- go1.17.8 (released 2022-03-03) includes a security fix to the
regexp/syntax package, as well as bug fixes to the compiler,
runtime, the go command, and the crypto/x509, and net packages.
Refs boo#1190649 go1.17 release tracking
CVE-2022-24921
* boo#1196732 go#51112 CVE-2022-24921
* go#51118 regexp: stack overflow (process exit) handling deeply nested regexp
* go#51332 cmd/go/internal/modfetch: erroneously resolves a v2+incompatible version when a v2/go.mod file exists
* go#51199 cmd/compile: "runtime: bad pointer in frame" in riscv64 with complier optimizations
* go#51162 net: use EDNS to increase DNS packet size [freeze exception]
* go#50734 runtime/metrics: time histogram sub-bucket ranges are off by a factor of two
* go#51000 crypto/x509: invalid RDNSequence: invalid attribute value: unsupported string type: 18 (forwarded request 959306 from jfkw)