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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>
1.16 ! deraadt 31: <a href=errata30.html>For 3.0 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.15 deraadt 32: <a href=errata.html>For 3.0 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.1 deraadt 33: <hr>
34:
35: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz>
36: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
37: This file is updated once a day.
38:
1.9 ericj 39: <p>
40: For more detailed information on install patches to OpenBSD, please
41: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
42:
1.1 deraadt 43: <hr>
1.11 jufi 44: <ul>
1.5 deraadt 45: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 46: <a name=all></a>
47: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font></h3>
48: <ul>
1.3 millert 49: <a name=bmap></a>
50: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
51: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
52: from an ext2fs partition.
53: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch>
54: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
55: <p>
1.2 deraadt 56: <a name=lnpanic></a>
57: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
58: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
59: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch>
60: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
61: <p>
1.1 deraadt 62: <a name=poll></a>
63: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
64: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
65: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch>
66: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
67: <p>
68: <a name=nlink></a>
69: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
70: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
71: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch>
72: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. This
73: is version four of the patch.</a>
74: <p>
75: <a name=ping></a>
76: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
77: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
78: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch>
79: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
80: <p>
81: <a name=ipqrace></a>
82: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
83: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
84: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch>
85: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
86: It must be installed after <a href=errata24.html#maxqueue>the maxqueue patch</a>.
87: and <a href=errata24.html#tcpfix>the tcp decoding patch</a>.
88: <p>
89: <a name=accept></a>
90: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
91: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
92: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
93: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch>
94: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
95: <p>
96: <a name=maxqueue></a>
97: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
98: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
99: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch>
100: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
101: <p>
102: <a name=uio></a>
103: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
104: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
105: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
106: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch>
107: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
108: <p>
109: <a name=rst></a>
110: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
111: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
112: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch>
113: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
114: <p>
115: <a name=kvm_mkdb></a>
116: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
117: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
118: memory".
119: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch>
120: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
121: <p>
122: <a name=nfs3_solaris7></a>
123: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
124: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
125: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in a error such as
126: "Inappropriate file type or format".
127: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch>
128: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
129: <p>
130: <a name=nfs3></a>
131: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
132: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
133: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
134: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
135: partition sizes.
136: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch>
137: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
138: <p>
139: <a name=termcap></a>
140: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
141: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
142: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
143: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch>
144: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
145: <br>
146: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
147: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz>i386</a>
148: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
149: <p>
150: <a name=terminfo></a>
151: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
152: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
153: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
154: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch>
155: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
156: <br>
157: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
158: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
159: alpha and mips, use the
160: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz>
161: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
162: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz>
163: big endian</a> version.
164: <p>
165: <a name=userdir></a>
166: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
167: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
168: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch>
169: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
170: <p>
171: <a name=bootpd></a>
172: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
173: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
174: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
175: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch>
176: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
177: second version of the patch.
178: <p>
179: <a name=tcpfix></a>
180: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
181: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
182: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch>
183: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
184: <p>
185: </ul>
186: <a name=i386></a>
187: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
188: <ul>
189: <a name=tss></a>
190: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
191: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
192: <strong>crashme</strong> program.
193: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch>
194: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
195: <p>
196: <a name=bootargv></a>
197: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
198: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
199: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
1.11 jufi 200: <strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 201: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
202: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
203: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
204: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
205: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch>
206: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
207: <p>
208: <a name=trctrap></a>
209: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
210: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
211: crash.
212: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch>
213: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
214: <p>
215: <a name=installboot></a>
216: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.13 pvalchev 217: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 218: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
219: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch>
220: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
221: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
222: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
223: <p>
224: </ul>
225: <p>
226: <a name=mac68k></a>
227: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
228: <ul>
229: <p>
230: <li>No problems identified yet.
231: </ul>
232: <p>
233: <a name=sparc></a>
234: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
235: <ul>
236: <a name=hme></a>
237: <li><font color=#009000><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
238: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of of SS-20
239: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
240: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
241: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch>
242: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
243: <p>
244: <a name=le></a>
245: <li><font color=#009000><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
246: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
247: sbus le(4) card.
248: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch>
249: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
250: <p>
251: </ul>
252: <a name=amiga></a>
253: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
254: <ul>
255: <li>No problems identified yet.
256: </ul>
257: <p>
258: <a name=pmax></a>
259: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
260: <ul>
261: <li>No problems identified yet.
262: </ul>
263: <p>
264: <a name=arc></a>
265: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
266: <ul>
267: <li>No problems identified yet.
268: </ul>
269: <p>
270: <a name=alpha></a>
271: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
272: <ul>
273: <li>No problems identified yet.
274: </ul>
275: <p>
276: <a name=hp300></a>
277: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
278: <ul>
279: <a name=hp300X></a>
280: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
281: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
282: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
283: <p>
284: </ul>
285: <p>
286: <a name=mvme68k></a>
287: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
288: <ul>
289: <li>No problems identified yet.
290: </ul>
291: <p>
292: <a name=powerpc></a>
293: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
294: <ul>
295: <li>No problems identified yet.
296: </ul>
297: <p>
298:
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300: <p>
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1.8 jason 306: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.1 deraadt 307: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
308: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
309: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.6 deraadt 310: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.7 deraadt 311: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.10 deraadt 312: <a href=errata27.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.12 deraadt 313: <a href=errata28.html>For 2.8 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.15 deraadt 314: <a href=errata29.html>For 2.9 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.16 ! deraadt 315: <a href=errata30.html>For 3.0 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.15 deraadt 316: <a href=errata.html>For 3.0 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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