[Buildroot-users] Buildroot 2024.11.4 released

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

Hi,

Buildroot is a simple tool for creating complete embedded Linux systems
(https://buildroot.org).

Buildroot 2024.11.4 is released - Go download it at:

https://buildroot.org/downloads/buildroot-2024.11.4.tar.gz

or

https://buildroot.org/downloads/buildroot-2024.11.4.tar.xz

Or get it from Git:

https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot.git (2024.11.4 tag)

Notice that the 2024.02.x series is now end of life. Please migrate to
the 2025.02.x series instead.


Buildroot 2024.11.4 is a bugfix release, fixing a number of important /
security related issues discovered since the 2024.11.3 release.

Important / security related fixes:

- xserver_xorg-server & xwayland: CVE-2024-9632, CVE-2025-26594,
    CVE-2025-26595, CVE-2025-26596, CVE-2025-26597,  CVE-2025-26598
    CVE-2025-26599, CVE-2025-26600, CVE-2025-26601.
- exim: CVE-2025-30232.
- mbedtls: CVE-2025-27809, CVE-2025-27810.
- augeas: CVE-2025-2588.
- libarchive: CVE-2024-57970, CVE-2025-1632, CVE-2025-25724.
- xwayland: CVE-2024-31081, CVE-2024-31083, CVE-2024-9632,
    CVE-2025-26594, CVE-2025-26595, CVE-2025-26596,
    CVE-2025-26597, CVE-2025-26598, CVE-2025-26599,
    CVE-2025-26600, CVE-2025-26601
- libopenh264: CVE-2025-27091.
- libmodsecurity: CVE-2025-27110.
- tinyxml2: CVE-2024-50615.

Updated/fixed packages:

libgeos, freerdp, libsoup3, cairo, linux, apr, mali-driver,
libcoap, python-fastapi, python-twisted, tor, mc, linux-header,
linux-tools.

Test Improvements:

- linux-tools: selftests: Add path containing BPF binary.
- testing: add git runtime test.

Infrastructure updates/fixes:

- DEVELOPERS: change arnout's address.
- DEVELOPERS: add Dario Binacchi for ti-k3-boot-firmware.
- support/download/svn: use 'svn info' whith LC_ALL=C**.
- dillo: Fix an issue related to _SITE url for make show-info.
- kconfig: Handle backspace (^H) key.
- pkg-stats: add -v/--verbose option

Build issues/problems solved for:

freeswitch, glibc, v4l2loopback, ls1028ardb, ls1028ardb,
mesa3d-demos.


For more details, see the CHANGES file:

https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/blob/2024.11.4/CHANGES

Users of the affected packages are strongly encouraged to upgrade.

Many thanks to all the people contributing to this release:

git shortlog -s -n 2024.11.3..

     7  Bernd Kuhls
     4  Peter Korsgaard
     4  Thomas Perale
     3  Julien Olivain
     2  Colin Evrard
     2  Dario Binacchi
     2  Fiona Klute (WIWA)
     2  Gilles Bardoux
     2  Marcus Hoffmann
     2  Niklas Cassel
     2  Thomas Devoogdt
     2  Thomas Petazzoni
     1  Arnout Vandecappelle
     1  Frank Vanbever
     1  Giulio Benetti
     1  Matheus Tavares Bernardino
     1  Maxim Kochetkov
     1  Peter Seiderer
     1  Raphaël Mélotte
     1  Romain Naour
     1  Sébastien Szymanski
     1  Yann E. MORIN

Regards,
Arnout