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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>,
1.30 david 38: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.32 ! miod 39: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
! 40: <a href="errata.html">3.6</a>.
1.20 deraadt 41: <br>
1.1 deraadt 42: <hr>
43:
1.24 naddy 44: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 45: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
46: This file is updated once a day.
47:
1.9 ericj 48: <p>
1.22 deraadt 49: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.9 ericj 50: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
51:
1.1 deraadt 52: <hr>
1.27 henning 53: <a name="all"></a>
54: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.11 jufi 55: <ul>
1.27 henning 56: <li><a name="bmap"></a>
57: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.3 millert 58: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
59: from an ext2fs partition.
1.24 naddy 60: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch">
1.3 millert 61: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
62: <p>
1.27 henning 63: <li><a name="lnpanic"></a>
64: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 65: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
1.24 naddy 66: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch">
1.2 deraadt 67: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
68: <p>
1.27 henning 69: <li><a name="poll"></a>
70: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 71: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
1.24 naddy 72: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 73: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
74: <p>
1.27 henning 75: <li><a name="nlink"></a>
76: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 77: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
1.24 naddy 78: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch">
1.1 deraadt 79: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. This
80: is version four of the patch.</a>
81: <p>
1.27 henning 82: <li><a name="ping"></a>
83: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 84: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
1.24 naddy 85: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch">
1.1 deraadt 86: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
87: <p>
1.27 henning 88: <li><a name="ipqrace"></a>
89: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 90: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
1.24 naddy 91: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch">
1.1 deraadt 92: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.24 naddy 93: It must be installed after <a href="errata24.html#maxqueue">the maxqueue patch</a>.
94: and <a href="errata24.html#tcpfix">the tcp decoding patch</a>.
1.1 deraadt 95: <p>
1.27 henning 96: <li><a name="accept"></a>
97: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 98: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
99: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
1.24 naddy 100: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch">
1.1 deraadt 101: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
102: <p>
1.27 henning 103: <li><a name="maxqueue"></a>
104: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 105: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
1.24 naddy 106: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch">
1.1 deraadt 107: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
108: <p>
1.27 henning 109: <li><a name="uio"></a>
110: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 111: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
112: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
1.24 naddy 113: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch">
1.1 deraadt 114: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
115: <p>
1.27 henning 116: <li><a name="rst"></a>
117: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 118: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
1.24 naddy 119: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch">
1.1 deraadt 120: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
121: <p>
1.27 henning 122: <li><a name="kvm_mkdb"></a>
123: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 124: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
125: memory".
1.24 naddy 126: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch">
1.1 deraadt 127: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
128: <p>
1.27 henning 129: <li><a name="nfs3_solaris7"></a>
130: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 131: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
1.31 david 132: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in an error such as
1.1 deraadt 133: "Inappropriate file type or format".
1.24 naddy 134: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch">
1.1 deraadt 135: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
136: <p>
1.27 henning 137: <li><a name="nfs3"></a>
138: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 139: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
140: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
141: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
142: partition sizes.
1.24 naddy 143: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch">
1.1 deraadt 144: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
145: <p>
1.27 henning 146: <li><a name="termcap"></a>
147: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 148: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
149: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
1.24 naddy 150: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 151: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
152: <br>
153: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
1.24 naddy 154: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz">i386</a>
1.1 deraadt 155: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
156: <p>
1.27 henning 157: <li><a name="terminfo"></a>
158: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 159: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
160: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.24 naddy 161: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch">
1.1 deraadt 162: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
163: <br>
164: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
165: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
166: alpha and mips, use the
1.24 naddy 167: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 168: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
1.24 naddy 169: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 170: big endian</a> version.
171: <p>
1.27 henning 172: <li><a name="userdir"></a>
173: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 174: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
1.24 naddy 175: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch">
1.1 deraadt 176: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
177: <p>
1.27 henning 178: <li><a name="bootpd"></a>
179: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 180: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
181: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.24 naddy 182: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 183: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
184: second version of the patch.
185: <p>
1.27 henning 186: <li><a name="tcpfix"></a>
187: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 188: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.24 naddy 189: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.1 deraadt 190: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
191: <p>
192: </ul>
1.27 henning 193: <a name="i386"></a>
194: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 195: <ul>
1.27 henning 196: <li><a name="tss"></a>
197: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 198: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
199: <strong>crashme</strong> program.
1.24 naddy 200: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch">
1.1 deraadt 201: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
202: <p>
1.27 henning 203: <li><a name="bootargv"></a>
204: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 205: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
206: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
1.11 jufi 207: <strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 208: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
209: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
210: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
211: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
1.24 naddy 212: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch">
1.1 deraadt 213: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
214: <p>
1.27 henning 215: <li><a name="trctrap"></a>
216: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 217: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
218: crash.
1.24 naddy 219: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 220: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
221: <p>
1.27 henning 222: <li><a name="installboot"></a>
223: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.13 pvalchev 224: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 225: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.24 naddy 226: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch">
1.1 deraadt 227: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
228: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
229: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
230: <p>
231: </ul>
232: <p>
1.27 henning 233: <a name="mac68k"></a>
234: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 235: <ul>
236: <li>No problems identified yet.
237: </ul>
238: <p>
1.27 henning 239: <a name="sparc"></a>
240: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 241: <ul>
1.27 henning 242: <li><a name="hme"></a>
243: <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>
1.27 henning 250: <li><a name="le"></a>
251: <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>
1.27 henning 258: <a name="amiga"></a>
259: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 260: <ul>
261: <li>No problems identified yet.
262: </ul>
263: <p>
1.27 henning 264: <a name="pmax"></a>
265: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 266: <ul>
267: <li>No problems identified yet.
268: </ul>
269: <p>
1.27 henning 270: <a name="arc"></a>
271: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 272: <ul>
273: <li>No problems identified yet.
274: </ul>
275: <p>
1.27 henning 276: <a name="alpha"></a>
277: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 278: <ul>
279: <li>No problems identified yet.
280: </ul>
281: <p>
1.27 henning 282: <a name="hp300"></a>
283: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 284: <ul>
1.27 henning 285: <li><a name="hp300X"></a>
286: <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>
1.27 henning 292: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
293: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 294: <ul>
295: <li>No problems identified yet.
296: </ul>
297: <p>
1.27 henning 298: <a name="powerpc"></a>
299: <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>
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>,
1.25 deraadt 323: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 324: <a href="errata32.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 325: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.32 ! miod 326: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
! 327: <a href="errata.html">3.6</a>.
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