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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>,
1.41 ! deraadt 46: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
! 47: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>.
1.20 deraadt 48: <br>
1.1 deraadt 49: <hr>
50:
1.24 naddy 51: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 52: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
53: This file is updated once a day.
54:
1.9 ericj 55: <p>
1.22 deraadt 56: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.9 ericj 57: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
58:
1.1 deraadt 59: <hr>
1.27 henning 60: <a name="all"></a>
61: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.11 jufi 62: <ul>
1.27 henning 63: <li><a name="bmap"></a>
64: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.3 millert 65: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
66: from an ext2fs partition.
1.24 naddy 67: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch">
1.3 millert 68: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
69: <p>
1.27 henning 70: <li><a name="lnpanic"></a>
71: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 72: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
1.24 naddy 73: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch">
1.2 deraadt 74: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
75: <p>
1.27 henning 76: <li><a name="poll"></a>
77: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 78: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
1.24 naddy 79: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 80: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
81: <p>
1.27 henning 82: <li><a name="nlink"></a>
83: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 84: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
1.24 naddy 85: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch">
1.1 deraadt 86: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. This
87: is version four of the patch.</a>
88: <p>
1.27 henning 89: <li><a name="ping"></a>
90: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 91: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
1.24 naddy 92: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch">
1.1 deraadt 93: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
94: <p>
1.27 henning 95: <li><a name="ipqrace"></a>
96: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 97: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
1.24 naddy 98: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch">
1.1 deraadt 99: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.24 naddy 100: It must be installed after <a href="errata24.html#maxqueue">the maxqueue patch</a>.
101: and <a href="errata24.html#tcpfix">the tcp decoding patch</a>.
1.1 deraadt 102: <p>
1.27 henning 103: <li><a name="accept"></a>
104: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 105: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
106: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
1.24 naddy 107: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch">
1.1 deraadt 108: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
109: <p>
1.27 henning 110: <li><a name="maxqueue"></a>
111: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 112: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
1.24 naddy 113: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch">
1.1 deraadt 114: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
115: <p>
1.27 henning 116: <li><a name="uio"></a>
117: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 118: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
119: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
1.24 naddy 120: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch">
1.1 deraadt 121: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
122: <p>
1.27 henning 123: <li><a name="rst"></a>
124: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 125: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
1.24 naddy 126: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch">
1.1 deraadt 127: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
128: <p>
1.27 henning 129: <li><a name="kvm_mkdb"></a>
130: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 131: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
132: memory".
1.24 naddy 133: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch">
1.1 deraadt 134: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
135: <p>
1.27 henning 136: <li><a name="nfs3_solaris7"></a>
137: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 138: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
1.31 david 139: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in an error such as
1.1 deraadt 140: "Inappropriate file type or format".
1.24 naddy 141: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch">
1.1 deraadt 142: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
143: <p>
1.27 henning 144: <li><a name="nfs3"></a>
145: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 146: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
147: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
148: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
149: partition sizes.
1.24 naddy 150: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch">
1.1 deraadt 151: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
152: <p>
1.27 henning 153: <li><a name="termcap"></a>
154: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 155: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
156: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
1.24 naddy 157: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 158: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
159: <br>
160: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
1.24 naddy 161: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz">i386</a>
1.1 deraadt 162: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
163: <p>
1.27 henning 164: <li><a name="terminfo"></a>
165: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 166: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
167: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.24 naddy 168: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch">
1.1 deraadt 169: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
170: <br>
171: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
172: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
173: alpha and mips, use the
1.24 naddy 174: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 175: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
1.24 naddy 176: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 177: big endian</a> version.
178: <p>
1.27 henning 179: <li><a name="userdir"></a>
180: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 181: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
1.24 naddy 182: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch">
1.1 deraadt 183: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
184: <p>
1.27 henning 185: <li><a name="bootpd"></a>
186: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 187: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
188: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.24 naddy 189: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 190: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
191: second version of the patch.
192: <p>
1.27 henning 193: <li><a name="tcpfix"></a>
194: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 195: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.24 naddy 196: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.1 deraadt 197: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
198: <p>
199: </ul>
1.27 henning 200: <a name="i386"></a>
201: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 202: <ul>
1.27 henning 203: <li><a name="tss"></a>
204: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 205: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
206: <strong>crashme</strong> program.
1.24 naddy 207: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch">
1.1 deraadt 208: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
209: <p>
1.27 henning 210: <li><a name="bootargv"></a>
211: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 212: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
213: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
1.11 jufi 214: <strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 215: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
216: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
217: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
218: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
1.24 naddy 219: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch">
1.1 deraadt 220: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
221: <p>
1.27 henning 222: <li><a name="trctrap"></a>
223: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 224: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
225: crash.
1.24 naddy 226: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 227: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
228: <p>
1.27 henning 229: <li><a name="installboot"></a>
230: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.13 pvalchev 231: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 232: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.24 naddy 233: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch">
1.1 deraadt 234: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
235: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
236: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
237: <p>
238: </ul>
239: <p>
1.27 henning 240: <a name="mac68k"></a>
241: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 242: <ul>
243: <li>No problems identified yet.
244: </ul>
245: <p>
1.27 henning 246: <a name="sparc"></a>
247: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 248: <ul>
1.27 henning 249: <li><a name="hme"></a>
250: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.23 deraadt 251: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of SS-20
1.1 deraadt 252: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
253: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
1.24 naddy 254: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch">
1.1 deraadt 255: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
256: <p>
1.27 henning 257: <li><a name="le"></a>
258: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 259: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
260: sbus le(4) card.
1.24 naddy 261: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch">
1.1 deraadt 262: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
263: <p>
264: </ul>
1.27 henning 265: <a name="amiga"></a>
266: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 267: <ul>
268: <li>No problems identified yet.
269: </ul>
270: <p>
1.27 henning 271: <a name="pmax"></a>
272: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 273: <ul>
274: <li>No problems identified yet.
275: </ul>
276: <p>
1.27 henning 277: <a name="arc"></a>
278: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 279: <ul>
280: <li>No problems identified yet.
281: </ul>
282: <p>
1.27 henning 283: <a name="alpha"></a>
284: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 285: <ul>
286: <li>No problems identified yet.
287: </ul>
288: <p>
1.27 henning 289: <a name="hp300"></a>
290: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 291: <ul>
1.27 henning 292: <li><a name="hp300X"></a>
293: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 294: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
295: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
296: <p>
297: </ul>
298: <p>
1.27 henning 299: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
300: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 301: <ul>
302: <li>No problems identified yet.
303: </ul>
304: <p>
1.27 henning 305: <a name="powerpc"></a>
306: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 307: <ul>
308: <li>No problems identified yet.
309: </ul>
310: <p>
311:
312:
313: <p>
314: <br>
315:
316: <hr>
1.8 jason 317: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.20 deraadt 318: <br>
1.21 deraadt 319: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.20 deraadt 320: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
321: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
322: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
323: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
324: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
325: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
326: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
327: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
328: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
329: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 330: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.39 david 331: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 332: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.32 miod 333: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.33 deraadt 334: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.34 deraadt 335: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.35 deraadt 336: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.36 deraadt 337: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.37 deraadt 338: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.40 merdely 339: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.41 ! deraadt 340: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
! 341: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>.
1.20 deraadt 342: <br>
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