Erlang/OTP 24.0.6

This release of Erlang/OTP can be built from source or installed using pre-built packages for your OS or third-party tools (such as kerl or asdf).

docker run -it erlang:24.0.6
Patch Package OTP 24.0.6
Git Tag OTP-24.0.6
Date 2021-09-03
Issue Id
System OTP
Release 24
Application

erts-12.0.4 #

The erts-12.0.4 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 24 installation.

OTP-17548
Application(s):
erts
Related Id(s):
OTP-10391 , PR-5078

A call to the process_info() BIF could end up hanging for ever due to a bug introduced when the new selective receive optimization was introduced in OTP 24.0. Note that this bug only effects process_info().

OTP-17560
Application(s):
erts
Related Id(s):
GH-5116

Fix buffer overrun problem in the tty driver. The problem happens on some platforms when using the CTRL+R functionality of newshell with very long strings in the history.

OTP-17568
Application(s):
erts
Related Id(s):
PR-4940

Fix race-condition that could cause a crash when tracing scheduling or garbage collections on a process that was running on a dirty scheduler.

OTP-17585
Application(s):
erts
Related Id(s):
GH-5150

Fix rare bug where re:run would crash/return invalid results when given a subbinary as subject.

This bug has existed since Erlang/OTP 20.0.

OTP-17594
Application(s):
erts

binary_to_term/1,2 is now more resilient against corrupted binaries containing maps in the external format.

Full runtime dependencies of erts-12.0.4: kernel-8.0, sasl-3.3, stdlib-3.13