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 <a name=immutable></a>  <a name=immutable></a>
 <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>  <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
 A new security problem exists if you rely on securelevels and immutable  A possible new security problem exists if you rely on securelevels and
 or append-only files.  The fix does not permit mmap'ing of immutable or  immutable or append-only files or character devices.  The fix does not
 append-only files which are writeable, as the VM system will bypass the  permit mmap'ing of immutable or append-only files which are otherwise
 meaning of the file flags.  writeable, as the VM system will bypass the meaning of the file flags
   when writes happen to the file.
 <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/immutable.patch>  <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.3/common/immutable.patch>
 A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>  A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
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