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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>,
1.33 ! deraadt 40: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
! 41: <a href="errata.html">3.7</a>.
1.20 deraadt 42: <br>
1.1 deraadt 43: <hr>
44:
1.24 naddy 45: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 46: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
47: This file is updated once a day.
48:
1.9 ericj 49: <p>
1.22 deraadt 50: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.9 ericj 51: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
52:
1.1 deraadt 53: <hr>
1.27 henning 54: <a name="all"></a>
55: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.11 jufi 56: <ul>
1.27 henning 57: <li><a name="bmap"></a>
58: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.3 millert 59: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
60: from an ext2fs partition.
1.24 naddy 61: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch">
1.3 millert 62: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
63: <p>
1.27 henning 64: <li><a name="lnpanic"></a>
65: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 66: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
1.24 naddy 67: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch">
1.2 deraadt 68: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
69: <p>
1.27 henning 70: <li><a name="poll"></a>
71: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 72: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
1.24 naddy 73: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 74: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
75: <p>
1.27 henning 76: <li><a name="nlink"></a>
77: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 78: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
1.24 naddy 79: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch">
1.1 deraadt 80: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. This
81: is version four of the patch.</a>
82: <p>
1.27 henning 83: <li><a name="ping"></a>
84: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 85: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
1.24 naddy 86: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch">
1.1 deraadt 87: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
88: <p>
1.27 henning 89: <li><a name="ipqrace"></a>
90: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 91: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
1.24 naddy 92: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch">
1.1 deraadt 93: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.24 naddy 94: It must be installed after <a href="errata24.html#maxqueue">the maxqueue patch</a>.
95: and <a href="errata24.html#tcpfix">the tcp decoding patch</a>.
1.1 deraadt 96: <p>
1.27 henning 97: <li><a name="accept"></a>
98: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 99: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
100: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
1.24 naddy 101: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch">
1.1 deraadt 102: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
103: <p>
1.27 henning 104: <li><a name="maxqueue"></a>
105: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 106: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
1.24 naddy 107: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch">
1.1 deraadt 108: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
109: <p>
1.27 henning 110: <li><a name="uio"></a>
111: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 112: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
113: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
1.24 naddy 114: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch">
1.1 deraadt 115: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
116: <p>
1.27 henning 117: <li><a name="rst"></a>
118: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 119: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
1.24 naddy 120: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch">
1.1 deraadt 121: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
122: <p>
1.27 henning 123: <li><a name="kvm_mkdb"></a>
124: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 125: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
126: memory".
1.24 naddy 127: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch">
1.1 deraadt 128: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
129: <p>
1.27 henning 130: <li><a name="nfs3_solaris7"></a>
131: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 132: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
1.31 david 133: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in an error such as
1.1 deraadt 134: "Inappropriate file type or format".
1.24 naddy 135: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch">
1.1 deraadt 136: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
137: <p>
1.27 henning 138: <li><a name="nfs3"></a>
139: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 140: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
141: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
142: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
143: partition sizes.
1.24 naddy 144: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch">
1.1 deraadt 145: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
146: <p>
1.27 henning 147: <li><a name="termcap"></a>
148: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 149: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
150: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
1.24 naddy 151: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 152: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
153: <br>
154: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
1.24 naddy 155: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz">i386</a>
1.1 deraadt 156: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
157: <p>
1.27 henning 158: <li><a name="terminfo"></a>
159: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 160: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
161: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.24 naddy 162: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch">
1.1 deraadt 163: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
164: <br>
165: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
166: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
167: alpha and mips, use the
1.24 naddy 168: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 169: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
1.24 naddy 170: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 171: big endian</a> version.
172: <p>
1.27 henning 173: <li><a name="userdir"></a>
174: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 175: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
1.24 naddy 176: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch">
1.1 deraadt 177: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
178: <p>
1.27 henning 179: <li><a name="bootpd"></a>
180: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 181: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
182: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.24 naddy 183: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 184: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
185: second version of the patch.
186: <p>
1.27 henning 187: <li><a name="tcpfix"></a>
188: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 189: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.24 naddy 190: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.1 deraadt 191: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
192: <p>
193: </ul>
1.27 henning 194: <a name="i386"></a>
195: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 196: <ul>
1.27 henning 197: <li><a name="tss"></a>
198: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 199: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
200: <strong>crashme</strong> program.
1.24 naddy 201: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch">
1.1 deraadt 202: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
203: <p>
1.27 henning 204: <li><a name="bootargv"></a>
205: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 206: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
207: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
1.11 jufi 208: <strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 209: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
210: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
211: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
212: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
1.24 naddy 213: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch">
1.1 deraadt 214: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
215: <p>
1.27 henning 216: <li><a name="trctrap"></a>
217: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 218: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
219: crash.
1.24 naddy 220: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 221: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
222: <p>
1.27 henning 223: <li><a name="installboot"></a>
224: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.13 pvalchev 225: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 226: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.24 naddy 227: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch">
1.1 deraadt 228: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
229: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
230: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
231: <p>
232: </ul>
233: <p>
1.27 henning 234: <a name="mac68k"></a>
235: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 236: <ul>
237: <li>No problems identified yet.
238: </ul>
239: <p>
1.27 henning 240: <a name="sparc"></a>
241: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 242: <ul>
1.27 henning 243: <li><a name="hme"></a>
244: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.23 deraadt 245: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of SS-20
1.1 deraadt 246: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
247: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
1.24 naddy 248: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch">
1.1 deraadt 249: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
250: <p>
1.27 henning 251: <li><a name="le"></a>
252: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 253: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
254: sbus le(4) card.
1.24 naddy 255: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch">
1.1 deraadt 256: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
257: <p>
258: </ul>
1.27 henning 259: <a name="amiga"></a>
260: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 261: <ul>
262: <li>No problems identified yet.
263: </ul>
264: <p>
1.27 henning 265: <a name="pmax"></a>
266: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 267: <ul>
268: <li>No problems identified yet.
269: </ul>
270: <p>
1.27 henning 271: <a name="arc"></a>
272: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 273: <ul>
274: <li>No problems identified yet.
275: </ul>
276: <p>
1.27 henning 277: <a name="alpha"></a>
278: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 279: <ul>
280: <li>No problems identified yet.
281: </ul>
282: <p>
1.27 henning 283: <a name="hp300"></a>
284: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 285: <ul>
1.27 henning 286: <li><a name="hp300X"></a>
287: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 288: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
289: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
290: <p>
291: </ul>
292: <p>
1.27 henning 293: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
294: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 295: <ul>
296: <li>No problems identified yet.
297: </ul>
298: <p>
1.27 henning 299: <a name="powerpc"></a>
300: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 301: <ul>
302: <li>No problems identified yet.
303: </ul>
304: <p>
305:
306:
307: <p>
308: <br>
309:
310: <hr>
1.8 jason 311: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.20 deraadt 312: <br>
1.21 deraadt 313: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.20 deraadt 314: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
315: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
316: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
317: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
318: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
319: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
320: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
321: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
322: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
323: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 324: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 325: <a href="errata32.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 326: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.32 miod 327: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.33 ! deraadt 328: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
! 329: <a href="errata.html">3.7</a>.
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