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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>,
1.50 nick 54: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>,
1.51 sthen 55: <a href="errata50.html">5.0</a>,
1.52 ! deraadt 56: <a href="errata51.html">5.1</a>,
! 57: <a href="errata52.html">5.2</a>.
1.20 deraadt 58: <br>
1.1 deraadt 59: <hr>
60:
1.47 sthen 61: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 62: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
63: This file is updated once a day.
64:
1.9 ericj 65: <p>
1.22 deraadt 66: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.9 ericj 67: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
68:
1.1 deraadt 69: <hr>
1.27 henning 70: <a name="all"></a>
71: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.11 jufi 72: <ul>
1.27 henning 73: <li><a name="bmap"></a>
74: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.3 millert 75: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
76: from an ext2fs partition.
1.47 sthen 77: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch">
1.3 millert 78: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
79: <p>
1.27 henning 80: <li><a name="lnpanic"></a>
81: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 82: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
1.47 sthen 83: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch">
1.2 deraadt 84: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
85: <p>
1.27 henning 86: <li><a name="poll"></a>
87: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 88: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
1.47 sthen 89: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 90: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
91: <p>
1.27 henning 92: <li><a name="nlink"></a>
93: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 94: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
1.47 sthen 95: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch">
1.1 deraadt 96: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. This
97: is version four of the patch.</a>
98: <p>
1.27 henning 99: <li><a name="ping"></a>
100: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 101: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
1.47 sthen 102: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch">
1.1 deraadt 103: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
104: <p>
1.27 henning 105: <li><a name="ipqrace"></a>
106: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 107: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
1.47 sthen 108: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch">
1.1 deraadt 109: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.24 naddy 110: It must be installed after <a href="errata24.html#maxqueue">the maxqueue patch</a>.
111: and <a href="errata24.html#tcpfix">the tcp decoding patch</a>.
1.1 deraadt 112: <p>
1.27 henning 113: <li><a name="accept"></a>
114: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 115: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
116: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
1.47 sthen 117: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch">
1.1 deraadt 118: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
119: <p>
1.27 henning 120: <li><a name="maxqueue"></a>
121: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 122: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
1.47 sthen 123: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch">
1.1 deraadt 124: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
125: <p>
1.27 henning 126: <li><a name="uio"></a>
127: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 128: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
129: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
1.47 sthen 130: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch">
1.1 deraadt 131: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
132: <p>
1.27 henning 133: <li><a name="rst"></a>
134: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 135: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
1.47 sthen 136: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch">
1.1 deraadt 137: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
138: <p>
1.27 henning 139: <li><a name="kvm_mkdb"></a>
140: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 141: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
142: memory".
1.47 sthen 143: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch">
1.1 deraadt 144: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
145: <p>
1.27 henning 146: <li><a name="nfs3_solaris7"></a>
147: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 148: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
1.31 david 149: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in an error such as
1.1 deraadt 150: "Inappropriate file type or format".
1.47 sthen 151: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch">
1.1 deraadt 152: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
153: <p>
1.27 henning 154: <li><a name="nfs3"></a>
155: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 156: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
157: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
158: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
159: partition sizes.
1.47 sthen 160: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch">
1.1 deraadt 161: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
162: <p>
1.27 henning 163: <li><a name="termcap"></a>
164: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 165: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
166: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
1.47 sthen 167: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 168: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
169: <br>
170: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
1.47 sthen 171: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz">i386</a>
1.1 deraadt 172: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
173: <p>
1.27 henning 174: <li><a name="terminfo"></a>
175: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 176: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
177: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.47 sthen 178: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch">
1.1 deraadt 179: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
180: <br>
181: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
182: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
183: alpha and mips, use the
1.47 sthen 184: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 185: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
1.47 sthen 186: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 187: big endian</a> version.
188: <p>
1.27 henning 189: <li><a name="userdir"></a>
190: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 191: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
1.47 sthen 192: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch">
1.1 deraadt 193: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
194: <p>
1.27 henning 195: <li><a name="bootpd"></a>
196: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 197: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
198: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.47 sthen 199: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 200: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
201: second version of the patch.
202: <p>
1.27 henning 203: <li><a name="tcpfix"></a>
204: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 205: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.47 sthen 206: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.1 deraadt 207: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
208: <p>
209: </ul>
1.27 henning 210: <a name="i386"></a>
211: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 212: <ul>
1.27 henning 213: <li><a name="tss"></a>
214: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 215: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
216: <strong>crashme</strong> program.
1.47 sthen 217: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch">
1.1 deraadt 218: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
219: <p>
1.27 henning 220: <li><a name="bootargv"></a>
221: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 222: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
223: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
1.11 jufi 224: <strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 225: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
226: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
227: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
228: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
1.47 sthen 229: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch">
1.1 deraadt 230: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
231: <p>
1.27 henning 232: <li><a name="trctrap"></a>
233: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 234: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
235: crash.
1.47 sthen 236: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 237: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
238: <p>
1.27 henning 239: <li><a name="installboot"></a>
240: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.13 pvalchev 241: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 242: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.47 sthen 243: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch">
1.1 deraadt 244: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
245: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
246: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
247: <p>
248: </ul>
249: <p>
1.27 henning 250: <a name="mac68k"></a>
251: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 252: <ul>
253: <li>No problems identified yet.
254: </ul>
255: <p>
1.27 henning 256: <a name="sparc"></a>
257: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 258: <ul>
1.27 henning 259: <li><a name="hme"></a>
260: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.23 deraadt 261: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of SS-20
1.1 deraadt 262: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
263: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
1.47 sthen 264: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch">
1.1 deraadt 265: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
266: <p>
1.27 henning 267: <li><a name="le"></a>
268: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 269: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
270: sbus le(4) card.
1.47 sthen 271: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch">
1.1 deraadt 272: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
273: <p>
274: </ul>
1.27 henning 275: <a name="amiga"></a>
276: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 277: <ul>
278: <li>No problems identified yet.
279: </ul>
280: <p>
1.27 henning 281: <a name="pmax"></a>
282: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 283: <ul>
284: <li>No problems identified yet.
285: </ul>
286: <p>
1.27 henning 287: <a name="arc"></a>
288: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 289: <ul>
290: <li>No problems identified yet.
291: </ul>
292: <p>
1.27 henning 293: <a name="alpha"></a>
294: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 295: <ul>
296: <li>No problems identified yet.
297: </ul>
298: <p>
1.27 henning 299: <a name="hp300"></a>
300: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 301: <ul>
1.27 henning 302: <li><a name="hp300X"></a>
303: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 304: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
305: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
306: <p>
307: </ul>
308: <p>
1.27 henning 309: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
310: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 311: <ul>
312: <li>No problems identified yet.
313: </ul>
314: <p>
1.27 henning 315: <a name="powerpc"></a>
316: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 317: <ul>
318: <li>No problems identified yet.
319: </ul>
320:
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