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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>,
1.25 deraadt 35: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 ! david 36: <a href="errata32.html">3.3</a>,
! 37: <a href="errata.html">3.4</a>.
1.20 deraadt 38: <br>
1.1 deraadt 39: <hr>
40:
1.24 naddy 41: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 42: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
43: This file is updated once a day.
44:
1.9 ericj 45: <p>
1.22 deraadt 46: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.9 ericj 47: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
48:
1.1 deraadt 49: <hr>
1.11 jufi 50: <ul>
1.5 deraadt 51: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 52: <a name=all></a>
1.24 naddy 53: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 54: <ul>
1.3 millert 55: <a name=bmap></a>
1.24 naddy 56: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.3 millert 57: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
58: from an ext2fs partition.
1.24 naddy 59: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch">
1.3 millert 60: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
61: <p>
1.2 deraadt 62: <a name=lnpanic></a>
1.24 naddy 63: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 64: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
1.24 naddy 65: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch">
1.2 deraadt 66: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
67: <p>
1.1 deraadt 68: <a name=poll></a>
1.24 naddy 69: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 70: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
1.24 naddy 71: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 72: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
73: <p>
74: <a name=nlink></a>
1.24 naddy 75: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 76: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
1.24 naddy 77: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch">
1.1 deraadt 78: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. This
79: is version four of the patch.</a>
80: <p>
81: <a name=ping></a>
1.24 naddy 82: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 83: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
1.24 naddy 84: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch">
1.1 deraadt 85: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
86: <p>
87: <a name=ipqrace></a>
1.24 naddy 88: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 89: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
1.24 naddy 90: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch">
1.1 deraadt 91: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.24 naddy 92: It must be installed after <a href="errata24.html#maxqueue">the maxqueue patch</a>.
93: and <a href="errata24.html#tcpfix">the tcp decoding patch</a>.
1.1 deraadt 94: <p>
95: <a name=accept></a>
1.24 naddy 96: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 97: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
98: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
1.24 naddy 99: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch">
1.1 deraadt 100: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
101: <p>
102: <a name=maxqueue></a>
1.24 naddy 103: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 104: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
1.24 naddy 105: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch">
1.1 deraadt 106: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
107: <p>
108: <a name=uio></a>
1.24 naddy 109: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 110: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
111: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
1.24 naddy 112: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch">
1.1 deraadt 113: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
114: <p>
115: <a name=rst></a>
1.24 naddy 116: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 117: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
1.24 naddy 118: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch">
1.1 deraadt 119: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
120: <p>
121: <a name=kvm_mkdb></a>
1.24 naddy 122: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 123: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
124: memory".
1.24 naddy 125: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch">
1.1 deraadt 126: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
127: <p>
128: <a name=nfs3_solaris7></a>
1.24 naddy 129: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 130: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
131: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in a error such as
132: "Inappropriate file type or format".
1.24 naddy 133: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch">
1.1 deraadt 134: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
135: <p>
136: <a name=nfs3></a>
1.24 naddy 137: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 138: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
139: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
140: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
141: partition sizes.
1.24 naddy 142: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch">
1.1 deraadt 143: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
144: <p>
145: <a name=termcap></a>
1.24 naddy 146: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 147: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
148: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
1.24 naddy 149: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 150: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
151: <br>
152: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
1.24 naddy 153: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz">i386</a>
1.1 deraadt 154: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
155: <p>
156: <a name=terminfo></a>
1.24 naddy 157: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 158: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
159: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.24 naddy 160: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch">
1.1 deraadt 161: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
162: <br>
163: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
164: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
165: alpha and mips, use the
1.24 naddy 166: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 167: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
1.24 naddy 168: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 169: big endian</a> version.
170: <p>
171: <a name=userdir></a>
1.24 naddy 172: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 173: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
1.24 naddy 174: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch">
1.1 deraadt 175: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
176: <p>
177: <a name=bootpd></a>
1.24 naddy 178: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 179: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
180: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.24 naddy 181: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 182: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
183: second version of the patch.
184: <p>
185: <a name=tcpfix></a>
1.24 naddy 186: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 187: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.24 naddy 188: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.1 deraadt 189: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
190: <p>
191: </ul>
192: <a name=i386></a>
1.24 naddy 193: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 194: <ul>
195: <a name=tss></a>
1.24 naddy 196: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 197: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
198: <strong>crashme</strong> program.
1.24 naddy 199: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch">
1.1 deraadt 200: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
201: <p>
202: <a name=bootargv></a>
1.24 naddy 203: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 204: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
205: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
1.11 jufi 206: <strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 207: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
208: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
209: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
210: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
1.24 naddy 211: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch">
1.1 deraadt 212: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
213: <p>
214: <a name=trctrap></a>
1.24 naddy 215: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 216: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
217: crash.
1.24 naddy 218: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 219: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
220: <p>
221: <a name=installboot></a>
1.24 naddy 222: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.13 pvalchev 223: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 224: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.24 naddy 225: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch">
1.1 deraadt 226: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
227: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
228: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
229: <p>
230: </ul>
231: <p>
232: <a name=mac68k></a>
1.24 naddy 233: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 234: <ul>
235: <p>
236: <li>No problems identified yet.
237: </ul>
238: <p>
239: <a name=sparc></a>
1.24 naddy 240: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 241: <ul>
242: <a name=hme></a>
1.24 naddy 243: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.23 deraadt 244: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of SS-20
1.1 deraadt 245: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
246: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
1.24 naddy 247: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch">
1.1 deraadt 248: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
249: <p>
250: <a name=le></a>
1.24 naddy 251: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 252: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
253: sbus le(4) card.
1.24 naddy 254: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch">
1.1 deraadt 255: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
256: <p>
257: </ul>
258: <a name=amiga></a>
1.24 naddy 259: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 260: <ul>
261: <li>No problems identified yet.
262: </ul>
263: <p>
264: <a name=pmax></a>
1.24 naddy 265: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 266: <ul>
267: <li>No problems identified yet.
268: </ul>
269: <p>
270: <a name=arc></a>
1.24 naddy 271: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 272: <ul>
273: <li>No problems identified yet.
274: </ul>
275: <p>
276: <a name=alpha></a>
1.24 naddy 277: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 278: <ul>
279: <li>No problems identified yet.
280: </ul>
281: <p>
282: <a name=hp300></a>
1.24 naddy 283: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 284: <ul>
285: <a name=hp300X></a>
1.24 naddy 286: <li><font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 287: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
288: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
289: <p>
290: </ul>
291: <p>
292: <a name=mvme68k></a>
1.24 naddy 293: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 294: <ul>
295: <li>No problems identified yet.
296: </ul>
297: <p>
298: <a name=powerpc></a>
1.24 naddy 299: <li><h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 300: <ul>
301: <li>No problems identified yet.
302: </ul>
303: <p>
304:
305:
306: <p>
1.5 deraadt 307: </dl>
1.11 jufi 308: </ul>
1.1 deraadt 309: <br>
310:
311: <hr>
1.8 jason 312: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.20 deraadt 313: <br>
1.21 deraadt 314: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.20 deraadt 315: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
316: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
317: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
318: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
319: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
320: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
321: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
322: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
323: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
324: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 325: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 ! david 326: <a href="errata32.html">3.3</a>,
! 327: <a href="errata.html">3.4</a>.
1.20 deraadt 328: <br>
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