Index: update_status.module
===================================================================
--- update_status.module	(revision 3749)
+++ update_status.module	(working copy)
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@
     }
   }
   asort($projects);
-  cache_set('update_status_projects', 'cache', serialize($projects), time() + (60 * 60));
+  cache_set('update_status_projects', 'cache', $projects, time() + (60 * 60));
   return $projects;
 }
 
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@
       $projects[$project]['reason'] = t('No available releases found');
     }
   }
-  cache_set('update_status_data', 'cache', serialize($projects), time() + (60 * 60));
+  cache_set('update_status_data', 'cache', $projects, time() + (60 * 60));
   return $projects;
 }
 
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@
   if ($data) {
     $parser = new update_status_xml_parser;
     $available = $parser->parse($data);
-    cache_set('update_status_info', 'cache', serialize($available), time() + (60 * 60 * 24));
+    cache_set('update_status_info', 'cache', $available, time() + (60 * 60 * 24));
     variable_set('update_status_last', time());
     watchdog('update_status', t('Fetched information about all available new releases and updates.'), WATCHDOG_NOTICE, l(t('view'), 'admin/logs/updates'));
   }
@@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@
 
   if (!$needs_refresh && ($cache = cache_get('update_status_info', 'cache'))
       && $cache->expire > time()) {
-    $available = unserialize($cache->data);
+    $available = $cache->data;
   }
   elseif ($needs_refresh || $refresh) {
     $available = update_status_refresh();
@@ -1645,7 +1645,7 @@
   else {
     $cache = cache_get($cid, 'cache');
     if (!empty($cache->data) && $cache->expire > time()) {
-      $projects = unserialize($cache->data);
+      $projects = $cache->data;
     }
   }
   return $projects;