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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>
1.12 deraadt 29: <a href=errata28.html>For 2.8 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.15 ! deraadt 30: <a href=errata29.html>For 2.9 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
! 31: <a href=errata.html>For 3.0 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.1 deraadt 32: <hr>
33:
34: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz>
35: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
36: This file is updated once a day.
37:
1.9 ericj 38: <p>
39: For more detailed information on install patches to OpenBSD, please
40: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
41:
1.1 deraadt 42: <hr>
1.11 jufi 43: <ul>
1.5 deraadt 44: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 45: <a name=all></a>
46: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font></h3>
47: <ul>
1.3 millert 48: <a name=bmap></a>
49: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
50: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
51: from an ext2fs partition.
52: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch>
53: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
54: <p>
1.2 deraadt 55: <a name=lnpanic></a>
56: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
57: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
58: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch>
59: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
60: <p>
1.1 deraadt 61: <a name=poll></a>
62: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
63: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
64: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch>
65: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
66: <p>
67: <a name=nlink></a>
68: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
69: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
70: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch>
71: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. This
72: is version four of the patch.</a>
73: <p>
74: <a name=ping></a>
75: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
76: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
77: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch>
78: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
79: <p>
80: <a name=ipqrace></a>
81: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
82: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
83: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch>
84: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
85: It must be installed after <a href=errata24.html#maxqueue>the maxqueue patch</a>.
86: and <a href=errata24.html#tcpfix>the tcp decoding patch</a>.
87: <p>
88: <a name=accept></a>
89: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
90: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
91: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
92: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch>
93: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
94: <p>
95: <a name=maxqueue></a>
96: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
97: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
98: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch>
99: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
100: <p>
101: <a name=uio></a>
102: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
103: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
104: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
105: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch>
106: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
107: <p>
108: <a name=rst></a>
109: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
110: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
111: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch>
112: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
113: <p>
114: <a name=kvm_mkdb></a>
115: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
116: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
117: memory".
118: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch>
119: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
120: <p>
121: <a name=nfs3_solaris7></a>
122: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
123: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
124: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in a error such as
125: "Inappropriate file type or format".
126: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch>
127: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
128: <p>
129: <a name=nfs3></a>
130: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
131: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
132: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
133: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
134: partition sizes.
135: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch>
136: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
137: <p>
138: <a name=termcap></a>
139: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
140: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
141: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
142: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch>
143: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
144: <br>
145: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
146: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz>i386</a>
147: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
148: <p>
149: <a name=terminfo></a>
150: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
151: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
152: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
153: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch>
154: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
155: <br>
156: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
157: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
158: alpha and mips, use the
159: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz>
160: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
161: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz>
162: big endian</a> version.
163: <p>
164: <a name=userdir></a>
165: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
166: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
167: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch>
168: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
169: <p>
170: <a name=bootpd></a>
171: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
172: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
173: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
174: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch>
175: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
176: second version of the patch.
177: <p>
178: <a name=tcpfix></a>
179: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
180: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
181: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch>
182: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
183: <p>
184: </ul>
185: <a name=i386></a>
186: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
187: <ul>
188: <a name=tss></a>
189: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
190: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
191: <strong>crashme</strong> program.
192: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch>
193: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
194: <p>
195: <a name=bootargv></a>
196: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
197: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
198: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
1.11 jufi 199: <strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 200: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
201: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
202: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
203: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
204: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch>
205: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
206: <p>
207: <a name=trctrap></a>
208: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
209: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
210: crash.
211: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch>
212: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
213: <p>
214: <a name=installboot></a>
215: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.13 pvalchev 216: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 217: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
218: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch>
219: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
220: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
221: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
222: <p>
223: </ul>
224: <p>
225: <a name=mac68k></a>
226: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
227: <ul>
228: <p>
229: <li>No problems identified yet.
230: </ul>
231: <p>
232: <a name=sparc></a>
233: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
234: <ul>
235: <a name=hme></a>
236: <li><font color=#009000><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
237: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of of SS-20
238: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
239: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
240: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch>
241: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
242: <p>
243: <a name=le></a>
244: <li><font color=#009000><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
245: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
246: sbus le(4) card.
247: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch>
248: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
249: <p>
250: </ul>
251: <a name=amiga></a>
252: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
253: <ul>
254: <li>No problems identified yet.
255: </ul>
256: <p>
257: <a name=pmax></a>
258: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
259: <ul>
260: <li>No problems identified yet.
261: </ul>
262: <p>
263: <a name=arc></a>
264: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
265: <ul>
266: <li>No problems identified yet.
267: </ul>
268: <p>
269: <a name=alpha></a>
270: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
271: <ul>
272: <li>No problems identified yet.
273: </ul>
274: <p>
275: <a name=hp300></a>
276: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
277: <ul>
278: <a name=hp300X></a>
279: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
280: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
281: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
282: <p>
283: </ul>
284: <p>
285: <a name=mvme68k></a>
286: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
287: <ul>
288: <li>No problems identified yet.
289: </ul>
290: <p>
291: <a name=powerpc></a>
292: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
293: <ul>
294: <li>No problems identified yet.
295: </ul>
296: <p>
297:
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1.8 jason 305: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.1 deraadt 306: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
307: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
308: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.6 deraadt 309: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.7 deraadt 310: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.10 deraadt 311: <a href=errata27.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.12 deraadt 312: <a href=errata28.html>For 2.8 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.15 ! deraadt 313: <a href=errata29.html>For 2.9 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
! 314: <a href=errata.html>For 3.0 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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