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1.1 deraadt 17: This is the OpenBSD 2.4 release errata & patch list:
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1.8 jason 22: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.20 deraadt 23: <br>
1.21 deraadt 24: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.20 deraadt 25: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
26: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
27: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
28: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
29: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
30: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
31: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
32: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
33: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
34: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 35: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.39 david 36: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 37: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.32 miod 38: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.33 deraadt 39: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.42 deraadt 40: <br>
1.34 deraadt 41: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.35 deraadt 42: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.36 deraadt 43: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.37 deraadt 44: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.40 merdely 45: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.41 deraadt 46: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.42 deraadt 47: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.44 deraadt 48: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.45 deraadt 49: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
1.46 deraadt 50: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
1.48 deraadt 51: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
1.49 miod 52: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>,
1.50 nick 53: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>,
1.51 sthen 54: <a href="errata50.html">5.0</a>,
1.52 deraadt 55: <a href="errata51.html">5.1</a>,
1.53 deraadt 56: <a href="errata52.html">5.2</a>,
1.54 deraadt 57: <a href="errata53.html">5.3</a>,
1.55 deraadt 58: <a href="errata54.html">5.4</a>,
59: <a href="errata55.html">5.5</a>.
1.20 deraadt 60: <br>
1.1 deraadt 61: <hr>
62:
1.47 sthen 63: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 64: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
65: This file is updated once a day.
66:
1.9 ericj 67: <p>
1.22 deraadt 68: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.9 ericj 69: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
70:
1.1 deraadt 71: <hr>
1.27 henning 72: <a name="all"></a>
73: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.11 jufi 74: <ul>
1.27 henning 75: <li><a name="bmap"></a>
76: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.3 millert 77: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
78: from an ext2fs partition.
1.47 sthen 79: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch">
1.3 millert 80: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
81: <p>
1.27 henning 82: <li><a name="lnpanic"></a>
83: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 84: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
1.47 sthen 85: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch">
1.2 deraadt 86: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
87: <p>
1.27 henning 88: <li><a name="poll"></a>
89: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 90: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
1.47 sthen 91: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 92: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
93: <p>
1.27 henning 94: <li><a name="nlink"></a>
95: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 96: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
1.47 sthen 97: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch">
1.1 deraadt 98: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. This
99: is version four of the patch.</a>
100: <p>
1.27 henning 101: <li><a name="ping"></a>
102: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 103: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
1.47 sthen 104: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch">
1.1 deraadt 105: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
106: <p>
1.27 henning 107: <li><a name="ipqrace"></a>
108: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 109: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
1.47 sthen 110: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch">
1.1 deraadt 111: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.24 naddy 112: It must be installed after <a href="errata24.html#maxqueue">the maxqueue patch</a>.
113: and <a href="errata24.html#tcpfix">the tcp decoding patch</a>.
1.1 deraadt 114: <p>
1.27 henning 115: <li><a name="accept"></a>
116: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 117: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
118: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
1.47 sthen 119: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch">
1.1 deraadt 120: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
121: <p>
1.27 henning 122: <li><a name="maxqueue"></a>
123: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 124: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
1.47 sthen 125: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch">
1.1 deraadt 126: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
127: <p>
1.27 henning 128: <li><a name="uio"></a>
129: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 130: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
131: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
1.55 deraadt 132: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch">
1.1 deraadt 133: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
134: <p>
1.27 henning 135: <li><a name="rst"></a>
136: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 137: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
1.47 sthen 138: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch">
1.1 deraadt 139: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
140: <p>
1.27 henning 141: <li><a name="kvm_mkdb"></a>
142: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 143: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
1.55 deraadt 144: memory".
1.47 sthen 145: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.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_solaris7"></a>
149: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 150: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
1.31 david 151: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in an error such as
1.1 deraadt 152: "Inappropriate file type or format".
