util-linux 2.29.2

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This release fixes su(1) security issue CVE-2017-2616:

It is possible for any local user to send SIGKILL to other processes with root privileges. To exploit this, the user must be able to perform su with a successful login. SIGKILL can only be sent to processes which were executed after the su process. It is not possible to send SIGKILL to processes which were already running.

Note that LFS does not use this build-sys:

• fix --disable-all-programs --enable-schedutils [Karel Zak]
• improve detection of the "isnan" function in uClibc [Carlos Santos]
• simplify UL_ENABLE_ALIAS() semantic [Karel Zak]

cfdisk:

• support UI refresh on ^{L [Karel Zak]}

docs:

• add BUG REPORTING section to README [Karel Zak]
• update AUTHORS file [Karel Zak]

findmnt:

• flush stdout after each (un)(re)mount event, when polling. [Pedro Miguel Carvalho]
• use line separator for --poll output [Karel Zak]

fstrim:

• de-duplicate btrfs sub-volumes [Stanislav Brabec]

lib/strutils:

• return end pointer by isdigit_string() [Karel Zak]

libblkid:

• (gpt) fix force flag [Karel Zak]
• Fix out of bounds reads on bad GPT header [Alden Tondettar]
• fix BLKID_PARTS_FORCE_GPT usage [Karel Zak]

libfdisk:

• (gpt) add check for entries array size [Karel Zak]
• fix fdisk_set_wipe_area() calls [Karel Zak]

libmount:

• make rootfs lookup by parent-id more robust [Karel Zak]

logger:

• support sub-trees in the ID for RFC5424 [Karel Zak]

lscpu:

• Detect Windows Subsystem for Linux [Stanislav Brabec]
• don't use path_exist() before path_fopen() [Karel Zak]
• make osrelease file optional [Karel Zak]

po:

• merge changes [Karel Zak]
• update pt_BR.po (from translationproject.org) [Rafael Fontenelle]

sfdisk:

• --quiet fixes [Karel Zak]

su:

• properly clear child PID [Karel Zak]

tests:

• add build-sys enable-schedutils result [Karel Zak]

umount:

• exclude selinuxfs from --all [Karel Zak]version of su.

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Fixed at revision 11199.