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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>,
1.42 deraadt 41: <br>
1.34 deraadt 42: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.35 deraadt 43: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.36 deraadt 44: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.37 deraadt 45: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.40 merdely 46: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.41 deraadt 47: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.42 deraadt 48: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.44 deraadt 49: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.45 ! deraadt 50: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
! 51: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>.
1.20 deraadt 52: <br>
1.1 deraadt 53: <hr>
54:
1.24 naddy 55: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 56: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
57: This file is updated once a day.
58:
1.9 ericj 59: <p>
1.22 deraadt 60: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.9 ericj 61: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
62:
1.1 deraadt 63: <hr>
1.27 henning 64: <a name="all"></a>
65: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.11 jufi 66: <ul>
1.27 henning 67: <li><a name="bmap"></a>
68: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.3 millert 69: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
70: from an ext2fs partition.
1.24 naddy 71: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch">
1.3 millert 72: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
73: <p>
1.27 henning 74: <li><a name="lnpanic"></a>
75: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 76: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
1.24 naddy 77: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch">
1.2 deraadt 78: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
79: <p>
1.27 henning 80: <li><a name="poll"></a>
81: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 82: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
1.24 naddy 83: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 84: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
85: <p>
1.27 henning 86: <li><a name="nlink"></a>
87: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 88: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
1.24 naddy 89: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch">
1.1 deraadt 90: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. This
91: is version four of the patch.</a>
92: <p>
1.27 henning 93: <li><a name="ping"></a>
94: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 95: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
1.24 naddy 96: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch">
1.1 deraadt 97: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
98: <p>
1.27 henning 99: <li><a name="ipqrace"></a>
100: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 101: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
1.24 naddy 102: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch">
1.1 deraadt 103: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.24 naddy 104: It must be installed after <a href="errata24.html#maxqueue">the maxqueue patch</a>.
105: and <a href="errata24.html#tcpfix">the tcp decoding patch</a>.
1.1 deraadt 106: <p>
1.27 henning 107: <li><a name="accept"></a>
108: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 109: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
110: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
1.24 naddy 111: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch">
1.1 deraadt 112: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
113: <p>
1.27 henning 114: <li><a name="maxqueue"></a>
115: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 116: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
1.24 naddy 117: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch">
1.1 deraadt 118: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
119: <p>
1.27 henning 120: <li><a name="uio"></a>
121: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 122: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
123: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
1.24 naddy 124: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch">
1.1 deraadt 125: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
126: <p>
1.27 henning 127: <li><a name="rst"></a>
128: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 129: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
1.24 naddy 130: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch">
1.1 deraadt 131: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
132: <p>
1.27 henning 133: <li><a name="kvm_mkdb"></a>
134: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 135: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
136: memory".
1.24 naddy 137: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.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_solaris7"></a>
141: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 142: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
1.31 david 143: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in an error such as
1.1 deraadt 144: "Inappropriate file type or format".
1.24 naddy 145: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch">
1.1 deraadt 146: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
147: <p>
1.27 henning 148: <li><a name="nfs3"></a>
149: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 150: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
151: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
152: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
153: partition sizes.
1.24 naddy 154: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch">
1.1 deraadt 155: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
156: <p>
1.27 henning 157: <li><a name="termcap"></a>
158: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 159: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
160: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
1.24 naddy 161: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 162: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
163: <br>
164: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
1.24 naddy 165: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz">i386</a>
1.1 deraadt 166: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
167: <p>
1.27 henning 168: <li><a name="terminfo"></a>
169: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 170: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
171: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.24 naddy 172: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch">
1.1 deraadt 173: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
174: <br>
175: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
176: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
177: alpha and mips, use the
1.24 naddy 178: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 179: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
1.24 naddy 180: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 181: big endian</a> version.
182: <p>
1.27 henning 183: <li><a name="userdir"></a>
184: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 185: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
1.24 naddy 186: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch">
1.1 deraadt 187: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
188: <p>
1.27 henning 189: <li><a name="bootpd"></a>
190: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 191: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
192: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.24 naddy 193: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 194: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
195: second version of the patch.
196: <p>
1.27 henning 197: <li><a name="tcpfix"></a>
198: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 199: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.24 naddy 200: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.1 deraadt 201: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
202: <p>
203: </ul>
1.27 henning 204: <a name="i386"></a>
205: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 206: <ul>
1.27 henning 207: <li><a name="tss"></a>
208: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 209: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
210: <strong>crashme</strong> program.
1.24 naddy 211: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch">
1.1 deraadt 212: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
213: <p>
1.27 henning 214: <li><a name="bootargv"></a>
215: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 216: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
217: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
1.11 jufi 218: <strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 219: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
220: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
221: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
222: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
1.24 naddy 223: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch">
1.1 deraadt 224: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
225: <p>
1.27 henning 226: <li><a name="trctrap"></a>
227: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 228: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
229: crash.
1.24 naddy 230: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 231: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
232: <p>
1.27 henning 233: <li><a name="installboot"></a>
234: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.13 pvalchev 235: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 236: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.24 naddy 237: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch">
1.1 deraadt 238: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
239: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
240: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
241: <p>
242: </ul>
243: <p>
1.27 henning 244: <a name="mac68k"></a>
245: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 246: <ul>
247: <li>No problems identified yet.
248: </ul>
249: <p>
1.27 henning 250: <a name="sparc"></a>
251: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 252: <ul>
1.27 henning 253: <li><a name="hme"></a>
254: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.23 deraadt 255: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of SS-20
1.1 deraadt 256: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
257: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
1.24 naddy 258: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch">
1.1 deraadt 259: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
260: <p>
1.27 henning 261: <li><a name="le"></a>
262: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 263: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
264: sbus le(4) card.
1.24 naddy 265: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch">
1.1 deraadt 266: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
267: <p>
268: </ul>
1.27 henning 269: <a name="amiga"></a>
270: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 271: <ul>
272: <li>No problems identified yet.
273: </ul>
274: <p>
1.27 henning 275: <a name="pmax"></a>
276: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 277: <ul>
278: <li>No problems identified yet.
279: </ul>
280: <p>
1.27 henning 281: <a name="arc"></a>
282: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 283: <ul>
284: <li>No problems identified yet.
285: </ul>
286: <p>
1.27 henning 287: <a name="alpha"></a>
288: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 289: <ul>
290: <li>No problems identified yet.
291: </ul>
292: <p>
1.27 henning 293: <a name="hp300"></a>
294: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 295: <ul>
1.27 henning 296: <li><a name="hp300X"></a>
297: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 298: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
299: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
300: <p>
301: </ul>
302: <p>
1.27 henning 303: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
304: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 305: <ul>
306: <li>No problems identified yet.
307: </ul>
308: <p>
1.27 henning 309: <a name="powerpc"></a>
310: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 311: <ul>
312: <li>No problems identified yet.
313: </ul>
314: <p>
315:
316:
317: <p>
318: <br>
319:
320: <hr>
1.8 jason 321: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.20 deraadt 322: <br>
1.21 deraadt 323: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.20 deraadt 324: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
325: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
326: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
327: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
328: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
329: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
330: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
331: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
332: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
333: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 334: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.39 david 335: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 336: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.32 miod 337: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.33 deraadt 338: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.42 deraadt 339: <br>
1.34 deraadt 340: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.35 deraadt 341: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.36 deraadt 342: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.37 deraadt 343: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.40 merdely 344: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.41 deraadt 345: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.42 deraadt 346: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.44 deraadt 347: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.45 ! deraadt 348: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
! 349: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>.
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