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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>,
1.46 deraadt 51: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
1.48 deraadt 52: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
1.49 ! miod 53: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>,
! 54: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>.
1.20 deraadt 55: <br>
1.1 deraadt 56: <hr>
57:
1.47 sthen 58: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 59: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
60: This file is updated once a day.
61:
1.9 ericj 62: <p>
1.22 deraadt 63: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.9 ericj 64: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
65:
1.1 deraadt 66: <hr>
1.27 henning 67: <a name="all"></a>
68: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.11 jufi 69: <ul>
1.27 henning 70: <li><a name="bmap"></a>
71: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.3 millert 72: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
73: from an ext2fs partition.
1.47 sthen 74: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch">
1.3 millert 75: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
76: <p>
1.27 henning 77: <li><a name="lnpanic"></a>
78: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 79: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
1.47 sthen 80: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch">
1.2 deraadt 81: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
82: <p>
1.27 henning 83: <li><a name="poll"></a>
84: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 85: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
1.47 sthen 86: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 87: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
88: <p>
1.27 henning 89: <li><a name="nlink"></a>
90: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 91: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
1.47 sthen 92: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch">
1.1 deraadt 93: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. This
94: is version four of the patch.</a>
95: <p>
1.27 henning 96: <li><a name="ping"></a>
97: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 98: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
1.47 sthen 99: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch">
1.1 deraadt 100: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
101: <p>
1.27 henning 102: <li><a name="ipqrace"></a>
103: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 104: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
1.47 sthen 105: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch">
1.1 deraadt 106: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.24 naddy 107: It must be installed after <a href="errata24.html#maxqueue">the maxqueue patch</a>.
108: and <a href="errata24.html#tcpfix">the tcp decoding patch</a>.
1.1 deraadt 109: <p>
1.27 henning 110: <li><a name="accept"></a>
111: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 112: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
113: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
1.47 sthen 114: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch">
1.1 deraadt 115: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
116: <p>
1.27 henning 117: <li><a name="maxqueue"></a>
118: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 119: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
1.47 sthen 120: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch">
1.1 deraadt 121: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
122: <p>
1.27 henning 123: <li><a name="uio"></a>
124: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 125: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
126: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
1.47 sthen 127: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch">
1.1 deraadt 128: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
129: <p>
1.27 henning 130: <li><a name="rst"></a>
131: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 132: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
1.47 sthen 133: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch">
1.1 deraadt 134: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
135: <p>
1.27 henning 136: <li><a name="kvm_mkdb"></a>
137: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 138: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
139: memory".
1.47 sthen 140: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.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_solaris7"></a>
144: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 145: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
1.31 david 146: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in an error such as
1.1 deraadt 147: "Inappropriate file type or format".
1.47 sthen 148: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch">
1.1 deraadt 149: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
150: <p>
1.27 henning 151: <li><a name="nfs3"></a>
152: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 153: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
154: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
155: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
156: partition sizes.
1.47 sthen 157: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch">
1.1 deraadt 158: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
159: <p>
1.27 henning 160: <li><a name="termcap"></a>
161: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 162: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
163: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
1.47 sthen 164: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 165: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
166: <br>
167: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
1.47 sthen 168: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz">i386</a>
1.1 deraadt 169: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
170: <p>
1.27 henning 171: <li><a name="terminfo"></a>
172: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 173: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
174: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.47 sthen 175: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch">
1.1 deraadt 176: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
177: <br>
178: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
179: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
180: alpha and mips, use the
1.47 sthen 181: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 182: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
1.47 sthen 183: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 184: big endian</a> version.
185: <p>
1.27 henning 186: <li><a name="userdir"></a>
187: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 188: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
1.47 sthen 189: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch">
1.1 deraadt 190: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
191: <p>
1.27 henning 192: <li><a name="bootpd"></a>
193: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 194: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
195: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.47 sthen 196: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 197: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
198: second version of the patch.
199: <p>
1.27 henning 200: <li><a name="tcpfix"></a>
201: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 202: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.47 sthen 203: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.1 deraadt 204: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
205: <p>
206: </ul>
1.27 henning 207: <a name="i386"></a>
208: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 209: <ul>
1.27 henning 210: <li><a name="tss"></a>
211: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 212: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
213: <strong>crashme</strong> program.
1.47 sthen 214: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch">
1.1 deraadt 215: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
216: <p>
1.27 henning 217: <li><a name="bootargv"></a>
218: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 219: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
220: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
1.11 jufi 221: <strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 222: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
223: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
224: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
225: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
1.47 sthen 226: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.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="trctrap"></a>
230: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 231: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
232: crash.
1.47 sthen 233: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 234: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
235: <p>
1.27 henning 236: <li><a name="installboot"></a>
237: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.13 pvalchev 238: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 239: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.47 sthen 240: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch">
1.1 deraadt 241: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
242: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
243: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
244: <p>
245: </ul>
246: <p>
1.27 henning 247: <a name="mac68k"></a>
248: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 249: <ul>
250: <li>No problems identified yet.
251: </ul>
252: <p>
1.27 henning 253: <a name="sparc"></a>
254: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 255: <ul>
1.27 henning 256: <li><a name="hme"></a>
257: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.23 deraadt 258: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of SS-20
1.1 deraadt 259: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
260: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
1.47 sthen 261: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch">
1.1 deraadt 262: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
263: <p>
1.27 henning 264: <li><a name="le"></a>
265: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 266: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
267: sbus le(4) card.
1.47 sthen 268: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch">
1.1 deraadt 269: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
270: <p>
271: </ul>
1.27 henning 272: <a name="amiga"></a>
273: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 274: <ul>
275: <li>No problems identified yet.
276: </ul>
277: <p>
1.27 henning 278: <a name="pmax"></a>
279: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 280: <ul>
281: <li>No problems identified yet.
282: </ul>
283: <p>
1.27 henning 284: <a name="arc"></a>
285: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 286: <ul>
287: <li>No problems identified yet.
288: </ul>
289: <p>
1.27 henning 290: <a name="alpha"></a>
291: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 292: <ul>
293: <li>No problems identified yet.
294: </ul>
295: <p>
1.27 henning 296: <a name="hp300"></a>
297: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 298: <ul>
1.27 henning 299: <li><a name="hp300X"></a>
300: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 301: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
302: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
303: <p>
304: </ul>
305: <p>
1.27 henning 306: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
307: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 308: <ul>
309: <li>No problems identified yet.
310: </ul>
311: <p>
1.27 henning 312: <a name="powerpc"></a>
313: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 314: <ul>
315: <li>No problems identified yet.
316: </ul>
317: <p>
318:
319:
320: <p>
321: <br>
322:
323: <hr>
1.8 jason 324: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.20 deraadt 325: <br>
1.21 deraadt 326: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.20 deraadt 327: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
328: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
329: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
330: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
331: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
332: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
333: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
334: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
335: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
336: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 337: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.39 david 338: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 339: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.32 miod 340: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.33 deraadt 341: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.42 deraadt 342: <br>
1.34 deraadt 343: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.35 deraadt 344: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.36 deraadt 345: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.37 deraadt 346: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.40 merdely 347: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.41 deraadt 348: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.42 deraadt 349: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.44 deraadt 350: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.45 deraadt 351: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
1.46 deraadt 352: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
1.48 deraadt 353: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
1.49 ! miod 354: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>,
! 355: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>.
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