Percona Server for MySQL 5.7.14-8 (2016-09-21)¶
Percona is glad to announce the GA (Generally Available) release of Percona Server for MySQL 5.7.14-8 on September 21st, 2016 (Downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories).
Based on MySQL 5.7.14, including all the bug fixes in it, Percona Server for MySQL 5.7.14-8 is the current GA release in the Percona Server for MySQL 5.7 series. All of Percona’s software is open-source and free, all the details of the release can be found in the 5.7.14-8 milestone at Launchpad
Bugs Fixed¶
Limiting ld_preload libraries to be loaded from specific directories in
mysqld_safe didn’t work correctly for relative paths. Bug fixed
#1624247.
Fixed a possible privilege escalation that could be used when running REPAIR
TABLE on a MyISAM table. Bug fixed #1624397.
The general query log and slow query log cannot be written to files ending in
.ini and .cnf anymore. Bug fixed #1624400.
Implemented restrictions on symlinked files (error_log,
pid_file) that can’t be used with mysqld_safe. Bug fixed
#1624449.
Other bugs fixed: #1553938.