Index: wp-includes/kses.php
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--- wp-includes/kses.php	(revision 3332)
+++ wp-includes/kses.php	(working copy)
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 # matches stray ">" characters.
 ###############################################################################
 {
-	return preg_replace('%(<'.# EITHER: <
+	return preg_replace('%(<!--.*-->)|(<'.# EITHER: <
 	'[^>]*'.# things that aren't >
 	'(>|$)'.# > or end of string
 	'|>)%e', # OR: just a >
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@
 		return '&gt;';
 	# It matched a ">" character
 
+	if (preg_match('%^<!--.*-->$%', $string))
+		return $string;
+	# Allow HTML comments
+
 	if (!preg_match('%^<\s*(/\s*)?([a-zA-Z0-9]+)([^>]*)>?$%', $string, $matches))
 		return '';
 	# It's seriously malformed