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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>,
1.34 ! deraadt 41: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
! 42: <a href="errata.html">3.8</a>.
1.20 deraadt 43: <br>
1.1 deraadt 44: <hr>
45:
1.24 naddy 46: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 47: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
48: This file is updated once a day.
49:
1.9 ericj 50: <p>
1.22 deraadt 51: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.9 ericj 52: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
53:
1.1 deraadt 54: <hr>
1.27 henning 55: <a name="all"></a>
56: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.11 jufi 57: <ul>
1.27 henning 58: <li><a name="bmap"></a>
59: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.3 millert 60: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
61: from an ext2fs partition.
1.24 naddy 62: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch">
1.3 millert 63: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
64: <p>
1.27 henning 65: <li><a name="lnpanic"></a>
66: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 67: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
1.24 naddy 68: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch">
1.2 deraadt 69: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
70: <p>
1.27 henning 71: <li><a name="poll"></a>
72: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 73: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
1.24 naddy 74: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 75: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
76: <p>
1.27 henning 77: <li><a name="nlink"></a>
78: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 79: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
1.24 naddy 80: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch">
1.1 deraadt 81: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. This
82: is version four of the patch.</a>
83: <p>
1.27 henning 84: <li><a name="ping"></a>
85: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 86: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
1.24 naddy 87: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch">
1.1 deraadt 88: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
89: <p>
1.27 henning 90: <li><a name="ipqrace"></a>
91: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 92: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
1.24 naddy 93: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch">
1.1 deraadt 94: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.24 naddy 95: It must be installed after <a href="errata24.html#maxqueue">the maxqueue patch</a>.
96: and <a href="errata24.html#tcpfix">the tcp decoding patch</a>.
1.1 deraadt 97: <p>
1.27 henning 98: <li><a name="accept"></a>
99: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 100: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
101: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
1.24 naddy 102: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch">
1.1 deraadt 103: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
104: <p>
1.27 henning 105: <li><a name="maxqueue"></a>
106: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 107: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
1.24 naddy 108: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch">
1.1 deraadt 109: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
110: <p>
1.27 henning 111: <li><a name="uio"></a>
112: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 113: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
114: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
1.24 naddy 115: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch">
1.1 deraadt 116: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
117: <p>
1.27 henning 118: <li><a name="rst"></a>
119: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 120: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
1.24 naddy 121: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch">
1.1 deraadt 122: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
123: <p>
1.27 henning 124: <li><a name="kvm_mkdb"></a>
125: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 126: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
127: memory".
1.24 naddy 128: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch">
1.1 deraadt 129: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
130: <p>
1.27 henning 131: <li><a name="nfs3_solaris7"></a>
132: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 133: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
1.31 david 134: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in an error such as
1.1 deraadt 135: "Inappropriate file type or format".
1.24 naddy 136: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch">
1.1 deraadt 137: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
138: <p>
1.27 henning 139: <li><a name="nfs3"></a>
140: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 141: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
142: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
143: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
144: partition sizes.
1.24 naddy 145: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch">
1.1 deraadt 146: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
147: <p>
1.27 henning 148: <li><a name="termcap"></a>
149: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 150: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
151: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
1.24 naddy 152: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 153: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
154: <br>
155: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
1.24 naddy 156: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz">i386</a>
1.1 deraadt 157: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
158: <p>
1.27 henning 159: <li><a name="terminfo"></a>
160: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 161: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
162: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.24 naddy 163: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch">
1.1 deraadt 164: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
165: <br>
166: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
167: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
168: alpha and mips, use the
1.24 naddy 169: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 170: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
1.24 naddy 171: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 172: big endian</a> version.
173: <p>
1.27 henning 174: <li><a name="userdir"></a>
175: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 176: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
1.24 naddy 177: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch">
1.1 deraadt 178: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
179: <p>
1.27 henning 180: <li><a name="bootpd"></a>
181: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 182: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
183: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.24 naddy 184: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 185: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
186: second version of the patch.
187: <p>
1.27 henning 188: <li><a name="tcpfix"></a>
189: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 190: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.24 naddy 191: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.1 deraadt 192: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
193: <p>
194: </ul>
1.27 henning 195: <a name="i386"></a>
196: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 197: <ul>
1.27 henning 198: <li><a name="tss"></a>
199: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 200: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
201: <strong>crashme</strong> program.
1.24 naddy 202: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch">
1.1 deraadt 203: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
204: <p>
1.27 henning 205: <li><a name="bootargv"></a>
206: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 207: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
208: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
1.11 jufi 209: <strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 210: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
211: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
212: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
213: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
1.24 naddy 214: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch">
1.1 deraadt 215: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
216: <p>
1.27 henning 217: <li><a name="trctrap"></a>
218: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 219: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
220: crash.
1.24 naddy 221: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 222: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
223: <p>
1.27 henning 224: <li><a name="installboot"></a>
225: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.13 pvalchev 226: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 227: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.24 naddy 228: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch">
1.1 deraadt 229: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
230: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
231: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
232: <p>
233: </ul>
234: <p>
1.27 henning 235: <a name="mac68k"></a>
236: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 237: <ul>
238: <li>No problems identified yet.
239: </ul>
240: <p>
1.27 henning 241: <a name="sparc"></a>
242: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 243: <ul>
1.27 henning 244: <li><a name="hme"></a>
245: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.23 deraadt 246: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of SS-20
1.1 deraadt 247: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
248: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
1.24 naddy 249: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch">
1.1 deraadt 250: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
251: <p>
1.27 henning 252: <li><a name="le"></a>
253: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 254: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
255: sbus le(4) card.
1.24 naddy 256: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch">
1.1 deraadt 257: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
258: <p>
259: </ul>
1.27 henning 260: <a name="amiga"></a>
261: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 262: <ul>
263: <li>No problems identified yet.
264: </ul>
265: <p>
1.27 henning 266: <a name="pmax"></a>
267: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 268: <ul>
269: <li>No problems identified yet.
270: </ul>
271: <p>
1.27 henning 272: <a name="arc"></a>
273: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 274: <ul>
275: <li>No problems identified yet.
276: </ul>
277: <p>
1.27 henning 278: <a name="alpha"></a>
279: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 280: <ul>
281: <li>No problems identified yet.
282: </ul>
283: <p>
1.27 henning 284: <a name="hp300"></a>
285: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 286: <ul>
1.27 henning 287: <li><a name="hp300X"></a>
288: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 289: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
290: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
291: <p>
292: </ul>
293: <p>
1.27 henning 294: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
295: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 296: <ul>
297: <li>No problems identified yet.
298: </ul>
299: <p>
1.27 henning 300: <a name="powerpc"></a>
301: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 302: <ul>
303: <li>No problems identified yet.
304: </ul>
305: <p>
306:
307:
308: <p>
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>,
1.30 david 327: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.32 miod 328: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.33 deraadt 329: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.34 ! deraadt 330: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
! 331: <a href="errata.html">3.8</a>.
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