9.2. Regressions in 7.3 LTS

The following regressions were introduced in Connext 7.3 LTS, which is a culmination of releases 7.3.1 and 7.3.0.

• 9.2.1. Introduced in 7.3.1
  • 9.2.1.1. Core Libraries
    • 9.2.1.1.1. Incorrect TypeSupport-to-JSON conversion for an empty structure with a non-empty parent
  • 9.2.1.2. Security Plugins
    • 9.2.1.2.1. No re-authentication with 7.3.0 or below
• 9.2.2. Introduced in 7.3.0
  • 9.2.2.1. General
    • 9.2.2.1.1. Running scripts under $NDDSHOME/bin creates two processes
  • 9.2.2.2. Core Libraries
    • 9.2.2.2.1. Vulnerability: Potential double-free when deleting a Topic for the second time after creating and finding the Topic
    • 9.2.2.2.2. Duplicate network traffic captures when creating WaitSets, AsyncWaitSets, or GuardConditions
    • 9.2.2.2.3. Error when setting QoS on Publisher or Subscriber without endpoints
    • 9.2.2.2.4. Crash on DDS_DomainParticipantFactory_finalize_instance when using XML-Based Application Creation
    • 9.2.2.2.5. Unexpected error messages when disposing of an instance while using batching and setting serialize_key_with_dispose to TRUE
    • 9.2.2.2.6. RTI DDS Spy shows DDS_DataReader_get_matched_publication_participant_data error before leaking memory
    • 9.2.2.2.7. Misleading warning message when one non-loopback interface doesn’t support multicast
    • 9.2.2.2.8. Incorrect timestamp in log messages with microseconds higher than 500000
    • 9.2.2.2.9. Vulnerability: Potential invalid read memory access in Connext applications when subscribing to PublicationBuiltinTopicData
    • 9.2.2.2.10. Incorrect value of an infinite duration in non-Java APIs
    • 9.2.2.2.11. Possible unbounded memory growth on DataReader of keyed type after failing to match with a remote DataWriter
    • 9.2.2.2.12. Possible crash when creating DomainParticipants concurrently
    • 9.2.2.2.13. Memory leaks and errors when using DynamicDataReaders or FlatData DataReaders plus DDS-fragmentation and compression or encryption
    • 9.2.2.2.14. Some properties no longer accept LENGTH_UNLIMITED string as valid value
    • 9.2.2.2.15. Possible segmentation fault while enabling a DataWriter that enables batching
    • 9.2.2.2.16. Running out of memory during DomainParticipant creation causes DomainParticipantFactory finalization to hang
    • 9.2.2.2.17. Unexpected warning during DomainParticipant enablement when locator reachability enabled
  • 9.2.2.3. Code Generator
    • 9.2.2.3.1. Code generation fails if @verbatim annotation encountered
    • 9.2.2.3.2. Using //@resolve-name false does not avoid resolution when a constant is used as a size for an array, sequence bound, string bound, or wstring bound
  • 9.2.2.4. Admin Console
    • 9.2.2.4.1. Discovery peer changes not consistently applied or maintained
  • 9.2.2.5. Security Plugins
    • 9.2.2.5.1. Potential stack buffer read overflow in Builtin Security Plugins when registering local endpoint
    • 9.2.2.5.2. Potential segmentation fault in Builtin Security Plugins when discovering a DomainParticipant
    • 9.2.2.5.3. Segmentation fault in Java while enabling a DataWriter that protects payloads and enables batching
  • 9.2.2.6. Routing Service
    • 9.2.2.6.1. Unexpected error messages when Routing Service disposes of an instance while using batching and setting serialize_key_with_dispose to TRUE