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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>
1.170 millert 41: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. This
42: is version four of the patch.</a>
1.169 deraadt 43: <p>
1.168 deraadt 44: <a name=ping></a>
45: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
46: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
47: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch>
48: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
49: <p>
1.167 deraadt 50: <a name=ipqrace></a>
51: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
52: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
53: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch>
54: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
55: It must be installed after <a href=errata.html#maxqueue>the maxqueue patch</a>.
56: <p>
1.166 deraadt 57: <a name=accept></a>
58: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
59: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
60: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
61: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch>
62: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
63: <p>
1.165 deraadt 64: <a name=maxqueue></a>
65: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
66: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
67: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch>
68: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
69: <p>
1.163 millert 70: <a name=uio></a>
71: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
72: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
73: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
74: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch>
75: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
76: <p>
77: <a name=rst></a>
1.162 deraadt 78: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
79: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
80: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch>
81: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
82: <p>
1.154 millert 83: <a name=kvm_mkdb></a>
84: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
85: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
86: memory".
87: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch>
88: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
89: <p>
1.157 millert 90: <a name=nfs3_solaris7></a>
91: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
92: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
93: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in a error such as
94: "Inappropriate file type or format".
95: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch>
96: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
97: <p>
1.153 millert 98: <a name=nfs3></a>
99: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
100: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
101: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
102: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
103: partition sizes.
104: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch>
105: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
106: <p>
1.159 millert 107: <a name=termcap></a>
1.158 millert 108: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
109: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
110: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
111: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch>
112: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
113: <br>
114: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
115: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz>i386</a>
116: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
117: <p>
118: <a name=terminfo></a>
1.150 millert 119: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.152 deraadt 120: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
121: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.150 millert 122: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch>
123: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
124: <br>
125: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
126: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
127: alpha and mips, use the
128: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz>
129: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
130: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz>
131: big endian</a> version.
132: <p>
1.148 deraadt 133: <a name=userdir></a>
134: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
135: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
136: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch>
137: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
138: <p>
1.147 deraadt 139: <a name=bootpd></a>
140: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
141: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
142: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
143: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch>
1.151 millert 144: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
145: second version of the patch.
1.147 deraadt 146: <p>
1.145 deraadt 147: <a name=tcpfix></a>
148: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
149: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
150: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch>
151: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
152: <p>
1.25 deraadt 153: </ul>
1.42 deraadt 154: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 155: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 156: <ul>
1.171 ! deraadt 157: <a name=bootargv></a>
! 158: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 159: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
! 160: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
! 161: </strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
! 162: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
! 163: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
! 164: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
! 165: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
! 166: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch>
! 167: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
! 168: <p>
1.164 deraadt 169: <a name=trctrap></a>
170: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
171: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
172: crash.
173: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch>
174: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
175: <p>
1.155 deraadt 176: <a name=installboot></a>
177: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
178: i386 installboot had a sign extention bug which prevented proper bootblock
179: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.156 deraadt 180: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch>
1.155 deraadt 181: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
182: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
183: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
184: <p>
1.39 deraadt 185: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 186: <p>
1.47 deraadt 187: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 188: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 189: <ul>
1.155 deraadt 190: <p>
1.93 deraadt 191: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 192: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 193: <p>
1.65 deraadt 194: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 195: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 196: <ul>
1.149 deraadt 197: <a name=hme></a>
198: <li><font color=#009000><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
199: The sparc hme(4) driver works poorly on some types of of SS-20 machines.
200: This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
201: bursting. No sun4m machines supprort that.
202: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch>
203: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
204: <p>
1.161 deraadt 205: <a name=le></a>
1.149 deraadt 206: <li><font color=#009000><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
207: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
208: sbus le(4) card.
209: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch>
210: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
211: <p>
1.39 deraadt 212: </ul>
1.93 deraadt 213: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 214: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 215: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 216: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 217: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 218: <p>
1.65 deraadt 219: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 220: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 221: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 222: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 223: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 224: <p>
1.65 deraadt 225: <a name=arc></a>
1.67 deraadt 226: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 227: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 228: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.59 deraadt 229: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 230: <p>
1.93 deraadt 231: <a name=alpha></a>
1.67 deraadt 232: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 233: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 234: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.56 deraadt 235: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 236: <p>
1.93 deraadt 237: <a name=hp300></a>
1.67 deraadt 238: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.110 millert 239: <ul>
1.161 deraadt 240: <a name=hp300X></a>
1.160 todd 241: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
242: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
243: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
244: <p>
1.56 deraadt 245: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 246: <p>
1.93 deraadt 247: <a name=mvme68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 248: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 249: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 250: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 251: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 252: <p>
1.95 deraadt 253: <a name=powerpc></a>
254: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
255: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 256: <li>No problems identified yet.
257: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 258: <p>
1.144 deraadt 259:
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1.95 deraadt 261: <p>
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1.25 deraadt 263: <br>
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1.25 deraadt 265: <hr>
1.93 deraadt 266: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
267: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 268: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.2 deraadt 269: <hr>
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