.. rn:: 5.5.51-38.2

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 |Percona Server| 5.5.51-38.2
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Percona is glad to announce the release of |Percona Server| 5.5.51-38.2 on September 21st, 2016. Downloads are available `here <http://www.percona.com/downloads/Percona-Server-5.5/Percona-Server-5.5.51-38.2/>`_ and from the :doc:`Percona Software Repositories </installation>`.

Based on `MySQL 5.5.51 <http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/mysql/5.5/en/news-5-5-51.html>`_, including all the bug fixes in it, |Percona Server| 5.5.51-38.2 is now the current stable release in the 5.5 series. All of |Percona|'s software is open-source and free, all the details of the release can be found in the `5.5.51-38.2 milestone at Launchpad <https://launchpad.net/percona-server/+milestone/5.5.51-38.2>`_. 

Bugs Fixed
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 Limiting ``ld_preload`` libraries to be loaded from specific directories in ``mysqld_safe`` didn't work correctly for relative paths. Bug fixed :bug:`1624247`.

 Fixed possible privilege escalation that could be used when running ``REPAIR TABLE`` on a ``MyISAM`` table. Bug fixed :bug:`1624397`.

 The general query log and slow query log cannot be written to files ending in :file:`.ini` and :file:`.cnf` anymore. Bug fixed :bug:`1624400`.

 Implemented restrictions on symlinked files (:file:`error_log`, :file:`pid_file`) that can't be used with ``mysqld_safe``. Bug fixed :bug:`1624449`.

Other bugs fixed: :bug:`1553938`.
