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1.1 deraadt 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>
1.20 deraadt 23: <br>
1.21 deraadt 24: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.20 deraadt 25: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
26: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
27: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
28: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
29: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
30: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
31: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
32: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
33: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
34: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
35: <a href="errata.html">3.2</a>.
36: <br>
1.1 deraadt 37: <hr>
38:
1.24 ! naddy 39: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 40: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
41: This file is updated once a day.
42:
1.9 ericj 43: <p>
1.22 deraadt 44: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.9 ericj 45: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
46:
1.1 deraadt 47: <hr>
1.11 jufi 48: <ul>
1.5 deraadt 49: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 50: <a name=all></a>
1.24 ! naddy 51: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 52: <ul>
1.3 millert 53: <a name=bmap></a>
1.24 ! naddy 54: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.3 millert 55: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
56: from an ext2fs partition.
1.24 ! naddy 57: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch">
1.3 millert 58: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
59: <p>
1.2 deraadt 60: <a name=lnpanic></a>
1.24 ! naddy 61: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 62: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
1.24 ! naddy 63: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch">
1.2 deraadt 64: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
65: <p>
1.1 deraadt 66: <a name=poll></a>
1.24 ! naddy 67: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 68: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
1.24 ! naddy 69: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 70: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
71: <p>
72: <a name=nlink></a>
1.24 ! naddy 73: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 74: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
1.24 ! naddy 75: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch">
1.1 deraadt 76: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. This
77: is version four of the patch.</a>
78: <p>
79: <a name=ping></a>
1.24 ! naddy 80: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 81: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
1.24 ! naddy 82: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch">
1.1 deraadt 83: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
84: <p>
85: <a name=ipqrace></a>
1.24 ! naddy 86: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 87: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
1.24 ! naddy 88: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch">
1.1 deraadt 89: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.24 ! naddy 90: It must be installed after <a href="errata24.html#maxqueue">the maxqueue patch</a>.
! 91: and <a href="errata24.html#tcpfix">the tcp decoding patch</a>.
1.1 deraadt 92: <p>
93: <a name=accept></a>
1.24 ! naddy 94: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 95: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
96: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
1.24 ! naddy 97: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch">
1.1 deraadt 98: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
99: <p>
100: <a name=maxqueue></a>
1.24 ! naddy 101: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 102: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
1.24 ! naddy 103: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch">
1.1 deraadt 104: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
105: <p>
106: <a name=uio></a>
1.24 ! naddy 107: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 108: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
109: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
1.24 ! naddy 110: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch">
1.1 deraadt 111: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
112: <p>
113: <a name=rst></a>
1.24 ! naddy 114: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 115: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
1.24 ! naddy 116: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch">
1.1 deraadt 117: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
118: <p>
119: <a name=kvm_mkdb></a>
1.24 ! naddy 120: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 121: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
122: memory".
1.24 ! naddy 123: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch">
1.1 deraadt 124: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
125: <p>
126: <a name=nfs3_solaris7></a>
1.24 ! naddy 127: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 128: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
129: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in a error such as
130: "Inappropriate file type or format".
1.24 ! naddy 131: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch">
1.1 deraadt 132: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
133: <p>
134: <a name=nfs3></a>
1.24 ! naddy 135: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 136: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
137: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
138: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
139: partition sizes.
1.24 ! naddy 140: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch">
1.1 deraadt 141: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
142: <p>
143: <a name=termcap></a>
1.24 ! naddy 144: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 145: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
146: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
1.24 ! naddy 147: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 148: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
149: <br>
150: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
1.24 ! naddy 151: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz">i386</a>
1.1 deraadt 152: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
153: <p>
154: <a name=terminfo></a>
1.24 ! naddy 155: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 156: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
157: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.24 ! naddy 158: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch">
1.1 deraadt 159: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
160: <br>
161: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
162: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
163: alpha and mips, use the
1.24 ! naddy 164: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 165: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
1.24 ! naddy 166: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 167: big endian</a> version.
168: <p>
169: <a name=userdir></a>
1.24 ! naddy 170: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 171: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
1.24 ! naddy 172: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch">
1.1 deraadt 173: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
174: <p>
175: <a name=bootpd></a>
1.24 ! naddy 176: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 177: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
178: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.24 ! naddy 179: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 180: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
181: second version of the patch.
182: <p>
183: <a name=tcpfix></a>
1.24 ! naddy 184: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 185: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.24 ! naddy 186: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.1 deraadt 187: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
188: <p>
189: </ul>
190: <a name=i386></a>
1.24 ! naddy 191: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 192: <ul>
193: <a name=tss></a>
1.24 ! naddy 194: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 195: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
196: <strong>crashme</strong> program.
1.24 ! naddy 197: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch">
1.1 deraadt 198: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
199: <p>
200: <a name=bootargv></a>
1.24 ! naddy 201: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 202: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
203: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
1.11 jufi 204: <strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 205: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
206: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
207: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
208: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
1.24 ! naddy 209: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch">
1.1 deraadt 210: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
211: <p>
212: <a name=trctrap></a>
1.24 ! naddy 213: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 214: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
215: crash.
1.24 ! naddy 216: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 217: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
218: <p>
219: <a name=installboot></a>
1.24 ! naddy 220: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.13 pvalchev 221: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 222: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.24 ! naddy 223: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch">
1.1 deraadt 224: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
225: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
226: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
227: <p>
228: </ul>
229: <p>
230: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.24 ! naddy 231: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 232: <ul>
233: <p>
234: <li>No problems identified yet.
235: </ul>
236: <p>
237: <a name=sparc></a>
1.24 ! naddy 238: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 239: <ul>
240: <a name=hme></a>
1.24 ! naddy 241: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.23 deraadt 242: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of SS-20
1.1 deraadt 243: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
244: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
1.24 ! naddy 245: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch">
1.1 deraadt 246: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
247: <p>
248: <a name=le></a>
1.24 ! naddy 249: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 250: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
251: sbus le(4) card.
1.24 ! naddy 252: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch">
1.1 deraadt 253: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
254: <p>
255: </ul>
256: <a name=amiga></a>
1.24 ! naddy 257: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 258: <ul>
259: <li>No problems identified yet.
260: </ul>
261: <p>
262: <a name=pmax></a>
1.24 ! naddy 263: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 264: <ul>
265: <li>No problems identified yet.
266: </ul>
267: <p>
268: <a name=arc></a>
1.24 ! naddy 269: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 270: <ul>
271: <li>No problems identified yet.
272: </ul>
273: <p>
274: <a name=alpha></a>
1.24 ! naddy 275: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 276: <ul>
277: <li>No problems identified yet.
278: </ul>
279: <p>
280: <a name=hp300></a>
1.24 ! naddy 281: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 282: <ul>
283: <a name=hp300X></a>
1.24 ! naddy 284: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 285: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
286: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
287: <p>
288: </ul>
289: <p>
290: <a name=mvme68k></a>
1.24 ! naddy 291: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 292: <ul>
293: <li>No problems identified yet.
294: </ul>
295: <p>
296: <a name=powerpc></a>
1.24 ! naddy 297: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 298: <ul>
299: <li>No problems identified yet.
300: </ul>
301: <p>
302:
303:
304: <p>
1.5 deraadt 305: </dl>
1.11 jufi 306: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 307: <br>
308:
309: <hr>
1.8 jason 310: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.20 deraadt 311: <br>
1.21 deraadt 312: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.20 deraadt 313: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
314: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
315: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
316: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
317: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
318: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
319: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
320: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
321: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
322: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
323: <a href="errata.html">3.2</a>.
324: <br>
1.7 deraadt 325:
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