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