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17: This is the OpenBSD 2.4 release errata & patch list:
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1.8 jason 22: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.1 deraadt 23: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
24: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
25: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.6 deraadt 26: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.7 deraadt 27: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.10 deraadt 28: <a href=errata27.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
29: <a href=errata.html>For 2.8 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.1 deraadt 30: <hr>
31:
32: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz>
33: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
34: This file is updated once a day.
35:
1.9 ericj 36: <p>
37: For more detailed information on install patches to OpenBSD, please
38: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
39:
1.1 deraadt 40: <hr>
1.11 ! jufi 41: <ul>
1.5 deraadt 42: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 43: <a name=all></a>
44: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font></h3>
45: <ul>
1.3 millert 46: <a name=bmap></a>
47: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
48: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
49: from an ext2fs partition.
50: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch>
51: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
52: <p>
1.2 deraadt 53: <a name=lnpanic></a>
54: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
55: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
56: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch>
57: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
58: <p>
1.1 deraadt 59: <a name=poll></a>
60: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
61: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
62: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch>
63: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
64: <p>
65: <a name=nlink></a>
66: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
67: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
68: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch>
69: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. This
70: is version four of the patch.</a>
71: <p>
72: <a name=ping></a>
73: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
74: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
75: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch>
76: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
77: <p>
78: <a name=ipqrace></a>
79: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
80: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
81: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch>
82: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
83: It must be installed after <a href=errata24.html#maxqueue>the maxqueue patch</a>.
84: and <a href=errata24.html#tcpfix>the tcp decoding patch</a>.
85: <p>
86: <a name=accept></a>
87: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
88: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
89: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
90: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch>
91: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
92: <p>
93: <a name=maxqueue></a>
94: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
95: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
96: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch>
97: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
98: <p>
99: <a name=uio></a>
100: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
101: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
102: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
103: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch>
104: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
105: <p>
106: <a name=rst></a>
107: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
108: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
109: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch>
110: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
111: <p>
112: <a name=kvm_mkdb></a>
113: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
114: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
115: memory".
116: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch>
117: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
118: <p>
119: <a name=nfs3_solaris7></a>
120: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
121: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
122: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in a error such as
123: "Inappropriate file type or format".
124: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch>
125: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
126: <p>
127: <a name=nfs3></a>
128: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
129: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
130: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
131: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
132: partition sizes.
133: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch>
134: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
135: <p>
136: <a name=termcap></a>
137: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
138: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
139: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
140: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch>
141: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
142: <br>
143: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
144: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz>i386</a>
145: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
146: <p>
147: <a name=terminfo></a>
148: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
149: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
150: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
151: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch>
152: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
153: <br>
154: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
155: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
156: alpha and mips, use the
157: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz>
158: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
159: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz>
160: big endian</a> version.
161: <p>
162: <a name=userdir></a>
163: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
164: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
165: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch>
166: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
167: <p>
168: <a name=bootpd></a>
169: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
170: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
171: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
172: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch>
173: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
174: second version of the patch.
175: <p>
176: <a name=tcpfix></a>
177: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
178: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
179: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch>
180: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
181: <p>
182: </ul>
183: <a name=i386></a>
184: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
185: <ul>
186: <a name=tss></a>
187: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
188: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
189: <strong>crashme</strong> program.
190: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch>
191: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
192: <p>
193: <a name=bootargv></a>
194: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
195: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
196: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
1.11 ! jufi 197: <strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 198: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
199: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
200: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
201: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
202: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch>
203: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
204: <p>
205: <a name=trctrap></a>
206: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
207: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
208: crash.
209: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch>
210: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
211: <p>
212: <a name=installboot></a>
213: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
214: i386 installboot had a sign extention bug which prevented proper bootblock
215: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
216: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch>
217: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
218: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
219: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
220: <p>
221: </ul>
222: <p>
223: <a name=mac68k></a>
224: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
225: <ul>
226: <p>
227: <li>No problems identified yet.
228: </ul>
229: <p>
230: <a name=sparc></a>
231: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
232: <ul>
233: <a name=hme></a>
234: <li><font color=#009000><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
235: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of of SS-20
236: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
237: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
238: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch>
239: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
240: <p>
241: <a name=le></a>
242: <li><font color=#009000><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
243: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
244: sbus le(4) card.
245: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch>
246: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
247: <p>
248: </ul>
249: <a name=amiga></a>
250: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
251: <ul>
252: <li>No problems identified yet.
253: </ul>
254: <p>
255: <a name=pmax></a>
256: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
257: <ul>
258: <li>No problems identified yet.
259: </ul>
260: <p>
261: <a name=arc></a>
262: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
263: <ul>
264: <li>No problems identified yet.
265: </ul>
266: <p>
267: <a name=alpha></a>
268: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
269: <ul>
270: <li>No problems identified yet.
271: </ul>
272: <p>
273: <a name=hp300></a>
274: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
275: <ul>
276: <a name=hp300X></a>
277: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
278: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
279: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
280: <p>
281: </ul>
282: <p>
283: <a name=mvme68k></a>
284: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
285: <ul>
286: <li>No problems identified yet.
287: </ul>
288: <p>
289: <a name=powerpc></a>
290: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
291: <ul>
292: <li>No problems identified yet.
293: </ul>
294: <p>
295:
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1.8 jason 303: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.1 deraadt 304: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
305: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
306: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.6 deraadt 307: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.7 deraadt 308: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.10 deraadt 309: <a href=errata27.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
310: <a href=errata.html>For 2.8 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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