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! 17: This is the OpenBSD 2.4 release errata & patch list:
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! 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>
! 24: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
! 25: <a href=errata.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
! 26: <hr>
! 27:
! 28: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz>
! 29: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
! 30: This file is updated once a day.
! 31:
! 32: <hr>
! 33:
! 34: <ul>
! 35: <a name=all></a>
! 36: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font></h3>
! 37: <ul>
! 38: <a name=poll></a>
! 39: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 40: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
! 41: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch>
! 42: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 43: <p>
! 44: <a name=nlink></a>
! 45: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 46: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
! 47: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch>
! 48: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. This
! 49: is version four of the patch.</a>
! 50: <p>
! 51: <a name=ping></a>
! 52: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 53: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
! 54: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch>
! 55: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 56: <p>
! 57: <a name=ipqrace></a>
! 58: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 59: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
! 60: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch>
! 61: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 62: It must be installed after <a href=errata24.html#maxqueue>the maxqueue patch</a>.
! 63: and <a href=errata24.html#tcpfix>the tcp decoding patch</a>.
! 64: <p>
! 65: <a name=accept></a>
! 66: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 67: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
! 68: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
! 69: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch>
! 70: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 71: <p>
! 72: <a name=maxqueue></a>
! 73: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 74: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
! 75: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch>
! 76: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 77: <p>
! 78: <a name=uio></a>
! 79: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 80: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
! 81: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
! 82: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch>
! 83: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 84: <p>
! 85: <a name=rst></a>
! 86: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 87: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
! 88: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch>
! 89: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 90: <p>
! 91: <a name=kvm_mkdb></a>
! 92: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 93: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
! 94: memory".
! 95: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch>
! 96: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 97: <p>
! 98: <a name=nfs3_solaris7></a>
! 99: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 100: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
! 101: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in a error such as
! 102: "Inappropriate file type or format".
! 103: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch>
! 104: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 105: <p>
! 106: <a name=nfs3></a>
! 107: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 108: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
! 109: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
! 110: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
! 111: partition sizes.
! 112: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch>
! 113: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 114: <p>
! 115: <a name=termcap></a>
! 116: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 117: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
! 118: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
! 119: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch>
! 120: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 121: <br>
! 122: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
! 123: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz>i386</a>
! 124: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
! 125: <p>
! 126: <a name=terminfo></a>
! 127: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 128: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
! 129: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
! 130: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch>
! 131: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 132: <br>
! 133: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
! 134: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
! 135: alpha and mips, use the
! 136: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz>
! 137: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
! 138: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz>
! 139: big endian</a> version.
! 140: <p>
! 141: <a name=userdir></a>
! 142: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 143: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
! 144: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch>
! 145: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 146: <p>
! 147: <a name=bootpd></a>
! 148: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 149: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
! 150: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
! 151: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch>
! 152: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
! 153: second version of the patch.
! 154: <p>
! 155: <a name=tcpfix></a>
! 156: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 157: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
! 158: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch>
! 159: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 160: <p>
! 161: </ul>
! 162: <a name=i386></a>
! 163: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
! 164: <ul>
! 165: <a name=tss></a>
! 166: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 167: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
! 168: <strong>crashme</strong> program.
! 169: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch>
! 170: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
! 171: <p>
! 172: <a name=bootargv></a>
! 173: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 174: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
! 175: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
! 176: </strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
! 177: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
! 178: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
! 179: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
! 180: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
! 181: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch>
! 182: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
! 183: <p>
! 184: <a name=trctrap></a>
! 185: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 186: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
! 187: crash.
! 188: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch>
! 189: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
! 190: <p>
! 191: <a name=installboot></a>
! 192: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 193: i386 installboot had a sign extention bug which prevented proper bootblock
! 194: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
! 195: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch>
! 196: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
! 197: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
! 198: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
! 199: <p>
! 200: </ul>
! 201: <p>
! 202: <a name=mac68k></a>
! 203: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
! 204: <ul>
! 205: <p>
! 206: <li>No problems identified yet.
! 207: </ul>
! 208: <p>
! 209: <a name=sparc></a>
! 210: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
! 211: <ul>
! 212: <a name=hme></a>
! 213: <li><font color=#009000><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
! 214: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of of SS-20
! 215: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
! 216: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
! 217: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch>
! 218: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 219: <p>
! 220: <a name=le></a>
! 221: <li><font color=#009000><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
! 222: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
! 223: sbus le(4) card.
! 224: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch>
! 225: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
! 226: <p>
! 227: </ul>
! 228: <a name=amiga></a>
! 229: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
! 230: <ul>
! 231: <li>No problems identified yet.
! 232: </ul>
! 233: <p>
! 234: <a name=pmax></a>
! 235: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
! 236: <ul>
! 237: <li>No problems identified yet.
! 238: </ul>
! 239: <p>
! 240: <a name=arc></a>
! 241: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
! 242: <ul>
! 243: <li>No problems identified yet.
! 244: </ul>
! 245: <p>
! 246: <a name=alpha></a>
! 247: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
! 248: <ul>
! 249: <li>No problems identified yet.
! 250: </ul>
! 251: <p>
! 252: <a name=hp300></a>
! 253: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
! 254: <ul>
! 255: <a name=hp300X></a>
! 256: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
! 257: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
! 258: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
! 259: <p>
! 260: </ul>
! 261: <p>
! 262: <a name=mvme68k></a>
! 263: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
! 264: <ul>
! 265: <li>No problems identified yet.
! 266: </ul>
! 267: <p>
! 268: <a name=powerpc></a>
! 269: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
! 270: <ul>
! 271: <li>No problems identified yet.
! 272: </ul>
! 273: <p>
! 274:
! 275:
! 276: <p>
! 277: </ul>
! 278: <br>
! 279:
! 280: <hr>
! 281: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
! 282: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
! 283: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
! 284: <a href=errata.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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