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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>,
1.36 deraadt 43: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.37 deraadt 44: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.38 ! deraadt 45: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>.
1.20 deraadt 46: <br>
1.1 deraadt 47: <hr>
48:
1.24 naddy 49: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 50: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
51: This file is updated once a day.
52:
1.9 ericj 53: <p>
1.22 deraadt 54: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.9 ericj 55: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
56:
1.1 deraadt 57: <hr>
1.27 henning 58: <a name="all"></a>
59: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.11 jufi 60: <ul>
1.27 henning 61: <li><a name="bmap"></a>
62: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.3 millert 63: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
64: from an ext2fs partition.
1.24 naddy 65: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch">
1.3 millert 66: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
67: <p>
1.27 henning 68: <li><a name="lnpanic"></a>
69: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 70: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
1.24 naddy 71: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch">
1.2 deraadt 72: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
73: <p>
1.27 henning 74: <li><a name="poll"></a>
75: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 76: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
1.24 naddy 77: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 78: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
79: <p>
1.27 henning 80: <li><a name="nlink"></a>
81: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 82: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
1.24 naddy 83: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch">
1.1 deraadt 84: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. This
85: is version four of the patch.</a>
86: <p>
1.27 henning 87: <li><a name="ping"></a>
88: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 89: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
1.24 naddy 90: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch">
1.1 deraadt 91: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
92: <p>
1.27 henning 93: <li><a name="ipqrace"></a>
94: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 95: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
1.24 naddy 96: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch">
1.1 deraadt 97: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.24 naddy 98: It must be installed after <a href="errata24.html#maxqueue">the maxqueue patch</a>.
99: and <a href="errata24.html#tcpfix">the tcp decoding patch</a>.
1.1 deraadt 100: <p>
1.27 henning 101: <li><a name="accept"></a>
102: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 103: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
104: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
1.24 naddy 105: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch">
1.1 deraadt 106: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
107: <p>
1.27 henning 108: <li><a name="maxqueue"></a>
109: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 110: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
1.24 naddy 111: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch">
1.1 deraadt 112: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
113: <p>
1.27 henning 114: <li><a name="uio"></a>
115: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 116: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
117: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
1.24 naddy 118: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch">
1.1 deraadt 119: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
120: <p>
1.27 henning 121: <li><a name="rst"></a>
122: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 123: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
1.24 naddy 124: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch">
1.1 deraadt 125: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
126: <p>
1.27 henning 127: <li><a name="kvm_mkdb"></a>
128: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 129: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
130: memory".
1.24 naddy 131: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch">
1.1 deraadt 132: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
133: <p>
1.27 henning 134: <li><a name="nfs3_solaris7"></a>
135: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 136: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
1.31 david 137: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in an error such as
1.1 deraadt 138: "Inappropriate file type or format".
1.24 naddy 139: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch">
1.1 deraadt 140: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
141: <p>
1.27 henning 142: <li><a name="nfs3"></a>
143: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 144: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
145: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
146: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
147: partition sizes.
1.24 naddy 148: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch">
1.1 deraadt 149: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
150: <p>
1.27 henning 151: <li><a name="termcap"></a>
152: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 153: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
154: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
1.24 naddy 155: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 156: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
157: <br>
158: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
1.24 naddy 159: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz">i386</a>
1.1 deraadt 160: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
161: <p>
1.27 henning 162: <li><a name="terminfo"></a>
163: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 164: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
165: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.24 naddy 166: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch">
1.1 deraadt 167: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
168: <br>
169: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
170: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
171: alpha and mips, use the
1.24 naddy 172: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 173: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
1.24 naddy 174: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 175: big endian</a> version.
176: <p>
1.27 henning 177: <li><a name="userdir"></a>
178: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 179: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
1.24 naddy 180: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch">
1.1 deraadt 181: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
182: <p>
1.27 henning 183: <li><a name="bootpd"></a>
184: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 185: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
186: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.24 naddy 187: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 188: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
189: second version of the patch.
190: <p>
1.27 henning 191: <li><a name="tcpfix"></a>
192: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 193: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.24 naddy 194: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.1 deraadt 195: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
196: <p>
197: </ul>
1.27 henning 198: <a name="i386"></a>
199: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 200: <ul>
1.27 henning 201: <li><a name="tss"></a>
202: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 203: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
204: <strong>crashme</strong> program.
1.24 naddy 205: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch">
1.1 deraadt 206: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
207: <p>
1.27 henning 208: <li><a name="bootargv"></a>
209: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 210: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
211: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
1.11 jufi 212: <strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 213: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
214: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
215: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
216: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
1.24 naddy 217: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch">
1.1 deraadt 218: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
219: <p>
1.27 henning 220: <li><a name="trctrap"></a>
221: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 222: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
223: crash.
1.24 naddy 224: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 225: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
226: <p>
1.27 henning 227: <li><a name="installboot"></a>
228: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.13 pvalchev 229: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 230: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.24 naddy 231: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch">
1.1 deraadt 232: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
233: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
234: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
235: <p>
236: </ul>
237: <p>
1.27 henning 238: <a name="mac68k"></a>
239: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 240: <ul>
241: <li>No problems identified yet.
242: </ul>
243: <p>
1.27 henning 244: <a name="sparc"></a>
245: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 246: <ul>
1.27 henning 247: <li><a name="hme"></a>
248: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.23 deraadt 249: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of SS-20
1.1 deraadt 250: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
251: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
1.24 naddy 252: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch">
1.1 deraadt 253: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
254: <p>
1.27 henning 255: <li><a name="le"></a>
256: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 257: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
258: sbus le(4) card.
1.24 naddy 259: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch">
1.1 deraadt 260: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
261: <p>
262: </ul>
1.27 henning 263: <a name="amiga"></a>
264: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 265: <ul>
266: <li>No problems identified yet.
267: </ul>
268: <p>
1.27 henning 269: <a name="pmax"></a>
270: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 271: <ul>
272: <li>No problems identified yet.
273: </ul>
274: <p>
1.27 henning 275: <a name="arc"></a>
276: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 277: <ul>
278: <li>No problems identified yet.
279: </ul>
280: <p>
1.27 henning 281: <a name="alpha"></a>
282: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 283: <ul>
284: <li>No problems identified yet.
285: </ul>
286: <p>
1.27 henning 287: <a name="hp300"></a>
288: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 289: <ul>
1.27 henning 290: <li><a name="hp300X"></a>
291: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 292: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
293: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
294: <p>
295: </ul>
296: <p>
1.27 henning 297: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
298: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 299: <ul>
300: <li>No problems identified yet.
301: </ul>
302: <p>
1.27 henning 303: <a name="powerpc"></a>
304: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 305: <ul>
306: <li>No problems identified yet.
307: </ul>
308: <p>
309:
310:
311: <p>
312: <br>
313:
314: <hr>
1.8 jason 315: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.20 deraadt 316: <br>
1.21 deraadt 317: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.20 deraadt 318: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
319: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
320: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
321: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
322: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
323: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
324: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
325: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
326: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
327: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 328: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 329: <a href="errata32.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 330: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.32 miod 331: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.33 deraadt 332: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.34 deraadt 333: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.35 deraadt 334: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.36 deraadt 335: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.37 deraadt 336: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.38 ! deraadt 337: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>.
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