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releases:21.02:notes-21.02.4 [2022/10/06 20:25] – created haukereleases:21.02:notes-21.02.4 [2022/10/12 21:30] – remove WIP warning hauke
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-====== OpenWrt 21.02.4 - Service Release - 11 October 2022 ======+====== OpenWrt 21.02.4 - Service Release - 12 October 2022 ======
  
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           |__| W I R E L E S S   F R E E D O M           |__| W I R E L E S S   F R E E D O M
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- OpenWrt 21.02.4, rXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXXX+ OpenWrt 21.02.4, r16685-82ebc173b3
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-{{page>meta:infobox:attention_wiprelease&noheader&nofooter&noeditbtn}}+/* {{page>meta:infobox:attention_wiprelease&noheader&nofooter&noeditbtn}} */
  
-The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the newest service release of  +The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the newest stable release of the OpenWrt 21.02 stable version series. It fixes security issues, improves device support, and brings a few bug fixes.  
-OpenWrt 21.02. It fixes security issues, improves device support, and brings a few bug fixes.+ 
 +Download firmware images via the Firmware Selector or directly from our download servers: 
 +  * [[https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=21.02.4|Download firmware image for your device (firmware selector)]] 
 +  * [[https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.04.4/targets/|Download firmware images directly from OpenWrt download servers]] 
 + 
 +An upgrade from OpenWrt 19.07 or 22.02 to OpenWrt 21.02.4 is supported in many cases with the help of the sysupgrade utility which will also attempt to preserve the configuration. A configuration backup is advised nonetheless when upgrading to OpenWrt 21.02. (see “Upgrading” below). 
 + 
 +The OpenWrt 21.02 stable series is in security maintenance mode. It is projected to go end of life on 6. April 2023 following the [[:docs:guide-developer:security#support_status|OpenWrt Security support guidelines]]. We encourage all users of the OpenWrt 21.02 stable series to upgrade to [[:releases:22.03:start|OpenWrt 22.03]].
  
 ===== About OpenWrt ===== ===== About OpenWrt =====
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 For more information about OpenWrt project organization, see the  For more information about OpenWrt project organization, see the 
 [[https://openwrt.org/about|About OpenWrt pages]]. [[https://openwrt.org/about|About OpenWrt pages]].
- 
-Get OpenWrt firmware images at: https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/ or use the firmware selector at: https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/ 
  
 ==== Announcements about new releases and security fixes ==== ==== Announcements about new releases and security fixes ====
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 ==== Security fixes ==== ==== Security fixes ====
  
-  * wolfssl: Fix multiple security problems  +  * wolfssl: Fix security problem (CVE-2022-34293, CVE-2022-38152, CVE-2022-38153 and CVE-2022-39173) 
-  * openssl: Fix security problem+    * See [[:advisory:2022-10-04-1|Security Advisory 2022-10-04-1]] 
 +  * zlib: Fix security problem (CVE-2022-37434) 
 +  * openssl: Fix security problem (CVE-2022-1292, CVE-2022-2068 and CVE-2022-2097) 
  
 ==== Device support ==== ==== Device support ====
 +
 +  * Support for the following devices was added:
 +    * Wavlink WL-WN579X3
 +    * Sitecom WLR-4100 v1 002
 +    * Banana Pi M2 Berry
 +    * YunCore AX820/HWAP-AX820
 +    * MikroTik RouterBOARD hAP ac lite
 +    * MikroTik RouterBOARD mAP
 +  * Youku YK1: speed up spi frequency for YK-L1, split YK1 to YK-L1 and YK-L1c
 +  * ZBTLink ZBT-WG2626: add reset GPIO for PCIe port 1
 +  * ZBTLink ZBT-WE1026 5G: fix watchdog reset
 +  * Asus RT-AC57U: fix WPS button level
 +  * Archer VR2600: fix switch ports numbering
 +  * ZyXEL NBG-419N v2: Fix booting
 +  * Linksys MR8300: add WAN port
 +  * ramips: several fixes and improvements to mt7620 Ethernet
 +  * bcm53xx:
 +    * Disable GRO by default at kernel level
 +    * Enable & setup packet steering
 +  * ipq40xx: fix ar40xx driver
 +  * bcm4908: 
 +    * Enable NVMEM U-Boot env data driver
 +    * Backport mtd parser for Broadcom's U-Boot partition
 +    * fix -EPROBE_DEFER support in bcm4908_enet
  
  
 ==== Various fixes and improvements ==== ==== Various fixes and improvements ====
  
 +  * kernel: 
 +    * Fix IPv6 flow offloading ([[flyspray>3373|FS#3373]])
 +    * Backport LEDs driver for BCMBCA devices
 +    * Backport mtd dynamic partition patch
 +    * Fix possible mtd NULL pointer dereference
 +  * mac80211: fix QCA9561 PA bias
 +  * mac80211: disable ft-over-ds by default
 +  * mt76: backport fix encap offload ethernet type check
 +  * hostapd fixes and improvements:
 +    * Add support for enabling link measurements
 +    * Fix uninitialized pointer
 +  * zlib: backport null dereference fix
 +  * build system:
 +    * Switch from xxd tool to xxdi.pl script
 +    * Check TLS certificates by default when downloading over HTTPS
 +    * feeds: use git-src-full to allow Git versioning
 +    * Fix build warnings with grep-3.8
 +    * Add compatibility with Python 3.11
  
  
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   * Update openssl from 1.1.1n to 1.1.1q   * Update openssl from 1.1.1n to 1.1.1q
   * Update wolfssl from 5.2.0 to 5.5.1   * Update wolfssl from 5.2.0 to 5.5.1
-  * Update intel-microcode from 20210608 to 20220510+  * Update wireless-regdb from 2021.08.28 to 2022.08.12 
 +  * Update intel-microcode from 20210608 to 20220809
   * Update exfat from 5.12.3 to 5.19.1   * Update exfat from 5.12.3 to 5.19.1
- +  Update iwinfo from 2021-04-30 to 2022-04-26
- +
-===== Regressions ===== +
- +
- +
-===== Known issues ===== +
- +
-  Some IPv6 packets are dropped when software flow offloading is used: [[flyspray>3373|FS#3373]] +
-    * As a workaround, do not activate software flow offloading, it is deactivate by default.+
  
  
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 An upgrade from OpenWrt 19.07 to OpenWrt 21.02 is supported in many cases, including preserving configuration. A configuration backup is advised nonetheless when upgrading from OpenWrt 19.07. An upgrade from OpenWrt 19.07 to OpenWrt 21.02 is supported in many cases, including preserving configuration. A configuration backup is advised nonetheless when upgrading from OpenWrt 19.07.
 +
 +===== Known issues =====
 +
 +None so far.
 +
 +See [[:bugs|reporting bugs]] if you encounter issues with this release.
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