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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>
1.169 ! deraadt 37: <a name=nlink></a>
! 38: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 39: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
! 40: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch>
! 41: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 42: <p>
1.168 deraadt 43: <a name=ping></a>
44: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
45: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
46: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch>
47: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
48: <p>
1.167 deraadt 49: <a name=ipqrace></a>
50: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
51: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
52: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch>
53: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
54: It must be installed after <a href=errata.html#maxqueue>the maxqueue patch</a>.
55: <p>
1.166 deraadt 56: <a name=accept></a>
57: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
58: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
59: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
60: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch>
61: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
62: <p>
1.165 deraadt 63: <a name=maxqueue></a>
64: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
65: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
66: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch>
67: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
68: <p>
1.163 millert 69: <a name=uio></a>
70: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
71: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
72: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
73: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch>
74: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
75: <p>
76: <a name=rst></a>
1.162 deraadt 77: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
78: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
79: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch>
80: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
81: <p>
1.154 millert 82: <a name=kvm_mkdb></a>
83: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
84: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
85: memory".
86: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch>
87: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
88: <p>
1.157 millert 89: <a name=nfs3_solaris7></a>
90: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
91: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
92: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in a error such as
93: "Inappropriate file type or format".
94: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch>
95: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
96: <p>
1.153 millert 97: <a name=nfs3></a>
98: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
99: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
100: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
101: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
102: partition sizes.
103: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch>
104: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
105: <p>
1.159 millert 106: <a name=termcap></a>
1.158 millert 107: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
108: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
109: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
110: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch>
111: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
112: <br>
113: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
114: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz>i386</a>
115: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
116: <p>
117: <a name=terminfo></a>
1.150 millert 118: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.152 deraadt 119: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
120: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.150 millert 121: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch>
122: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
123: <br>
124: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
125: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
126: alpha and mips, use the
127: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz>
128: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
129: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz>
130: big endian</a> version.
131: <p>
1.148 deraadt 132: <a name=userdir></a>
133: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
134: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
135: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch>
136: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
137: <p>
1.147 deraadt 138: <a name=bootpd></a>
139: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
140: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
141: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
142: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch>
1.151 millert 143: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
144: second version of the patch.
1.147 deraadt 145: <p>
1.145 deraadt 146: <a name=tcpfix></a>
147: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
148: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
149: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch>
150: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
151: <p>
1.25 deraadt 152: </ul>
1.42 deraadt 153: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 154: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 155: <ul>
1.164 deraadt 156: <a name=trctrap></a>
157: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
158: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
159: crash.
160: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch>
161: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
162: <p>
1.155 deraadt 163: <a name=installboot></a>
164: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
165: i386 installboot had a sign extention bug which prevented proper bootblock
166: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.156 deraadt 167: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch>
1.155 deraadt 168: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
169: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
170: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
171: <p>
1.39 deraadt 172: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 173: <p>
1.47 deraadt 174: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 175: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 176: <ul>
1.155 deraadt 177: <p>
1.93 deraadt 178: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 179: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 180: <p>
1.65 deraadt 181: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 182: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 183: <ul>
1.149 deraadt 184: <a name=hme></a>
185: <li><font color=#009000><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
186: The sparc hme(4) driver works poorly on some types of of SS-20 machines.
187: This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
188: bursting. No sun4m machines supprort that.
189: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch>
190: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
191: <p>
1.161 deraadt 192: <a name=le></a>
1.149 deraadt 193: <li><font color=#009000><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
194: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
195: sbus le(4) card.
196: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch>
197: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
198: <p>
1.39 deraadt 199: </ul>
1.93 deraadt 200: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 201: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 202: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 203: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 204: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 205: <p>
1.65 deraadt 206: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 207: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 208: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 209: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 210: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 211: <p>
1.65 deraadt 212: <a name=arc></a>
1.67 deraadt 213: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 214: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 215: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.59 deraadt 216: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 217: <p>
1.93 deraadt 218: <a name=alpha></a>
1.67 deraadt 219: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 220: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 221: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.56 deraadt 222: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 223: <p>
1.93 deraadt 224: <a name=hp300></a>
1.67 deraadt 225: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.110 millert 226: <ul>
1.161 deraadt 227: <a name=hp300X></a>
1.160 todd 228: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
229: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
230: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
231: <p>
1.56 deraadt 232: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 233: <p>
1.93 deraadt 234: <a name=mvme68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 235: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 236: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 237: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 238: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 239: <p>
1.95 deraadt 240: <a name=powerpc></a>
241: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
242: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 243: <li>No problems identified yet.
244: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 245: <p>
1.144 deraadt 246:
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1.95 deraadt 248: <p>
249: </ul>
1.25 deraadt 250: <br>
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1.25 deraadt 252: <hr>
1.93 deraadt 253: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
254: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 255: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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