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1.1 deraadt 18: This is the OpenBSD 2.4 release errata & patch list:
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1.8 jason 23: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.20 deraadt 24: <br>
1.21 deraadt 25: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.20 deraadt 26: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
27: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
28: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
29: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
30: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
31: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
32: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
33: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
34: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
35: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 36: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 37: <a href="errata32.html">3.3</a>,
38: <a href="errata.html">3.4</a>.
1.20 deraadt 39: <br>
1.1 deraadt 40: <hr>
41:
1.24 naddy 42: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 43: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
44: This file is updated once a day.
45:
1.9 ericj 46: <p>
1.22 deraadt 47: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.9 ericj 48: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
49:
1.1 deraadt 50: <hr>
1.27 henning 51: <a name="all"></a>
52: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.11 jufi 53: <ul>
1.27 henning 54: <li><a name="bmap"></a>
55: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.3 millert 56: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
57: from an ext2fs partition.
1.24 naddy 58: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch">
1.3 millert 59: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
60: <p>
1.27 henning 61: <li><a name="lnpanic"></a>
62: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 63: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
1.24 naddy 64: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch">
1.2 deraadt 65: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
66: <p>
1.27 henning 67: <li><a name="poll"></a>
68: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 69: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
1.24 naddy 70: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 71: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
72: <p>
1.27 henning 73: <li><a name="nlink"></a>
74: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 75: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
1.24 naddy 76: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch">
1.1 deraadt 77: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. This
78: is version four of the patch.</a>
79: <p>
1.27 henning 80: <li><a name="ping"></a>
81: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 82: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
1.24 naddy 83: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch">
1.1 deraadt 84: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
85: <p>
1.27 henning 86: <li><a name="ipqrace"></a>
87: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 88: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
1.24 naddy 89: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch">
1.1 deraadt 90: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.24 naddy 91: It must be installed after <a href="errata24.html#maxqueue">the maxqueue patch</a>.
92: and <a href="errata24.html#tcpfix">the tcp decoding patch</a>.
1.1 deraadt 93: <p>
1.27 henning 94: <li><a name="accept"></a>
95: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 96: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
97: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
1.24 naddy 98: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch">
1.1 deraadt 99: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
100: <p>
1.27 henning 101: <li><a name="maxqueue"></a>
102: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 103: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
1.24 naddy 104: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch">
1.1 deraadt 105: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
106: <p>
1.27 henning 107: <li><a name="uio"></a>
108: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 109: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
110: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
1.24 naddy 111: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch">
1.1 deraadt 112: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
113: <p>
1.27 henning 114: <li><a name="rst"></a>
115: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 116: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
1.24 naddy 117: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch">
1.1 deraadt 118: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
119: <p>
1.27 henning 120: <li><a name="kvm_mkdb"></a>
121: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 122: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
123: memory".
1.24 naddy 124: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch">
1.1 deraadt 125: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
126: <p>
1.27 henning 127: <li><a name="nfs3_solaris7"></a>
128: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 129: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
130: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in a error such as
131: "Inappropriate file type or format".
1.24 naddy 132: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch">
1.1 deraadt 133: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
134: <p>
1.27 henning 135: <li><a name="nfs3"></a>
136: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 137: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
138: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
139: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
140: partition sizes.
1.24 naddy 141: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch">
1.1 deraadt 142: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
143: <p>
1.27 henning 144: <li><a name="termcap"></a>
145: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 146: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
147: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
1.24 naddy 148: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 149: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
150: <br>
151: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
1.24 naddy 152: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz">i386</a>
1.1 deraadt 153: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
154: <p>
1.27 henning 155: <li><a name="terminfo"></a>
156: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 157: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
158: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.24 naddy 159: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch">
1.1 deraadt 160: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
161: <br>
162: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
163: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
164: alpha and mips, use the
1.24 naddy 165: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 166: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
1.24 naddy 167: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 168: big endian</a> version.
169: <p>
1.27 henning 170: <li><a name="userdir"></a>
171: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 172: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
1.24 naddy 173: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch">
1.1 deraadt 174: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
175: <p>
1.27 henning 176: <li><a name="bootpd"></a>
177: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 178: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
179: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.24 naddy 180: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 181: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
182: second version of the patch.
183: <p>
1.27 henning 184: <li><a name="tcpfix"></a>
185: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 186: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.24 naddy 187: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.1 deraadt 188: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
189: <p>
190: </ul>
1.27 henning 191: <a name="i386"></a>
192: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 193: <ul>
1.27 henning 194: <li><a name="tss"></a>
195: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 196: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
197: <strong>crashme</strong> program.
1.24 naddy 198: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch">
1.1 deraadt 199: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
200: <p>
1.27 henning 201: <li><a name="bootargv"></a>
202: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 203: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
204: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
1.11 jufi 205: <strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 206: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
207: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
208: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
209: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
1.24 naddy 210: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch">
1.1 deraadt 211: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
212: <p>
1.27 henning 213: <li><a name="trctrap"></a>
214: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 215: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
216: crash.
1.24 naddy 217: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 218: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
219: <p>
1.27 henning 220: <li><a name="installboot"></a>
221: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.13 pvalchev 222: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 223: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.24 naddy 224: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch">
1.1 deraadt 225: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
226: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
227: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
228: <p>
229: </ul>
230: <p>
1.27 henning 231: <a name="mac68k"></a>
232: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 233: <ul>
234: <li>No problems identified yet.
235: </ul>
236: <p>
1.27 henning 237: <a name="sparc"></a>
238: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 239: <ul>
1.27 henning 240: <li><a name="hme"></a>
241: <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>
1.27 henning 248: <li><a name="le"></a>
249: <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>
1.27 henning 256: <a name="amiga"></a>
257: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 258: <ul>
259: <li>No problems identified yet.
260: </ul>
261: <p>
1.27 henning 262: <a name="pmax"></a>
263: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 264: <ul>
265: <li>No problems identified yet.
266: </ul>
267: <p>
1.27 henning 268: <a name="arc"></a>
269: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 270: <ul>
271: <li>No problems identified yet.
272: </ul>
273: <p>
1.27 henning 274: <a name="alpha"></a>
275: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 276: <ul>
277: <li>No problems identified yet.
278: </ul>
279: <p>
1.27 henning 280: <a name="hp300"></a>
281: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 282: <ul>
1.27 henning 283: <li><a name="hp300X"></a>
284: <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>
1.27 henning 290: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
291: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 292: <ul>
293: <li>No problems identified yet.
294: </ul>
295: <p>
1.27 henning 296: <a name="powerpc"></a>
297: <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>
305: <br>
306:
307: <hr>
1.8 jason 308: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.20 deraadt 309: <br>
1.21 deraadt 310: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.20 deraadt 311: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
312: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
313: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
314: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
315: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
316: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
317: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
318: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
319: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
320: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 321: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 322: <a href="errata32.html">3.3</a>,
323: <a href="errata.html">3.4</a>.
1.20 deraadt 324: <br>
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