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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>,
1.35 ! deraadt 42: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
! 43: <a href="errata.html">3.9</a>.
1.20 deraadt 44: <br>
1.1 deraadt 45: <hr>
46:
1.24 naddy 47: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 48: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
49: This file is updated once a day.
50:
1.9 ericj 51: <p>
1.22 deraadt 52: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.9 ericj 53: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
54:
1.1 deraadt 55: <hr>
1.27 henning 56: <a name="all"></a>
57: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.11 jufi 58: <ul>
1.27 henning 59: <li><a name="bmap"></a>
60: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.3 millert 61: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
62: from an ext2fs partition.
1.24 naddy 63: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch">
1.3 millert 64: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
65: <p>
1.27 henning 66: <li><a name="lnpanic"></a>
67: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 68: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
1.24 naddy 69: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch">
1.2 deraadt 70: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
71: <p>
1.27 henning 72: <li><a name="poll"></a>
73: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 74: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
1.24 naddy 75: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 76: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
77: <p>
1.27 henning 78: <li><a name="nlink"></a>
79: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 80: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
1.24 naddy 81: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch">
1.1 deraadt 82: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. This
83: is version four of the patch.</a>
84: <p>
1.27 henning 85: <li><a name="ping"></a>
86: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 87: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
1.24 naddy 88: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch">
1.1 deraadt 89: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
90: <p>
1.27 henning 91: <li><a name="ipqrace"></a>
92: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 93: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
1.24 naddy 94: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch">
1.1 deraadt 95: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.24 naddy 96: It must be installed after <a href="errata24.html#maxqueue">the maxqueue patch</a>.
97: and <a href="errata24.html#tcpfix">the tcp decoding patch</a>.
1.1 deraadt 98: <p>
1.27 henning 99: <li><a name="accept"></a>
100: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 101: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
102: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
1.24 naddy 103: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch">
1.1 deraadt 104: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
105: <p>
1.27 henning 106: <li><a name="maxqueue"></a>
107: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 108: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
1.24 naddy 109: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch">
1.1 deraadt 110: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
111: <p>
1.27 henning 112: <li><a name="uio"></a>
113: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 114: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
115: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
1.24 naddy 116: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch">
1.1 deraadt 117: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
118: <p>
1.27 henning 119: <li><a name="rst"></a>
120: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 121: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
1.24 naddy 122: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch">
1.1 deraadt 123: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
124: <p>
1.27 henning 125: <li><a name="kvm_mkdb"></a>
126: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 127: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
128: memory".
1.24 naddy 129: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch">
1.1 deraadt 130: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
131: <p>
1.27 henning 132: <li><a name="nfs3_solaris7"></a>
133: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 134: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
1.31 david 135: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in an error such as
1.1 deraadt 136: "Inappropriate file type or format".
1.24 naddy 137: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch">
1.1 deraadt 138: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
139: <p>
1.27 henning 140: <li><a name="nfs3"></a>
141: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 142: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
143: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
144: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
145: partition sizes.
1.24 naddy 146: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch">
1.1 deraadt 147: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
148: <p>
1.27 henning 149: <li><a name="termcap"></a>
150: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 151: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
152: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
1.24 naddy 153: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 154: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
155: <br>
156: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
1.24 naddy 157: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz">i386</a>
1.1 deraadt 158: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
159: <p>
1.27 henning 160: <li><a name="terminfo"></a>
161: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 162: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
163: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.24 naddy 164: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch">
1.1 deraadt 165: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
166: <br>
167: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
168: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
169: alpha and mips, use the
1.24 naddy 170: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 171: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
1.24 naddy 172: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 173: big endian</a> version.
174: <p>
1.27 henning 175: <li><a name="userdir"></a>
176: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 177: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
1.24 naddy 178: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch">
1.1 deraadt 179: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
180: <p>
1.27 henning 181: <li><a name="bootpd"></a>
182: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 183: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
184: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.24 naddy 185: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 186: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
187: second version of the patch.
188: <p>
1.27 henning 189: <li><a name="tcpfix"></a>
190: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 191: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.24 naddy 192: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.1 deraadt 193: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
194: <p>
195: </ul>
1.27 henning 196: <a name="i386"></a>
197: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 198: <ul>
1.27 henning 199: <li><a name="tss"></a>
200: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 201: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
202: <strong>crashme</strong> program.
1.24 naddy 203: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch">
1.1 deraadt 204: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
205: <p>
1.27 henning 206: <li><a name="bootargv"></a>
207: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 208: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
209: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
1.11 jufi 210: <strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 211: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
212: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
213: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
214: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
1.24 naddy 215: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch">
1.1 deraadt 216: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
217: <p>
1.27 henning 218: <li><a name="trctrap"></a>
219: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 220: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
221: crash.
1.24 naddy 222: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 223: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
224: <p>
1.27 henning 225: <li><a name="installboot"></a>
226: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.13 pvalchev 227: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 228: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.24 naddy 229: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch">
1.1 deraadt 230: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
231: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
232: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
233: <p>
234: </ul>
235: <p>
1.27 henning 236: <a name="mac68k"></a>
237: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 238: <ul>
239: <li>No problems identified yet.
240: </ul>
241: <p>
1.27 henning 242: <a name="sparc"></a>
243: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 244: <ul>
1.27 henning 245: <li><a name="hme"></a>
246: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.23 deraadt 247: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of SS-20
1.1 deraadt 248: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
249: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
1.24 naddy 250: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch">
1.1 deraadt 251: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
252: <p>
1.27 henning 253: <li><a name="le"></a>
254: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 255: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
256: sbus le(4) card.
1.24 naddy 257: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch">
1.1 deraadt 258: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
259: <p>
260: </ul>
1.27 henning 261: <a name="amiga"></a>
262: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 263: <ul>
264: <li>No problems identified yet.
265: </ul>
266: <p>
1.27 henning 267: <a name="pmax"></a>
268: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 269: <ul>
270: <li>No problems identified yet.
271: </ul>
272: <p>
1.27 henning 273: <a name="arc"></a>
274: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 275: <ul>
276: <li>No problems identified yet.
277: </ul>
278: <p>
1.27 henning 279: <a name="alpha"></a>
280: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 281: <ul>
282: <li>No problems identified yet.
283: </ul>
284: <p>
1.27 henning 285: <a name="hp300"></a>
286: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 287: <ul>
1.27 henning 288: <li><a name="hp300X"></a>
289: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 290: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
291: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
292: <p>
293: </ul>
294: <p>
1.27 henning 295: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
296: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 297: <ul>
298: <li>No problems identified yet.
299: </ul>
300: <p>
1.27 henning 301: <a name="powerpc"></a>
302: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 303: <ul>
304: <li>No problems identified yet.
305: </ul>
306: <p>
307:
308:
309: <p>
310: <br>
311:
312: <hr>
1.8 jason 313: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.20 deraadt 314: <br>
1.21 deraadt 315: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.20 deraadt 316: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
317: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
318: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
319: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
320: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
321: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
322: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
323: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
324: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
325: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 326: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 327: <a href="errata32.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 328: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.32 miod 329: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.33 deraadt 330: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.34 deraadt 331: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.35 ! deraadt 332: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
! 333: <a href="errata.html">3.9</a>.
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