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