Fedora 20 Update: keyutils-1.5.9-1.fc20

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2014-2924
2014-02-22 16:33:12
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Name        : keyutils
Product     : Fedora 20
Version     : 1.5.9
Release     : 1.fc20
URL         : http://people.redhat.com/~dhowells/keyutils/
Summary     : Linux Key Management Utilities
Description :
Utilities to control the kernel key management facility and to provide
a mechanism by which the kernel call back to user space to get a key
instantiated.

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Update Information:

Fix a variety of bugs, including a header file typo memory leaks, misuse of realloc and add a bunch of manpages explaining the keyrings concepts
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ChangeLog:

* Fri Feb 21 2014 David Howells <dhowells at redhat.com> - 1.5.9-1
- Add manpages for get_persistent.
- Fix memory leaks in keyctl_describe/read/get_security_alloc().
- Use keyctl_describe_alloc in dump_key_tree_aux rather than open coding it.
- Exit rather than returning from act_xxx() functions.
- Fix memory leak in dump_key_tree_aux.
- Only get the groups list if we need it.
- Don't trust sscanf's %n argument.
- Use the correct path macros in the specfile.
- Avoid use realloc when the memory has no content.
- Fix a bunch of issues in key.dns_resolver.
- Fix command table searching in keyctl utility.
- Fix a typo in the permissions mask constants.
- Improve the keyctl_read manpage.
- Add man7 pages describing various keyrings concepts.
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