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