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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>,
1.57 ! deraadt 40: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.42 deraadt 41: <br>
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>,
1.57 ! deraadt 58: <br>
1.55 deraadt 59: <a href="errata54.html">5.4</a>,
60: <a href="errata55.html">5.5</a>.
1.20 deraadt 61: <br>
1.1 deraadt 62: <hr>
63:
1.47 sthen 64: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 65: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
66: This file is updated once a day.
67:
1.9 ericj 68: <p>
1.22 deraadt 69: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.9 ericj 70: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
71:
1.1 deraadt 72: <hr>
1.27 henning 73: <a name="all"></a>
74: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.11 jufi 75: <ul>
1.27 henning 76: <li><a name="bmap"></a>
77: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.3 millert 78: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
79: from an ext2fs partition.
1.47 sthen 80: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch">
1.3 millert 81: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
82: <p>
1.27 henning 83: <li><a name="lnpanic"></a>
84: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 85: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
1.47 sthen 86: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch">
1.2 deraadt 87: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
88: <p>
1.27 henning 89: <li><a name="poll"></a>
90: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 91: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
1.47 sthen 92: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 93: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
94: <p>
1.27 henning 95: <li><a name="nlink"></a>
96: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 97: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
1.47 sthen 98: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch">
1.1 deraadt 99: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. This
100: is version four of the patch.</a>
101: <p>
1.27 henning 102: <li><a name="ping"></a>
103: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 104: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
1.47 sthen 105: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch">
1.1 deraadt 106: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
107: <p>
1.27 henning 108: <li><a name="ipqrace"></a>
109: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 110: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
1.47 sthen 111: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch">
1.1 deraadt 112: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.24 naddy 113: It must be installed after <a href="errata24.html#maxqueue">the maxqueue patch</a>.
114: and <a href="errata24.html#tcpfix">the tcp decoding patch</a>.
1.1 deraadt 115: <p>
1.27 henning 116: <li><a name="accept"></a>
117: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 118: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
119: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
1.47 sthen 120: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch">
1.1 deraadt 121: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
122: <p>
1.27 henning 123: <li><a name="maxqueue"></a>
124: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 125: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
1.47 sthen 126: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch">
1.1 deraadt 127: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
128: <p>
1.27 henning 129: <li><a name="uio"></a>
130: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 131: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
132: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
1.55 deraadt 133: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch">
1.1 deraadt 134: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
135: <p>
1.27 henning 136: <li><a name="rst"></a>
137: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 138: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
1.47 sthen 139: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch">
1.1 deraadt 140: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
141: <p>
1.27 henning 142: <li><a name="kvm_mkdb"></a>
143: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 144: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
1.55 deraadt 145: memory".
1.47 sthen 146: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.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_solaris7"></a>
150: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 151: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
1.31 david 152: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in an error such as
1.1 deraadt 153: "Inappropriate file type or format".
1.47 sthen 154: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch">
1.1 deraadt 155: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
156: <p>
1.27 henning 157: <li><a name="nfs3"></a>
158: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 159: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
160: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
161: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
162: partition sizes.
1.47 sthen 163: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch">
1.1 deraadt 164: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
165: <p>
1.27 henning 166: <li><a name="termcap"></a>
167: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 168: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
169: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
1.47 sthen 170: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 171: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
172: <br>
173: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
1.47 sthen 174: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz">i386</a>
1.1 deraadt 175: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
176: <p>
1.27 henning 177: <li><a name="terminfo"></a>
178: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 179: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
180: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.47 sthen 181: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch">
1.1 deraadt 182: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
183: <br>
184: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
185: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
186: alpha and mips, use the
1.47 sthen 187: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 188: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
1.47 sthen 189: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 190: big endian</a> version.
191: <p>
1.27 henning 192: <li><a name="userdir"></a>
193: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 194: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
1.47 sthen 195: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch">
1.1 deraadt 196: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
197: <p>
1.27 henning 198: <li><a name="bootpd"></a>
199: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 200: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
201: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.47 sthen 202: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch">
1.1 deraadt 203: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
204: second version of the patch.
205: <p>
1.27 henning 206: <li><a name="tcpfix"></a>
207: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 208: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.47 sthen 209: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.1 deraadt 210: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
211: <p>
212: </ul>
1.27 henning 213: <a name="i386"></a>
214: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 215: <ul>
1.27 henning 216: <li><a name="tss"></a>
217: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 218: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
219: <strong>crashme</strong> program.
1.47 sthen 220: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch">
1.1 deraadt 221: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
222: <p>
1.27 henning 223: <li><a name="bootargv"></a>
224: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 225: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
226: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
1.11 jufi 227: <strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 228: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
229: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
230: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
231: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
1.47 sthen 232: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch">
1.1 deraadt 233: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
234: <p>
1.27 henning 235: <li><a name="trctrap"></a>
236: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 237: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
238: crash.
1.47 sthen 239: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 240: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
241: <p>
1.27 henning 242: <li><a name="installboot"></a>
243: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.13 pvalchev 244: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 245: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.47 sthen 246: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch">
1.1 deraadt 247: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
248: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
249: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
250: <p>
251: </ul>
252: <p>
1.27 henning 253: <a name="mac68k"></a>
254: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 255: <ul>
256: <li>No problems identified yet.
257: </ul>
258: <p>
1.27 henning 259: <a name="sparc"></a>
260: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 261: <ul>
1.27 henning 262: <li><a name="hme"></a>
263: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.23 deraadt 264: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of SS-20
1.1 deraadt 265: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
266: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
1.47 sthen 267: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch">
1.1 deraadt 268: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
269: <p>
1.27 henning 270: <li><a name="le"></a>
271: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 272: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
1.55 deraadt 273: sbus le(4) card.
1.47 sthen 274: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch">
1.1 deraadt 275: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
276: <p>
277: </ul>
1.27 henning 278: <a name="amiga"></a>
279: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 280: <ul>
281: <li>No problems identified yet.
282: </ul>
283: <p>
1.27 henning 284: <a name="pmax"></a>
285: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 286: <ul>
287: <li>No problems identified yet.
288: </ul>
289: <p>
1.27 henning 290: <a name="arc"></a>
291: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 292: <ul>
293: <li>No problems identified yet.
294: </ul>
295: <p>
1.27 henning 296: <a name="alpha"></a>
297: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 298: <ul>
299: <li>No problems identified yet.
300: </ul>
301: <p>
1.27 henning 302: <a name="hp300"></a>
303: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 304: <ul>
1.27 henning 305: <li><a name="hp300X"></a>
306: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 307: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
308: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
309: <p>
310: </ul>
311: <p>
1.27 henning 312: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
313: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 314: <ul>
315: <li>No problems identified yet.
316: </ul>
317: <p>
1.27 henning 318: <a name="powerpc"></a>
319: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 320: <ul>
321: <li>No problems identified yet.
1.56 deraadt 322:
1.1 deraadt 323: </ul>
324:
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