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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>
1.165 ! deraadt 37: <a name=maxqueue></a>
! 38: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 39: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
! 40: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch>
! 41: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 42: <p>
1.163 millert 43: <a name=uio></a>
44: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
45: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
46: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
47: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch>
48: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
49: <p>
50: <a name=rst></a>
1.162 deraadt 51: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
52: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
53: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch>
54: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
55: <p>
1.154 millert 56: <a name=kvm_mkdb></a>
57: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
58: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
59: memory".
60: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch>
61: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
62: <p>
1.157 millert 63: <a name=nfs3_solaris7></a>
64: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
65: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
66: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in a error such as
67: "Inappropriate file type or format".
68: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch>
69: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
70: <p>
1.153 millert 71: <a name=nfs3></a>
72: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
73: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
74: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
75: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
76: partition sizes.
77: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch>
78: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
79: <p>
1.159 millert 80: <a name=termcap></a>
1.158 millert 81: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
82: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
83: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
84: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch>
85: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
86: <br>
87: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
88: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz>i386</a>
89: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
90: <p>
91: <a name=terminfo></a>
1.150 millert 92: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.152 deraadt 93: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
94: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.150 millert 95: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch>
96: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
97: <br>
98: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
99: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
100: alpha and mips, use the
101: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz>
102: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
103: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz>
104: big endian</a> version.
105: <p>
1.148 deraadt 106: <a name=userdir></a>
107: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
108: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
109: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch>
110: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
111: <p>
1.147 deraadt 112: <a name=bootpd></a>
113: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
114: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
115: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
116: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch>
1.151 millert 117: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
118: second version of the patch.
1.147 deraadt 119: <p>
1.145 deraadt 120: <a name=tcpfix></a>
121: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
122: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
123: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch>
124: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
125: <p>
1.25 deraadt 126: </ul>
1.42 deraadt 127: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 128: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 129: <ul>
1.164 deraadt 130: <a name=trctrap></a>
131: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
132: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
133: crash.
134: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch>
135: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
136: <p>
1.155 deraadt 137: <a name=installboot></a>
138: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
139: i386 installboot had a sign extention bug which prevented proper bootblock
140: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.156 deraadt 141: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch>
1.155 deraadt 142: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
143: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
144: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
145: <p>
1.39 deraadt 146: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 147: <p>
1.47 deraadt 148: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 149: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 150: <ul>
1.155 deraadt 151: <p>
1.93 deraadt 152: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 153: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 154: <p>
1.65 deraadt 155: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 156: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 157: <ul>
1.149 deraadt 158: <a name=hme></a>
159: <li><font color=#009000><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
160: The sparc hme(4) driver works poorly on some types of of SS-20 machines.
161: This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
162: bursting. No sun4m machines supprort that.
163: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch>
164: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
165: <p>
1.161 deraadt 166: <a name=le></a>
1.149 deraadt 167: <li><font color=#009000><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
168: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
169: sbus le(4) card.
170: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch>
171: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
172: <p>
1.39 deraadt 173: </ul>
1.93 deraadt 174: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 175: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 176: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 177: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 178: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 179: <p>
1.65 deraadt 180: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 181: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 182: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 183: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 184: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 185: <p>
1.65 deraadt 186: <a name=arc></a>
1.67 deraadt 187: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 188: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 189: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.59 deraadt 190: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 191: <p>
1.93 deraadt 192: <a name=alpha></a>
1.67 deraadt 193: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 194: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 195: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.56 deraadt 196: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 197: <p>
1.93 deraadt 198: <a name=hp300></a>
1.67 deraadt 199: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.110 millert 200: <ul>
1.161 deraadt 201: <a name=hp300X></a>
1.160 todd 202: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
203: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
204: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
205: <p>
1.56 deraadt 206: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 207: <p>
1.93 deraadt 208: <a name=mvme68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 209: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 210: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 211: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 212: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 213: <p>
1.95 deraadt 214: <a name=powerpc></a>
215: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
216: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 217: <li>No problems identified yet.
218: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 219: <p>
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1.95 deraadt 222: <p>
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1.25 deraadt 224: <br>
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1.93 deraadt 227: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
228: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 229: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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