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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>,
1.53 ! deraadt 57: <a href="errata52.html">5.2</a>,
! 58: <a href="errata53.html">5.3</a>.
1.20 deraadt 59: <br>
1.1 deraadt 60: <hr>
61:
1.47 sthen 62: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 63: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
64: This file is updated once a day.
65:
1.9 ericj 66: <p>
1.22 deraadt 67: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.9 ericj 68: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
69:
1.1 deraadt 70: <hr>
1.27 henning 71: <a name="all"></a>
72: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.11 jufi 73: <ul>
1.27 henning 74: <li><a name="bmap"></a>
75: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.3 millert 76: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
77: from an ext2fs partition.
1.47 sthen 78: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch">
1.3 millert 79: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
80: <p>
1.27 henning 81: <li><a name="lnpanic"></a>
82: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 83: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
1.47 sthen 84: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch">
1.2 deraadt 85: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
86: <p>
1.27 henning 87: <li><a name="poll"></a>
88: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 89: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
1.47 sthen 90: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 91: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
92: <p>
1.27 henning 93: <li><a name="nlink"></a>
94: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 95: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
1.47 sthen 96: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch">
1.1 deraadt 97: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. This
98: is version four of the patch.</a>
99: <p>
1.27 henning 100: <li><a name="ping"></a>
101: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 102: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
1.47 sthen 103: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch">
1.1 deraadt 104: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
105: <p>
1.27 henning 106: <li><a name="ipqrace"></a>
107: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 108: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
1.47 sthen 109: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch">
1.1 deraadt 110: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.24 naddy 111: It must be installed after <a href="errata24.html#maxqueue">the maxqueue patch</a>.
112: and <a href="errata24.html#tcpfix">the tcp decoding patch</a>.
1.1 deraadt 113: <p>
1.27 henning 114: <li><a name="accept"></a>
115: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 116: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
117: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
1.47 sthen 118: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch">
1.1 deraadt 119: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
120: <p>
1.27 henning 121: <li><a name="maxqueue"></a>
122: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 123: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
1.47 sthen 124: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch">
1.1 deraadt 125: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
126: <p>
1.27 henning 127: <li><a name="uio"></a>
128: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 129: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
130: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
1.47 sthen 131: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch">
1.1 deraadt 132: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
133: <p>
1.27 henning 134: <li><a name="rst"></a>
135: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 136: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
1.47 sthen 137: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch">
1.1 deraadt 138: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
139: <p>
1.27 henning 140: <li><a name="kvm_mkdb"></a>
141: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 142: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
143: memory".
1.47 sthen 144: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch">
1.1 deraadt 145: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
146: <p>
1.27 henning 147: <li><a name="nfs3_solaris7"></a>
148: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 149: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
1.31 david 150: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in an error such as
1.1 deraadt 151: "Inappropriate file type or format".
1.47 sthen 152: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch">
1.1 deraadt 153: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
154: <p>
1.27 henning 155: <li><a name="nfs3"></a>
156: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 157: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
158: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
159: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
160: partition sizes.
1.47 sthen 161: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch">
1.1 deraadt 162: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
163: <p>
1.27 henning 164: <li><a name="termcap"></a>
165: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 166: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
167: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
1.47 sthen 168: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 169: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
170: <br>
171: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
1.47 sthen 172: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz">i386</a>
1.1 deraadt 173: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
174: <p>
1.27 henning 175: <li><a name="terminfo"></a>
176: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 177: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
178: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.47 sthen 179: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch">
1.1 deraadt 180: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
181: <br>
182: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
183: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
184: alpha and mips, use the
1.47 sthen 185: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 186: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
1.47 sthen 187: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 188: big endian</a> version.
189: <p>
1.27 henning 190: <li><a name="userdir"></a>
191: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 192: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
1.47 sthen 193: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch">
1.1 deraadt 194: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
195: <p>
1.27 henning 196: <li><a name="bootpd"></a>
197: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 198: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
199: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.47 sthen 200: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 201: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
202: second version of the patch.
203: <p>
1.27 henning 204: <li><a name="tcpfix"></a>
205: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 206: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.47 sthen 207: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.1 deraadt 208: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
209: <p>
210: </ul>
1.27 henning 211: <a name="i386"></a>
212: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 213: <ul>
1.27 henning 214: <li><a name="tss"></a>
215: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 216: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
217: <strong>crashme</strong> program.
1.47 sthen 218: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch">
1.1 deraadt 219: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
220: <p>
1.27 henning 221: <li><a name="bootargv"></a>
222: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 223: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
224: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
1.11 jufi 225: <strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 226: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
227: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
228: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
229: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
1.47 sthen 230: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.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="trctrap"></a>
234: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 235: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
236: crash.
1.47 sthen 237: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 238: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
239: <p>
1.27 henning 240: <li><a name="installboot"></a>
241: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.13 pvalchev 242: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 243: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.47 sthen 244: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch">
1.1 deraadt 245: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
246: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
247: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
248: <p>
249: </ul>
250: <p>
1.27 henning 251: <a name="mac68k"></a>
252: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 253: <ul>
254: <li>No problems identified yet.
255: </ul>
256: <p>
1.27 henning 257: <a name="sparc"></a>
258: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 259: <ul>
1.27 henning 260: <li><a name="hme"></a>
261: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.23 deraadt 262: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of SS-20
1.1 deraadt 263: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
264: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
1.47 sthen 265: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch">
1.1 deraadt 266: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
267: <p>
1.27 henning 268: <li><a name="le"></a>
269: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 270: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
271: sbus le(4) card.
1.47 sthen 272: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch">
1.1 deraadt 273: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
274: <p>
275: </ul>
1.27 henning 276: <a name="amiga"></a>
277: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 278: <ul>
279: <li>No problems identified yet.
280: </ul>
281: <p>
1.27 henning 282: <a name="pmax"></a>
283: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 284: <ul>
285: <li>No problems identified yet.
286: </ul>
287: <p>
1.27 henning 288: <a name="arc"></a>
289: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 290: <ul>
291: <li>No problems identified yet.
292: </ul>
293: <p>
1.27 henning 294: <a name="alpha"></a>
295: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 296: <ul>
297: <li>No problems identified yet.
298: </ul>
299: <p>
1.27 henning 300: <a name="hp300"></a>
301: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 302: <ul>
1.27 henning 303: <li><a name="hp300X"></a>
304: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 305: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
306: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
307: <p>
308: </ul>
309: <p>
1.27 henning 310: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
311: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 312: <ul>
313: <li>No problems identified yet.
314: </ul>
315: <p>
1.27 henning 316: <a name="powerpc"></a>
317: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 318: <ul>
319: <li>No problems identified yet.
320: </ul>
321:
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