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1.1 deraadt 16: This is the OpenBSD 2.4 release errata & patch list:
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1.8 jason 21: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.20 deraadt 22: <br>
1.21 deraadt 23: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.20 deraadt 24: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
25: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
26: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
27: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
28: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
29: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
30: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
31: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
32: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
33: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 34: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.39 david 35: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 36: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.32 miod 37: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.33 deraadt 38: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.57 deraadt 39: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.42 deraadt 40: <br>
1.35 deraadt 41: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.36 deraadt 42: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.37 deraadt 43: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.40 merdely 44: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.41 deraadt 45: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.42 deraadt 46: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.44 deraadt 47: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.45 deraadt 48: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
1.46 deraadt 49: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
1.48 deraadt 50: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
1.49 miod 51: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>,
1.50 nick 52: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>,
1.51 sthen 53: <a href="errata50.html">5.0</a>,
1.52 deraadt 54: <a href="errata51.html">5.1</a>,
1.53 deraadt 55: <a href="errata52.html">5.2</a>,
1.54 deraadt 56: <a href="errata53.html">5.3</a>,
1.57 deraadt 57: <br>
1.55 deraadt 58: <a href="errata54.html">5.4</a>,
1.63 ! jsg 59: <a href="errata55.html">5.5</a>,
! 60: <a href="errata56.html">5.6</a>.
1.20 deraadt 61: <br>
1.1 deraadt 62: <hr>
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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.
1.58 deraadt 67: <p>
1.1 deraadt 68:
1.58 deraadt 69: The patches below are available in CVS via the
70: <code>OPENBSD_2_4</code> <a href="stable.html">patch branch</a>.
1.9 ericj 71: <p>
1.58 deraadt 72:
1.22 deraadt 73: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.58 deraadt 74: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#Patches">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
75: <p>
1.9 ericj 76:
1.1 deraadt 77: <hr>
1.58 deraadt 78:
1.11 jufi 79: <ul>
1.27 henning 80: <li><a name="bmap"></a>
1.61 deraadt 81: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font>
82: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.3 millert 83: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
84: from an ext2fs partition.
1.47 sthen 85: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch">
1.3 millert 86: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
87: <p>
1.27 henning 88: <li><a name="lnpanic"></a>
1.61 deraadt 89: <font color="#009000"><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font>
90: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.2 deraadt 91: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
1.47 sthen 92: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch">
1.2 deraadt 93: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
94: <p>
1.27 henning 95: <li><a name="poll"></a>
1.61 deraadt 96: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font>
97: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 98: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
1.47 sthen 99: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 100: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
101: <p>
1.27 henning 102: <li><a name="nlink"></a>
1.61 deraadt 103: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font>
104: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 105: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
1.47 sthen 106: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch">
1.58 deraadt 107: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
108: This is version four of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 109: <p>
1.27 henning 110: <li><a name="ping"></a>
1.61 deraadt 111: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font>
112: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 113: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
1.47 sthen 114: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch">
1.1 deraadt 115: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
116: <p>
1.27 henning 117: <li><a name="ipqrace"></a>
1.61 deraadt 118: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font>
119: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 120: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
1.47 sthen 121: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch">
1.1 deraadt 122: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.24 naddy 123: It must be installed after <a href="errata24.html#maxqueue">the maxqueue patch</a>.
124: and <a href="errata24.html#tcpfix">the tcp decoding patch</a>.
1.1 deraadt 125: <p>
1.27 henning 126: <li><a name="accept"></a>
1.61 deraadt 127: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font>
128: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 129: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
130: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
1.47 sthen 131: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch">
1.1 deraadt 132: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
133: <p>
1.27 henning 134: <li><a name="maxqueue"></a>
1.61 deraadt 135: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font>
136: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 137: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
1.47 sthen 138: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch">
1.1 deraadt 139: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
140: <p>
1.27 henning 141: <li><a name="uio"></a>
1.61 deraadt 142: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font>
143: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 144: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
145: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
1.55 deraadt 146: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch">
1.1 deraadt 147: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
148: <p>
1.27 henning 149: <li><a name="rst"></a>
1.61 deraadt 150: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font>
151: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 152: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
1.47 sthen 153: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch">
1.1 deraadt 154: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
155: <p>
1.27 henning 156: <li><a name="kvm_mkdb"></a>
1.61 deraadt 157: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font>
158: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 159: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
1.55 deraadt 160: memory".
