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@@ -213,8 +213,151 @@ Security related changes:
 
 The following bugs are resolved with this release:
 
-  [The release manager will add the list generated by
-  scripts/list-fixed-bugs.py just before the release.]
+  [4099] stdio: Overly agressive caching by stream i/o functions.
+  [7065] build: Support building glibc with -fstack-protector or -fstack-
+    protector-all
+  [9842] localedata: en_CA: incorrect date format
+  [13165] nptl: pthread_cond_wait() can consume a signal that was sent
+    before it started waiting
+  [14139] manual: Do not hardcode platform names in manual/libm-err-tab.pl
+  [15765] nptl: sem_open is wrongly a cancellation point
+  [16421] network: IN6_IS_ADDR_UNSPECIFIED can use undefined s6_addr32
+  [16458] libc: endian.h and netinet/in.h byte order macros return values of
+    wrong type
+  [16628] dynamic-link: Segfault after a binary without pthread dlopen()s a
+    library linked with pthread
+  [16630] nptl: Use SYSENTER for pthread_cond_broadcast/signal() (i.e. fix
+    "FIXME: Ingo" issue)
+  [16907] libc: <argp.h> compiled with --std=cXX disables __attribute__
+  [17252] libc: getrandom and getentropy syscall
+  [17730] malloc: thread-local storage is sometimes improperly free()'d
+    after being __libc_memalign()'d
+  [18241] stdio: failed fseek on memstream does not set errno and can fail
+    when it shouldnt
+  [18243] nptl: sem_wait, sem_timedwait are cancellation points shm_open is
+    not
+  [18463] nptl: pthread_cond_broadcast issue when surrounded by
+    PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT mutex on ARM
+  [18784] network: res_query and related function crash for special record
+    type queries (CVE-2015-5180)
+  [19380] math: strtod does not raise "inexact"
+  [19387] string: Integer overflow in memchr
+  [19390] string: Integer overflow in strncat
+  [19398] build: linknamespace tests fail with massively parallel build
+  [19402] nptl: Deadlock with robust shared mutex and asynchronous
+    termination
+  [19469] malloc: M_PERTURB in test-skeleton.c invalidates malloc tests
+  [19473] malloc: Turn malloc_get_state etc. in compatibility symbols
+  [19514] libc: [PATCH] Fix spelling errors in spelling
+    "implement"/"implementation" in several places
+  [19582] network: Deprecate RES_USE_INET6
+  [19673] manual: clog10 docs appear to be erroneous
+  [19810] dynamic-link: dlopen with both RTLD_NOLOAD and RTLD_NODELETE
+    causes a segmentation fault
+  [19826] libc: invalid pointer returned from __tls_get_addr with static
+    linking
+  [20016] network: resolv: Remove hooks support from the API
+  [20019] dynamic-link: NULL pointer dereference in libc.so.6 IFUNC due to
+    uninitialized GOT
+  [20033] math: [x86_64] vectorized math function don't call the __finite
+    versions
+  [20116] nptl: use after free in pthread_create
+  [20181] stdio: open_memstream(): writes not at end of stream corrupt data
+  [20292] dynamic-link: Comparison in elf/dl-open.c _dl_addr_inside_object
+    is always true.
+  [20311] nptl: please install proc_service.h
+  [20366] libc: Compilation errors in installed headers in strict-compliance
+    modes
+  [20370] malloc: malloc: Arena free list management is still racy
+    (incorrect fix in bug 19243)
+  [20386] libc: assert (X = 0) does not result in GCC warning
+  [20432] malloc: malloc: Minimize interface required for interposition
+  [20435] libc: Missing unwind info in __startcontext causes infinite loop
+    in _Unwind_Backtrace (CVE-2016-6323)
+  [20444] hurd: recvmsg: PF_LOCAL sockets and msg_name lead to SIGLOST
+  [20452] nptl: Addition of sysdep.o to libpthread.a breaks relinking
+    libpthread.a
+  [20455] math: [powerpc] fesetexceptflag fails to clear FE_INVALID
+  [20459] localedata: et_EE: locale has wrong {p,n}_cs_precedes value
+  [20477] network: resolv: incorrect double-checked locking related to
+    _res_hconf
+  [20478] libc: libc_ifunc macro and similar usages leads to false debug-
+    information.
+  [20495] math: x86_64 performance degradation due to AVX/SSE transition
