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1.1 deraadt 18: This is the OpenBSD 2.4 release errata & patch list:
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22: <hr>
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>,
1.46 ! deraadt 51: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
! 52: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>.
1.20 deraadt 53: <br>
1.1 deraadt 54: <hr>
55:
1.24 naddy 56: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 57: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
58: This file is updated once a day.
59:
1.9 ericj 60: <p>
1.22 deraadt 61: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.9 ericj 62: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
63:
1.1 deraadt 64: <hr>
1.27 henning 65: <a name="all"></a>
66: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.11 jufi 67: <ul>
1.27 henning 68: <li><a name="bmap"></a>
69: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.3 millert 70: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
71: from an ext2fs partition.
1.24 naddy 72: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch">
1.3 millert 73: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
74: <p>
1.27 henning 75: <li><a name="lnpanic"></a>
76: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 77: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
1.24 naddy 78: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch">
1.2 deraadt 79: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
80: <p>
1.27 henning 81: <li><a name="poll"></a>
82: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 83: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
1.24 naddy 84: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 85: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
86: <p>
1.27 henning 87: <li><a name="nlink"></a>
88: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 89: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
1.24 naddy 90: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch">
1.1 deraadt 91: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. This
92: is version four of the patch.</a>
93: <p>
1.27 henning 94: <li><a name="ping"></a>
95: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 96: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
1.24 naddy 97: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch">
1.1 deraadt 98: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
99: <p>
1.27 henning 100: <li><a name="ipqrace"></a>
101: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 102: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
1.24 naddy 103: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch">
1.1 deraadt 104: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.24 naddy 105: It must be installed after <a href="errata24.html#maxqueue">the maxqueue patch</a>.
106: and <a href="errata24.html#tcpfix">the tcp decoding patch</a>.
1.1 deraadt 107: <p>
1.27 henning 108: <li><a name="accept"></a>
109: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 110: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
111: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
1.24 naddy 112: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch">
1.1 deraadt 113: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
114: <p>
1.27 henning 115: <li><a name="maxqueue"></a>
116: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 117: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
1.24 naddy 118: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch">
1.1 deraadt 119: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
120: <p>
1.27 henning 121: <li><a name="uio"></a>
122: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 123: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
124: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
1.24 naddy 125: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch">
1.1 deraadt 126: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
127: <p>
1.27 henning 128: <li><a name="rst"></a>
129: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 130: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
1.24 naddy 131: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch">
1.1 deraadt 132: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
133: <p>
1.27 henning 134: <li><a name="kvm_mkdb"></a>
135: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 136: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
137: memory".
1.24 naddy 138: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch">
1.1 deraadt 139: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
140: <p>
1.27 henning 141: <li><a name="nfs3_solaris7"></a>
142: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 143: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
1.31 david 144: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in an error such as
1.1 deraadt 145: "Inappropriate file type or format".
1.24 naddy 146: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch">
1.1 deraadt 147: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
148: <p>
1.27 henning 149: <li><a name="nfs3"></a>
150: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 151: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
152: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
153: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
154: partition sizes.
1.24 naddy 155: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch">
1.1 deraadt 156: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
157: <p>
1.27 henning 158: <li><a name="termcap"></a>
159: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 160: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
161: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
1.24 naddy 162: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 163: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
164: <br>
165: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
1.24 naddy 166: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz">i386</a>
1.1 deraadt 167: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
168: <p>
1.27 henning 169: <li><a name="terminfo"></a>
170: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 171: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
172: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.24 naddy 173: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch">
1.1 deraadt 174: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
175: <br>
176: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
177: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
178: alpha and mips, use the
1.24 naddy 179: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 180: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
1.24 naddy 181: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 182: big endian</a> version.
183: <p>
1.27 henning 184: <li><a name="userdir"></a>
185: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 186: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
1.24 naddy 187: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch">
1.1 deraadt 188: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
189: <p>
1.27 henning 190: <li><a name="bootpd"></a>
191: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 192: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
193: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.24 naddy 194: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 195: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
196: second version of the patch.
197: <p>
1.27 henning 198: <li><a name="tcpfix"></a>
199: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 200: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.24 naddy 201: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.1 deraadt 202: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
203: <p>
204: </ul>
1.27 henning 205: <a name="i386"></a>
206: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 207: <ul>
1.27 henning 208: <li><a name="tss"></a>
209: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 210: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
211: <strong>crashme</strong> program.
1.24 naddy 212: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch">
1.1 deraadt 213: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
214: <p>
1.27 henning 215: <li><a name="bootargv"></a>
216: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 217: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
218: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
1.11 jufi 219: <strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 220: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
221: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
222: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
223: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
1.24 naddy 224: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.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="trctrap"></a>
228: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 229: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
230: crash.
1.24 naddy 231: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 232: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
233: <p>
1.27 henning 234: <li><a name="installboot"></a>
235: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.13 pvalchev 236: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 237: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.24 naddy 238: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch">
1.1 deraadt 239: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
240: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
241: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
242: <p>
243: </ul>
244: <p>
1.27 henning 245: <a name="mac68k"></a>
246: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 247: <ul>
248: <li>No problems identified yet.
249: </ul>
250: <p>
1.27 henning 251: <a name="sparc"></a>
252: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 253: <ul>
1.27 henning 254: <li><a name="hme"></a>
255: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.23 deraadt 256: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of SS-20
1.1 deraadt 257: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
258: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
1.24 naddy 259: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch">
1.1 deraadt 260: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
261: <p>
1.27 henning 262: <li><a name="le"></a>
263: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 264: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
265: sbus le(4) card.
1.24 naddy 266: <a href="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch">
1.1 deraadt 267: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
268: <p>
269: </ul>
1.27 henning 270: <a name="amiga"></a>
271: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 272: <ul>
273: <li>No problems identified yet.
274: </ul>
275: <p>
1.27 henning 276: <a name="pmax"></a>
277: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 278: <ul>
279: <li>No problems identified yet.
280: </ul>
281: <p>
1.27 henning 282: <a name="arc"></a>
283: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 284: <ul>
285: <li>No problems identified yet.
286: </ul>
287: <p>
1.27 henning 288: <a name="alpha"></a>
289: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 290: <ul>
291: <li>No problems identified yet.
292: </ul>
293: <p>
1.27 henning 294: <a name="hp300"></a>
295: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 296: <ul>
1.27 henning 297: <li><a name="hp300X"></a>
298: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 299: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
300: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
301: <p>
302: </ul>
303: <p>
1.27 henning 304: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
305: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 306: <ul>
307: <li>No problems identified yet.
308: </ul>
309: <p>
1.27 henning 310: <a name="powerpc"></a>
311: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 312: <ul>
313: <li>No problems identified yet.
314: </ul>
315: <p>
316:
317:
318: <p>
319: <br>
320:
321: <hr>
1.8 jason 322: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.20 deraadt 323: <br>
1.21 deraadt 324: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.20 deraadt 325: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
326: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
327: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
328: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
329: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
330: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
331: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
332: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
333: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
334: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 335: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.39 david 336: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 337: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.32 miod 338: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.33 deraadt 339: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.42 deraadt 340: <br>
1.34 deraadt 341: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.35 deraadt 342: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.36 deraadt 343: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.37 deraadt 344: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.40 merdely 345: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.41 deraadt 346: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.42 deraadt 347: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.44 deraadt 348: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.45 deraadt 349: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
1.46 ! deraadt 350: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
! 351: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>.
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