1.47 sthen 161: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch">
1.1 deraadt 162: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
163: <p>
1.27 henning 164: <li><a name="nfs3_solaris7"></a>
1.61 deraadt 165: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font>
166: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 167: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
1.31 david 168: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in an error such as
1.1 deraadt 169: "Inappropriate file type or format".
1.47 sthen 170: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch">
1.1 deraadt 171: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
172: <p>
1.27 henning 173: <li><a name="nfs3"></a>
1.61 deraadt 174: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font>
175: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 176: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
177: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
178: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
179: partition sizes.
1.47 sthen 180: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch">
1.1 deraadt 181: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
182: <p>
1.27 henning 183: <li><a name="termcap"></a>
1.61 deraadt 184: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font>
185: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 186: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
187: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
1.47 sthen 188: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 189: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
190: <br>
191: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
1.47 sthen 192: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz">i386</a>
1.1 deraadt 193: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
194: <p>
1.27 henning 195: <li><a name="terminfo"></a>
1.61 deraadt 196: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font>
197: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 198: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
199: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.47 sthen 200: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch">
1.1 deraadt 201: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
202: <br>
203: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
204: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
205: alpha and mips, use the
1.47 sthen 206: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 207: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
1.47 sthen 208: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 209: big endian</a> version.
210: <p>
1.27 henning 211: <li><a name="userdir"></a>
1.61 deraadt 212: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font>
213: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 214: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
1.47 sthen 215: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch">
1.1 deraadt 216: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
217: <p>
1.27 henning 218: <li><a name="bootpd"></a>
1.61 deraadt 219: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font>
220: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 221: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
222: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.47 sthen 223: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch">
1.58 deraadt 224: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
225: This is the second version of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 226: <p>
1.27 henning 227: <li><a name="tcpfix"></a>
1.61 deraadt 228: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font>
229: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 230: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.47 sthen 231: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.1 deraadt 232: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
233: <p>
1.27 henning 234: <li><a name="tss"></a>
235: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 236: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
237: <strong>crashme</strong> program.
1.47 sthen 238: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch">
1.58 deraadt 239: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 240: <p>
1.27 henning 241: <li><a name="bootargv"></a>
242: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 243: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
244: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
1.11 jufi 245: <strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 246: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
247: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
248: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
249: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
1.47 sthen 250: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch">
1.58 deraadt 251: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 252: <p>
1.27 henning 253: <li><a name="trctrap"></a>
254: <font color="#009000"><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 255: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
256: crash.
1.47 sthen 257: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch">
1.58 deraadt 258: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 259: <p>
1.27 henning 260: <li><a name="installboot"></a>
261: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.13 pvalchev 262: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 263: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.47 sthen 264: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch">
1.58 deraadt 265: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 266: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
267: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
268: <p>
1.27 henning 269: <li><a name="hme"></a>
270: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.23 deraadt 271: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of SS-20
1.1 deraadt 272: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
273: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
1.47 sthen 274: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch">
1.1 deraadt 275: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
276: <p>
1.27 henning 277: <li><a name="le"></a>
278: <font color="#009000"><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 279: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
1.55 deraadt 280: sbus le(4) card.
1.47 sthen 281: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch">
1.1 deraadt 282: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
283: <p>
1.27 henning 284: <li><a name="hp300X"></a>
285: <font color="#009000"><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 286: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
287: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
288: <p>
289: </ul>
290: <p>
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