multiple security problems
(CVE-2022-25638, CVE-2022-25640)
* openssl: Fix security problem (CVE-2022-0778)
* zlib: Backport security fix for a reproducible crash in compressor
Device support
==============
* Support for the following devices was added:
* Yuncore XD3200
* Yuncore A930
* MikroTik RouterBOARD mAPL-2nD (mAP lite)
* ramips: Make memory detection more reliable
* ramips: Fix reboot for remaining 32 MB boards
* x86: Add pata_sis driver
* ipTIME mt7620 devices: Fix flash detection
* Turris Omnia: Improve detection of u-boot environment with
U-boot 2021.09
* Ubiquiti UniFi: Fix label MAC address
* mvebu: udpu: Fix initramfs booting
* a20-olinuxino-lime2: Fix Ethernet link detection on
* TP-Link TL-WR1043ND v4: Fix TPLINK_HWREV field
* OCEDO Raccoon: Fix link for long cables
* Ubiquiti UniFi AP Outdoor+: Fix label MAC address
* TP-Link WPA8630Pv2: Move to ath79-tiny target
* Improve support for some GPON SFP modules
Various fixes and improvements
==============================
* Fix SSL certificate validation with some sites especially sites
using Let’s Encrypt certificates
* hostapd fixes and improvemnts:
* fix radius problem due to invalid attributes
* Expose more data over ubus
* base-files: Call “sync” after initial setup
* imagebuilder: Fix broken image generation with external targets
Core components
===============
* Update Linux kernel from 5.4.179 to 5.4.188
* Update openssl from 1.1.1m to 1.1.1n
* Update cypress-firmware from 5.4.18-2020_0402 to 5.4.18-2021_0812
* Update mac80211 from 5.10.85 to 5.10.110
* Update wolfssl from 5.1.1 to 5.2.0
Known issues
============
* Some IPv6 packets are dropped when software flow offloading is used:
https://bugs.openwrt.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=3373
* As a workaround, do not activate software flow offloading, it is
deactivate by default.
Full release notes and upgrade instructions are available at
https://openwrt.org/releases/21.02/notes-21.02.3
In particular, make sure to read the regressions and known issues before
upgrading:
https://openwrt.org/releases/21.02/notes-21.02.3#regressions
For a detailed list of all changes since 21.02.2, refer to
https://openwrt.org/releases/21.02/changelog-21.02.3
To download the 21.02.3 images, navigate to:
https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02.3/
As always, a big thank you goes to all our active package maintainers,
testers, documenters, and supporters.
Have fun!
The OpenWrt Community
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