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# Open-vm-tools 12.1.0 Release Notes
# open-vm-tools 12.1.5 Release Notes

Updated on: 23rd AUG 2022
Updated on: 29th NOV 2022

Open-vm-tools | 23rd AUG 2022 | Build 20219665
open-vm-tools | 29th NOV 2022 | Build 20735119

Check back for additions and updates to these release notes.

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## <a id="whatsnew" name="whatsnew"></a>What's New

* This release resolves CVE-2022-31676. For more information on this vulnerability and its impact on VMware products, see [https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0024.html](https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0024.html).
There are no new features in the open-vm-tools 12.1.5 release. This is primarily a maintenance release that addresses a few critical problems.

* Please see the [Resolved Issues](#resolvedissues) and [Known Issues](#knownissues) sections below.

* A complete list of the granular changes in the open-vm-tools 12.1.5 release is available at:

[open-vm-tools ChangeLog](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.1.5/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog)

## <a id="i18n" name="i18n"></a>Internationalization

Open-vm-tools 12.1.0 is available in the following languages:
open-vm-tools 12.1.5 is available in the following languages:

* English
* French
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* Simplified Chinese
* Traditional Chinese

## <a id="endoffeaturesupport" name="endoffeaturesupport"></a>End of Feature Support Notice

* The tar tools (linux.iso) and OSPs shipped with VMware Tools 10.3.x release will continue to be supported. However, releases after VMware Tools 10.3.5 will only include critical and security fixes. No new feature support will be provided in these types of VMware Tools (tar tools and OSP's). It is recommended that customers use open-vm-tools for those operating systems that support open-vm-tools. For more information about open-vm-tools, see [KB 2073803](https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2073803).

## <a id="guestop" name="guestop"></a>Guest Operating System Customization Support
The [Guest OS Customization Support Matrix](http://partnerweb.vmware.com/programs/guestOS/guest-os-customization-matrix.pdf) provides details about the guest operating systems supported for customization.

## <a id="interop" name="interop"></a>Interoperability Matrix

The [VMware Product Interoperability Matrix](http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/sim/interop_matrix.php) provides details about the compatibility of current and earlier versions of VMware Products. 

## <a id="resolvedissues" name ="resolvedissues"></a> Resolved Issues

* A number of Coverity reported issues have been addressed.
* **A number of Coverity reported issues have been addressed.**

* **[FTBFS] Fix the build of the ContainerInfo plugin for a 32-bit Linux release**
* **The deployPkg plugin may prematurely reboot the guest VM before cloud-init has completed user data setup.**

Reported in [open-vm-tools pull request #588](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/pull/588), the fix did not make the code freeze date for open-vm-tools 12.0.5.
If both the Perl based Linux customization script and cloud-init run when the guest VM boots, the deployPkg plugin may reboot the guest before cloud-init has finished. The deployPkg plugin has been updated to wait for a running cloud-init process to finish before the guest VM reboot is initiated.

This issue is fixed in this release.

* **Make HgfsConvertFromNtTimeNsec aware of 64-bit time_t on i386 (32-bit)**
* **A SIGSEGV may be encountered when a non-quiesing snapshot times out.**

This issue is fixed in this release.

Reported in [open-vm-tools pull request #387](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/pull/387), this change incorporates the support of 64 bit time epoch conversion from Windows NT time to Unix Epoch time on i386.
* **Unwanted vmtoolsd service error message if not on a VMware hypervisor.**

* **A complete list of the granular changes in the open-vm-tools 12.1.0 release is available at:**
When open-vm-tools comes preinstalled in a base Linux release, the vmtoolsd services are started automatically at system start and desktop login. If running on physical hardware or in a non-VMware hypervisor, the services will emit an error message to the Systemd's logging service before stopping.

[Open-vm-tools ChangeLog](https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-12.1.0/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog)
This issue is fixed in this release.

## <a id="knownissues" name="knownissues"></a>Known Issues

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