1.47 sthen 153: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch">
1.1 deraadt 154: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
155: <p>
1.27 henning 156: <li><a name="nfs3"></a>
157: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 158: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
159: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
160: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
161: partition sizes.
1.47 sthen 162: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch">
1.1 deraadt 163: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
164: <p>
1.27 henning 165: <li><a name="termcap"></a>
166: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 167: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
168: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
1.47 sthen 169: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 170: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
171: <br>
172: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
1.47 sthen 173: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz">i386</a>
1.1 deraadt 174: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
175: <p>
1.27 henning 176: <li><a name="terminfo"></a>
177: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 178: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
179: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.47 sthen 180: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch">
1.1 deraadt 181: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
182: <br>
183: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
184: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
185: alpha and mips, use the
1.47 sthen 186: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 187: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
1.47 sthen 188: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 189: big endian</a> version.
190: <p>
1.27 henning 191: <li><a name="userdir"></a>
192: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 193: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
1.47 sthen 194: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch">
1.1 deraadt 195: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
196: <p>
1.27 henning 197: <li><a name="bootpd"></a>
198: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 199: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
200: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.47 sthen 201: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 202: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
203: second version of the patch.
204: <p>
1.27 henning 205: <li><a name="tcpfix"></a>
206: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 207: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.47 sthen 208: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.1 deraadt 209: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
210: <p>
211: </ul>
1.27 henning 212: <a name="i386"></a>
213: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 214: <ul>
1.27 henning 215: <li><a name="tss"></a>
216: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 217: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
218: <strong>crashme</strong> program.
1.47 sthen 219: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch">
1.1 deraadt 220: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
221: <p>
1.27 henning 222: <li><a name="bootargv"></a>
223: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 224: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
225: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
1.11 jufi 226: <strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 227: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
228: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
229: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
230: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
1.47 sthen 231: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.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="trctrap"></a>
235: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 236: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
237: crash.
1.47 sthen 238: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 239: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
240: <p>
1.27 henning 241: <li><a name="installboot"></a>
242: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.13 pvalchev 243: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 244: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.47 sthen 245: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch">
1.1 deraadt 246: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
247: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
248: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
249: <p>
250: </ul>
251: <p>
1.27 henning 252: <a name="mac68k"></a>
253: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 254: <ul>
255: <li>No problems identified yet.
256: </ul>
257: <p>
1.27 henning 258: <a name="sparc"></a>
259: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 260: <ul>
1.27 henning 261: <li><a name="hme"></a>
262: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.23 deraadt 263: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of SS-20
1.1 deraadt 264: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
265: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
1.47 sthen 266: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch">
1.1 deraadt 267: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
268: <p>
1.27 henning 269: <li><a name="le"></a>
270: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 271: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
1.55 deraadt 272: sbus le(4) card.
1.47 sthen 273: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch">
1.1 deraadt 274: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
275: <p>
276: </ul>
1.27 henning 277: <a name="amiga"></a>
278: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 279: <ul>
280: <li>No problems identified yet.
281: </ul>
282: <p>
1.27 henning 283: <a name="pmax"></a>
284: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 285: <ul>
286: <li>No problems identified yet.
287: </ul>
288: <p>
1.27 henning 289: <a name="arc"></a>
290: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 291: <ul>
292: <li>No problems identified yet.
293: </ul>
294: <p>
1.27 henning 295: <a name="alpha"></a>
296: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 297: <ul>
298: <li>No problems identified yet.
299: </ul>
300: <p>
1.27 henning 301: <a name="hp300"></a>
302: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 303: <ul>
1.27 henning 304: <li><a name="hp300X"></a>
305: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 306: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
307: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
308: <p>
309: </ul>
310: <p>
1.27 henning 311: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
312: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 313: <ul>
314: <li>No problems identified yet.
315: </ul>
316: <p>
1.27 henning 317: <a name="powerpc"></a>
318: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 319: <ul>
320: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.56 ! deraadt 321:
1.1 deraadt 322: </ul>
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