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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>.
1.172 deraadt 56: and <a href=errata.html#tcpfix>the tcp decoding patch</a>.
1.167 deraadt 57: <p>
1.166 deraadt 58: <a name=accept></a>
59: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
60: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
61: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
62: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch>
63: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
64: <p>
1.165 deraadt 65: <a name=maxqueue></a>
66: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
67: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
68: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch>
69: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
70: <p>
1.163 millert 71: <a name=uio></a>
72: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
73: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
74: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
75: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch>
76: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
77: <p>
78: <a name=rst></a>
1.162 deraadt 79: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
80: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
81: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch>
82: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
83: <p>
1.154 millert 84: <a name=kvm_mkdb></a>
85: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
86: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
87: memory".
88: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch>
89: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
90: <p>
1.157 millert 91: <a name=nfs3_solaris7></a>
92: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
93: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
94: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in a error such as
95: "Inappropriate file type or format".
96: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch>
97: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
98: <p>
1.153 millert 99: <a name=nfs3></a>
100: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
101: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
102: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
103: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
104: partition sizes.
105: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch>
106: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
107: <p>
1.159 millert 108: <a name=termcap></a>
1.158 millert 109: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
110: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
111: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
112: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch>
113: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
114: <br>
115: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
116: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz>i386</a>
117: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
118: <p>
119: <a name=terminfo></a>
1.150 millert 120: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.152 deraadt 121: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
122: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.150 millert 123: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch>
124: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
125: <br>
126: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
127: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
128: alpha and mips, use the
129: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz>
130: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
131: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz>
132: big endian</a> version.
133: <p>
1.148 deraadt 134: <a name=userdir></a>
135: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
136: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
137: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch>
138: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
139: <p>
1.147 deraadt 140: <a name=bootpd></a>
141: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
142: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
143: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
144: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch>
1.151 millert 145: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
146: second version of the patch.
1.147 deraadt 147: <p>
1.145 deraadt 148: <a name=tcpfix></a>
149: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
150: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
151: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch>
152: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
153: <p>
1.25 deraadt 154: </ul>
1.42 deraadt 155: <a name=i386></a>
1.67 deraadt 156: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 157: <ul>
1.171 deraadt 158: <a name=bootargv></a>
159: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
160: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
161: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
162: </strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
163: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
164: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
165: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
166: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
167: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch>
168: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
169: <p>
1.164 deraadt 170: <a name=trctrap></a>
171: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
172: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
173: crash.
174: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch>
175: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
176: <p>
1.155 deraadt 177: <a name=installboot></a>
178: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
179: i386 installboot had a sign extention bug which prevented proper bootblock
180: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.156 deraadt 181: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch>
1.155 deraadt 182: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
183: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
184: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
185: <p>
1.39 deraadt 186: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 187: <p>
1.47 deraadt 188: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 189: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
1.39 deraadt 190: <ul>
1.155 deraadt 191: <p>
1.93 deraadt 192: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 193: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 194: <p>
1.65 deraadt 195: <a name=sparc></a>
1.67 deraadt 196: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 197: <ul>
1.149 deraadt 198: <a name=hme></a>
199: <li><font color=#009000><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.173 ! jason 200: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of of SS-20
! 201: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
! 202: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
1.149 deraadt 203: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch>
204: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
205: <p>
1.161 deraadt 206: <a name=le></a>
1.149 deraadt 207: <li><font color=#009000><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
208: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
209: sbus le(4) card.
210: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch>
211: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
212: <p>
1.39 deraadt 213: </ul>
1.93 deraadt 214: <a name=amiga></a>
1.67 deraadt 215: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
1.93 deraadt 216: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 217: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 218: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 219: <p>
1.65 deraadt 220: <a name=pmax></a>
1.67 deraadt 221: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 222: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 223: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 224: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 225: <p>
1.65 deraadt 226: <a name=arc></a>
1.67 deraadt 227: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
1.59 deraadt 228: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 229: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.59 deraadt 230: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 231: <p>
1.93 deraadt 232: <a name=alpha></a>
1.67 deraadt 233: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
1.56 deraadt 234: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 235: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.56 deraadt 236: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 237: <p>
1.93 deraadt 238: <a name=hp300></a>
1.67 deraadt 239: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
1.110 millert 240: <ul>
1.161 deraadt 241: <a name=hp300X></a>
1.160 todd 242: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
243: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
244: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
245: <p>
1.56 deraadt 246: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 247: <p>
1.93 deraadt 248: <a name=mvme68k></a>
1.67 deraadt 249: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
1.25 deraadt 250: <ul>
1.39 deraadt 251: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.25 deraadt 252: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 253: <p>
1.95 deraadt 254: <a name=powerpc></a>
255: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
256: <ul>
1.144 deraadt 257: <li>No problems identified yet.
258: </ul>
1.155 deraadt 259: <p>
1.144 deraadt 260:
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1.95 deraadt 262: <p>
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1.25 deraadt 264: <br>
1.75 deraadt 265:
1.25 deraadt 266: <hr>
1.93 deraadt 267: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
268: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.144 deraadt 269: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.2 deraadt 270: <hr>
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