+    penalty
+  [20497] localedata: lt_LT: LC_TIME d_fmt used is obsolete
+  [20508] dynamic-link: _dl_runtime_resolve_avx/_dl_runtime_profile_avx512
+    cause transition penalty
+  [20517] math: sparcv9 missing fdiml compat symbol
+  [20524] manual: strverscmp is inconsistent
+  [20525] libc: <sys/quota.h> should be based on kernel headers
+  [20539] math: GCC 7 -static -lm fails to link at -O3
+  [20554] libc: ld: bss-plt forced due to /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a(ppc-
+    mcount.oS)
+  [20558] string: POSIX bcopy/bzero decls do not implement Object Size
+    Checking
+  [20591] network: Remove obsolete DNSSEC support
+  [20592] network: DNS resource record type classification macros in
+    <arpa/nameser.h> are incorrect
+  [20593] network: Update DNS RR type definitions
+  [20611] network: getaddrinfo accepts invalid numeric scope IDs
+  [20615] build: glibc build fails when using --with-cpu=power9 --enable-
+    multi-arch
+  [20629] network: libresolv: Remove support for bitstring labels
+    (RES_USEBSTRING)
+  [20647] libc: GLIBC quitting every program - glibc on Pentium-S leads to
+    assertion: "maxidx >= 2"
+  [20660] math: [arm] Use VSQRT
+  [20662] libc: checking whether x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc implicitly enables
+    -fstack-protector no (32bit gcc 6.2.0 pie and ssp enable)
+  [20689] libc: Test for FMA should also check for AVX.
+  [20707] glob: gl_pathv entries not set to NULL with GLOB_DOOFFS
+  [20715] math: iszero macro breaks existing code
+  [20718] math: [powerpc] copysignl raises "invalid" for sNaN
+  [20728] libc: powerpc: Missing TOC stub in clone
+  [20729] build: glibc-2.24 fails to build for i486 with -Os
+  [20750] build: Build fails with default PIE enabled gcc-6.x
+  [20768] math: [alpha] sqrt fegetenv namespace
+  [20785] libc: binutils 2.28 fails to assemble power6/memset.S file in
+    glibc
+  [20787] math: float_t is defined as float incorrectly on x86_64 even if
+    __FLT_EVAL_METHOD__ is 2
+  [20790] network: rpcgen buffer overrun in get_prog_declaration
+  [20822] nptl: race condition in __lll_unlock_elision on powerpc
+  [20829] libc: crypt snprintf namespace
+  [20847] libc: tst-vfork3 failure
+  [20855] math: Default bits/mathdef.h has inappropriate float_t
+  [20859] math: [sh4] FP_ILOGB0 invalid
+  [20864] localedata: iconv: cp936 missing single-byte euro sign (0x80,
+    U+20AC), not same as GBK
+  [20915] dynamic-link: global-dynamic TLS broken on aarch64
+  [20916] math: pow handling of sNaN arguments
+  [20918] build: Building with --enable-nss-crypt fails tst-linkall-static.
+  [20919] math: Bad pow (qNaN, 0) result with -lieee
+  [20940] math: hypot sNaN handling
+  [20947] math: fmax, fmin sNaN handling
+  [20956] libc: debug/tst-backtrace3-6 don't work with -O3 anymore
+  [20964] network: sunrpc: Stack-based buffer overflow in getrpcport with
+    RES_USE_INET6
+  [20971] string: powerpc64/power7 memchr overflows internal pointer check
+  [20973] nptl: robust mutexes: Lost wake-ups
+  [20974] locale: bs_BA: yesexpr/noexpr regexes accept any character
+  [20978] nis: strlen on null pointer in nss_nisplus
+  [20985] nptl: robust mutexes: lowlevelrobustlock assembly on x86 blocks on
+    wrong condition
+  [21014] string: i686 memchr overflows internal pointer check
+  [21019] libc: [mips] n32 lseek incorrect on overflow
+  [21022] libc: [microblaze] __backtrace get_frame_size namespace
+  [21026] libc: [MIPS] readahead syscall is broken on n64
+  [21028] math: Fallback fesetexceptflag should always succeed
+  [21045] libc: [powerpc-nofpu] swapcontext does not restore signal mask
+  [21047] math: arm: fpu_control.h: _FPU_GETCW/_FPU_SETCW is rejected by
+    clang
+  [21053] libc: [SH] Namespace pollution from sys/ucontext.h
+  [21061] librt: [microblaze] librt lost clock_* exports
+  [21073] libc: tunables: insecure environment variables passed to
+    subprocesses with AT_SECURE
+  [21081] string: Missing vzeroupper in memset-vec-unaligned-erms.S
 
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