github microsoft/WSL 0.56.2

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2 years ago
  • Include packaged dxcore library to fix issues on retail Win11 [GH 8145]
  • Mount drvfs shares on demand to avoid using the linked token. This improves startup time of launching WSL elevated and ensures the correct package context is used.
  • Fix issue preventing launching Windows executables with large environments [GH 7947]
  • Update kernel to 5.10.102.1
    • Fix a new Linux kernel vulnerability called Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847)
    • Disable unprivileged BPF by default
      • It can be re-enabled by setting /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_bpf_disabled to 0
    • Update Dxgkrnl Version to 2216
      • Fix out of bounds array access for ioctls[]
      • Implement wait for sync VM bus messages as killable to allow killing a process waiting for a synchronous call to the host
      • Flush device for termination when process is destroyed to avoid a deadlock when the guest process is killed

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