Hi Zephyr Community!

We are pleased to announce the release of Zephyr v2.7.1 - the first
patch release in the LTS2 series.

https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/releases/tag/zephyr-v2.7.1

This release is codenamed "Take the Red Pill" for.. reasons.

Security Vulnerability Related
======================

The following security vulnerabilities (CVEs) were addressed in this release:

* (None)

More detailed information can be found in:
https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/security/vulnerabilities.html

Issues Fixed
==========

These GitHub issues were addressed since the previous 2.7.0 tagged release:

* 36558: Use of CMAKE_<lang>_COMPILER_FORCED on host-builds flag
breaks third-party libraries
* 36852: acrn_ehl_crb: the test of tests/subsys/cpp/libcxx/ failed
* 38181: tests/drivers/uart/uart_basic_api/drivers.uart.cdc_acm fails to build
* 38612: Fault with assertions enabled prevents detailed output
because of ISR() assertion check in shell function
* 38972: logging: Cleaning references to tracing in logging
* 38999: Bluetooth: Controller: Fix HCI command parameter check failures
* 39022: tests/drivers/uart/uart_basic_api/drivers.uart.cdc_acm fails to build
* 39297: Lorawan regression in v2.7rc4 for US915 and AU915 regions
* 39361: BL5340 image is broken on documentation page
* 39409: runners: canopen: program download fails with slow flash
access and/or congested CAN nets
* 39523: task watchdog crash/asset on NRF52840 - need to reorder
task_wdt_feed() in task_wdt_add()
* 9541: can: mcux_flexcan: wrong timing calculation
* 39575: k_mutex_lock and k_sem_take with K_FOREVER return -EAGAIN value
* 39594: Possible bug or undocumented behaviour of spi_write
* 39609: spi: slave: division by zero in timeout calculation
* 39687: sensor: qdec_nrfx: PM callback has incorrect signature
* 39704: Using OpenThread makes the system unresponsive after 49.7 days
* 39817: drivers: pwm: nxp: (potentially) Incorrect return value on API function
* 39851: [Coverity CID: 240242] Dereference after null check in
tests/bluetooth/tester/src/l2cap.c
* 39882: Bluetooth Host qualification on 2.7 branch
* 40133: mimxrt1060-evk flash shell command causes shell deadlock
* 40244: hci_spi sample cannot be built for nrf51dk_nrf51422 and
96b_carbon_nrf51
* 40290: CAN_STM32: Build error with CONFIG_CAN_AUTO_BUS_OFF_RECOVERY=n
* 40844: gen_app_partitions scans object files unrelated to current image
* 41237: drivers: ieee802154_dw1000: use dedicated workqueue

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release, and I would like
to wish all of our community members safe and happy holidays.

C