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@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@ Security related changes:
   denial of service due to resource exhaustion when processing getaddrinfo
   calls with crafted host names.  Reported by Guido Vranken.
 
+  CVE-2019-6488: On x32, the size_t parameter may be passed in the lower
+  32 bits of a 64-bit register with with non-zero upper 32 bit.  When it
+  happened, accessing the 32-bit size_t value as the full 64-bit register
+  in the assembly string/memory functions would cause a buffer overflow.
+  Reported by H.J. Lu.
+
 The following bugs are resolved with this release:
 
   [16750] ldd: Never run file directly.
@@ -165,6 +171,7 @@ The following bugs are resolved with this release:
   [23927] Linux if_nametoindex() does not close descriptor (CVE-2018-19591)
   [24018] gettext may return NULL
   [24027] malloc: Integer overflow in realloc
+  [24097] Can't use 64-bit register for size_t in assembly codes for x32 (CVE-2019-6488)
 
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