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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>
1.7 ! deraadt 26: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
! 27: <a href=errata.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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30: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz>
31: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
32: This file is updated once a day.
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1.5 deraadt 36: <dl>
1.1 deraadt 37: <a name=all></a>
38: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font></h3>
39: <ul>
1.3 millert 40: <a name=bmap></a>
41: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
42: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
43: from an ext2fs partition.
44: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch>
45: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
46: <p>
1.2 deraadt 47: <a name=lnpanic></a>
48: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
49: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
50: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch>
51: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
52: <p>
1.1 deraadt 53: <a name=poll></a>
54: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
55: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
56: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch>
57: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
58: <p>
59: <a name=nlink></a>
60: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
61: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
62: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch>
63: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. This
64: is version four of the patch.</a>
65: <p>
66: <a name=ping></a>
67: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
68: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
69: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch>
70: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
71: <p>
72: <a name=ipqrace></a>
73: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
74: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
75: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch>
76: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
77: It must be installed after <a href=errata24.html#maxqueue>the maxqueue patch</a>.
78: and <a href=errata24.html#tcpfix>the tcp decoding patch</a>.
79: <p>
80: <a name=accept></a>
81: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
82: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
83: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
84: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch>
85: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
86: <p>
87: <a name=maxqueue></a>
88: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
89: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
90: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch>
91: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
92: <p>
93: <a name=uio></a>
94: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
95: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
96: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
97: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch>
98: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
99: <p>
100: <a name=rst></a>
101: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
102: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
103: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch>
104: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
105: <p>
106: <a name=kvm_mkdb></a>
107: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
108: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
109: memory".
110: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch>
111: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
112: <p>
113: <a name=nfs3_solaris7></a>
114: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
115: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
116: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in a error such as
117: "Inappropriate file type or format".
118: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch>
119: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
120: <p>
121: <a name=nfs3></a>
122: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
123: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
124: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
125: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
126: partition sizes.
127: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch>
128: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
129: <p>
130: <a name=termcap></a>
131: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
132: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
133: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
134: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch>
135: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
136: <br>
137: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
138: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz>i386</a>
139: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
140: <p>
141: <a name=terminfo></a>
142: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
143: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
144: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
145: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch>
146: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
147: <br>
148: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
149: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
150: alpha and mips, use the
151: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz>
152: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
153: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz>
154: big endian</a> version.
155: <p>
156: <a name=userdir></a>
157: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
158: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
159: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch>
160: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
161: <p>
162: <a name=bootpd></a>
163: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
164: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
165: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
166: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch>
167: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
168: second version of the patch.
169: <p>
170: <a name=tcpfix></a>
171: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
172: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
173: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch>
174: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
175: <p>
176: </ul>
177: <a name=i386></a>
178: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
179: <ul>
180: <a name=tss></a>
181: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
182: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
183: <strong>crashme</strong> program.
184: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch>
185: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
186: <p>
187: <a name=bootargv></a>
188: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
189: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
190: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
191: </strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
192: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
193: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
194: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
195: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
196: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch>
197: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
198: <p>
199: <a name=trctrap></a>
200: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
201: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
202: crash.
203: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch>
204: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
205: <p>
206: <a name=installboot></a>
207: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
208: i386 installboot had a sign extention bug which prevented proper bootblock
209: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
210: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch>
211: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
212: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
213: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
214: <p>
215: </ul>
216: <p>
217: <a name=mac68k></a>
218: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
219: <ul>
220: <p>
221: <li>No problems identified yet.
222: </ul>
223: <p>
224: <a name=sparc></a>
225: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
226: <ul>
227: <a name=hme></a>
228: <li><font color=#009000><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
229: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of of SS-20
230: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
231: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
232: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch>
233: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
234: <p>
235: <a name=le></a>
236: <li><font color=#009000><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
237: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
238: sbus le(4) card.
239: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch>
240: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
241: <p>
242: </ul>
243: <a name=amiga></a>
244: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
245: <ul>
246: <li>No problems identified yet.
247: </ul>
248: <p>
249: <a name=pmax></a>
250: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
251: <ul>
252: <li>No problems identified yet.
253: </ul>
254: <p>
255: <a name=arc></a>
256: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
257: <ul>
258: <li>No problems identified yet.
259: </ul>
260: <p>
261: <a name=alpha></a>
262: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
263: <ul>
264: <li>No problems identified yet.
265: </ul>
266: <p>
267: <a name=hp300></a>
268: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
269: <ul>
270: <a name=hp300X></a>
271: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
272: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
273: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
274: <p>
275: </ul>
276: <p>
277: <a name=mvme68k></a>
278: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
279: <ul>
280: <li>No problems identified yet.
281: </ul>
282: <p>
283: <a name=powerpc></a>
284: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
285: <ul>
286: <li>No problems identified yet.
287: </ul>
288: <p>
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296: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
297: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
298: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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! 301: <a href=errata.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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