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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>,
1.39 david 37: <a href="errata33.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>,
1.40 ! merdely 45: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
! 46: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>.
1.20 deraadt 47: <br>
1.1 deraadt 48: <hr>
49:
1.24 naddy 50: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 51: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
52: This file is updated once a day.
53:
1.9 ericj 54: <p>
1.22 deraadt 55: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.9 ericj 56: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
57:
1.1 deraadt 58: <hr>
1.27 henning 59: <a name="all"></a>
60: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.11 jufi 61: <ul>
1.27 henning 62: <li><a name="bmap"></a>
63: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.3 millert 64: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
65: from an ext2fs partition.
1.24 naddy 66: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch">
1.3 millert 67: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
68: <p>
1.27 henning 69: <li><a name="lnpanic"></a>
70: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 71: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
1.24 naddy 72: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch">
1.2 deraadt 73: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
74: <p>
1.27 henning 75: <li><a name="poll"></a>
76: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 77: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
1.24 naddy 78: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 79: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
80: <p>
1.27 henning 81: <li><a name="nlink"></a>
82: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 83: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
1.24 naddy 84: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch">
1.1 deraadt 85: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. This
86: is version four of the patch.</a>
87: <p>
1.27 henning 88: <li><a name="ping"></a>
89: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 90: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
1.24 naddy 91: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch">
1.1 deraadt 92: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
93: <p>
1.27 henning 94: <li><a name="ipqrace"></a>
95: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 96: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
1.24 naddy 97: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch">
1.1 deraadt 98: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.24 naddy 99: It must be installed after <a href="errata24.html#maxqueue">the maxqueue patch</a>.
100: and <a href="errata24.html#tcpfix">the tcp decoding patch</a>.
1.1 deraadt 101: <p>
1.27 henning 102: <li><a name="accept"></a>
103: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 104: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
105: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
1.24 naddy 106: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch">
1.1 deraadt 107: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
108: <p>
1.27 henning 109: <li><a name="maxqueue"></a>
110: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 111: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
1.24 naddy 112: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch">
1.1 deraadt 113: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
114: <p>
1.27 henning 115: <li><a name="uio"></a>
116: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 117: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
118: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
1.24 naddy 119: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch">
1.1 deraadt 120: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
121: <p>
1.27 henning 122: <li><a name="rst"></a>
123: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 124: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
1.24 naddy 125: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch">
1.1 deraadt 126: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
127: <p>
1.27 henning 128: <li><a name="kvm_mkdb"></a>
129: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 130: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
131: memory".
1.24 naddy 132: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch">
1.1 deraadt 133: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
134: <p>
1.27 henning 135: <li><a name="nfs3_solaris7"></a>
136: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 137: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
1.31 david 138: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in an error such as
1.1 deraadt 139: "Inappropriate file type or format".
1.24 naddy 140: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch">
1.1 deraadt 141: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
142: <p>
1.27 henning 143: <li><a name="nfs3"></a>
144: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 145: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
146: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
147: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
148: partition sizes.
1.24 naddy 149: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch">
1.1 deraadt 150: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
151: <p>
1.27 henning 152: <li><a name="termcap"></a>
153: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 154: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
155: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
1.24 naddy 156: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 157: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
158: <br>
159: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
1.24 naddy 160: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz">i386</a>
1.1 deraadt 161: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
162: <p>
1.27 henning 163: <li><a name="terminfo"></a>
164: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 165: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
166: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.24 naddy 167: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch">
1.1 deraadt 168: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
169: <br>
170: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
171: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
172: alpha and mips, use the
1.24 naddy 173: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 174: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
1.24 naddy 175: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 176: big endian</a> version.
177: <p>
1.27 henning 178: <li><a name="userdir"></a>
179: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 180: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
1.24 naddy 181: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch">
1.1 deraadt 182: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
183: <p>
1.27 henning 184: <li><a name="bootpd"></a>
185: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 186: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
187: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.24 naddy 188: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 189: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
190: second version of the patch.
191: <p>
1.27 henning 192: <li><a name="tcpfix"></a>
193: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 194: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.24 naddy 195: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.1 deraadt 196: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
197: <p>
198: </ul>
1.27 henning 199: <a name="i386"></a>
200: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 201: <ul>
1.27 henning 202: <li><a name="tss"></a>
203: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 204: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
205: <strong>crashme</strong> program.
1.24 naddy 206: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch">
1.1 deraadt 207: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
208: <p>
1.27 henning 209: <li><a name="bootargv"></a>
210: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 211: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
212: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
1.11 jufi 213: <strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 214: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
215: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
216: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
217: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
1.24 naddy 218: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch">
1.1 deraadt 219: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
220: <p>
1.27 henning 221: <li><a name="trctrap"></a>
222: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 223: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
224: crash.
1.24 naddy 225: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 226: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
227: <p>
1.27 henning 228: <li><a name="installboot"></a>
229: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.13 pvalchev 230: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 231: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.24 naddy 232: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch">
1.1 deraadt 233: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
234: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
235: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
236: <p>
237: </ul>
238: <p>
1.27 henning 239: <a name="mac68k"></a>
240: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 241: <ul>
242: <li>No problems identified yet.
243: </ul>
244: <p>
1.27 henning 245: <a name="sparc"></a>
246: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 247: <ul>
1.27 henning 248: <li><a name="hme"></a>
249: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.23 deraadt 250: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of SS-20
1.1 deraadt 251: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
252: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
1.24 naddy 253: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch">
1.1 deraadt 254: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
255: <p>
1.27 henning 256: <li><a name="le"></a>
257: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 258: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
259: sbus le(4) card.
1.24 naddy 260: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch">
1.1 deraadt 261: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
262: <p>
263: </ul>
1.27 henning 264: <a name="amiga"></a>
265: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 266: <ul>
267: <li>No problems identified yet.
268: </ul>
269: <p>
1.27 henning 270: <a name="pmax"></a>
271: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 272: <ul>
273: <li>No problems identified yet.
274: </ul>
275: <p>
1.27 henning 276: <a name="arc"></a>
277: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 278: <ul>
279: <li>No problems identified yet.
280: </ul>
281: <p>
1.27 henning 282: <a name="alpha"></a>
283: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 284: <ul>
285: <li>No problems identified yet.
286: </ul>
287: <p>
1.27 henning 288: <a name="hp300"></a>
289: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 290: <ul>
1.27 henning 291: <li><a name="hp300X"></a>
292: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 293: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
294: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
295: <p>
296: </ul>
297: <p>
1.27 henning 298: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
299: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 300: <ul>
301: <li>No problems identified yet.
302: </ul>
303: <p>
1.27 henning 304: <a name="powerpc"></a>
305: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 306: <ul>
307: <li>No problems identified yet.
308: </ul>
309: <p>
310:
311:
312: <p>
313: <br>
314:
315: <hr>
1.8 jason 316: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.20 deraadt 317: <br>
1.21 deraadt 318: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.20 deraadt 319: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
320: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
321: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
322: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
323: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
324: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
325: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
326: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
327: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
328: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 329: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.39 david 330: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 331: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.32 miod 332: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.33 deraadt 333: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.34 deraadt 334: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.35 deraadt 335: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.36 deraadt 336: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.37 deraadt 337: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.40 ! merdely 338: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
! 339: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>.
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