An update of the OpenWrt 23.05.2 distribution, aimed at use in various networking devices such as routers, switches, and access points, has been released. The OpenWrt 23.05.1 release was not formed due to the discovery of a bug. OpenWrt supports a wide range of platforms and architectures and features a build system that allows for easy cross-compilation, including various components in the build process, making it straightforward to create a customized firmware or disk image with the desired set of pre-installed packages. Builds have been created for 36 target platforms.
Key changes in OpenWrt 23.05.2:
- Support for new devices added:
- bcm53xx: ASUS RT-AC3100
- mediatek: CMCC RAX3000M
- mediatek: MT7981 RFB
- ramips: ComFast CF-E390AX
- ramips: ComFast CF-EW72
- ramips: MeiG SLT866 4G CPE
- realtek: HPE 1920-8g-poe+ (65W)
- Issues have been resolved on devices such as Xiaomi Redmi Router AX6000, HiWiFi HC5861, ZyXEL NR7101, Linksys EA9200, Netgear WNDR4700, and TP-Link Archer C7 v2.
- Support for a second USB controller has been added for the Compex wpj563 device.
- Support for CycloneDX SBOM JSON has been added to the build system.
- Issues in hostapd and wpa_supplicant have been fixed.
- A fix has been ported to iptables that resolves a bug in the string module.
- By default, the elliptic curve secp521r1 is now used in mbedtls.
- Updated versions of mbedtls 2.28.5, openssl 3.0.12, wolfssl 5.6.4, Linux kernel 5.15.137, ipq-wifi, uqmi, umdns, urngd, ucode, firewall4, odhcpd, and netifd.
Source: opennet.ru
