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1.146 espie 17: This is the OpenBSD 2.4 release errata & patch list:
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1.94 deraadt 21: <hr>
22: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
23: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 24: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.94 deraadt 25: <hr>
26:
1.144 deraadt 27: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz>
1.142 deraadt 28: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
29: This file is updated once a day.
30:
31: <hr>
32:
1.25 deraadt 33: <ul>
1.43 deraadt 34: <a name=all></a>
1.67 deraadt 35: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 36: <ul>
1.154 millert 37: <a name=kvm_mkdb></a>
38: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
39: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
40: memory".
41: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch>
42: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
43: <p>
1.157 millert 44: <a name=nfs3_solaris7></a>
45: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
46: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
47: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in a error such as
48: "Inappropriate file type or format".
49: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch>
50: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
51: <p>
1.153 millert 52: <a name=nfs3></a>
53: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
54: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
55: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
56: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
57: partition sizes.
58: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch>
59: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
60: <p>
1.159 millert 61: <a name=termcap></a>
1.158 millert 62: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
63: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
64: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
65: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch>
66: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
67: <br>
68: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
69: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz>i386</a>
70: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
71: <p>
72: <a name=terminfo></a>
1.150 millert 73: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.152 deraadt 74: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
75: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.150 millert 76: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch>
77: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
78: <br>
79: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
80: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
81: alpha and mips, use the
82: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz>
83: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
84: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz>
85: big endian</a> version.
86: <p>
1.148 deraadt 87: <a name=userdir></a>
88: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
89: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
90: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch>
91: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
92: <p>
1.147 deraadt 93: <a name=bootpd></a>
94: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
95: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
96: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
97: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch>
1.151 millert 98: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
99: second version of the patch.
1.147 deraadt 100: <p>
1.145 deraadt 101: <a name=tcpfix></a>
102: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
103: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
104: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch>
105: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
106: <p>
1.25 deraadt 107: </ul>
1.42 deraadt 108: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 109: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 110: <ul>
1.155 deraadt 111: <a name=installboot></a>
112: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
113: i386 installboot had a sign extention bug which prevented proper bootblock
114: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.156 deraadt 115: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch>
1.155 deraadt 116: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
117: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
118: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
119: <p>
1.39 deraadt 120: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 121: <p>
1.47 deraadt 122: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 123: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 124: <ul>
1.155 deraadt 125: <p>
1.93 deraadt 126: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 127: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 128: <p>
1.65 deraadt 129: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 130: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 131: <ul>
1.149 deraadt 132: <a name=hme></a>
133: <li><font color=#009000><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
134: The sparc hme(4) driver works poorly on some types of of SS-20 machines.
135: This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
136: bursting. No sun4m machines supprort that.
137: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch>
138: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
139: <p>
1.161 ! deraadt 140: <a name=le></a>
1.149 deraadt 141: <li><font color=#009000><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
142: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
143: sbus le(4) card.
144: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch>
145: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
146: <p>
1.39 deraadt 147: </ul>
1.93 deraadt 148: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 149: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 150: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 151: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 152: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 153: <p>
1.65 deraadt 154: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 155: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 156: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 157: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 158: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 159: <p>
1.65 deraadt 160: <a name=arc></a>
1.67 deraadt 161: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 162: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 163: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.59 deraadt 164: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 165: <p>
1.93 deraadt 166: <a name=alpha></a>
1.67 deraadt 167: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 168: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 169: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.56 deraadt 170: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 171: <p>
1.93 deraadt 172: <a name=hp300></a>
1.67 deraadt 173: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.110 millert 174: <ul>
1.161 ! deraadt 175: <a name=hp300X></a>
1.160 todd 176: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
177: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
178: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
179: <p>
1.56 deraadt 180: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 181: <p>
1.93 deraadt 182: <a name=mvme68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 183: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 184: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 185: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 186: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 187: <p>
1.95 deraadt 188: <a name=powerpc></a>
189: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
190: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 191: <li>No problems identified yet.
192: </ul>
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1.25 deraadt 200: <hr>
1.93 deraadt 201: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
202: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 203: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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