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1.83 bentley 19: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
20: 2.4 Errata
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27: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
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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>,
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1.35 deraadt 42: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
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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>,
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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>,
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1.55 deraadt 59: <a href="errata54.html">5.4</a>,
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1.70 deraadt 62: <a href="errata57.html">5.7</a>,
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1.79 deraadt 66: <a href="errata61.html">6.1</a>,
1.80 deraadt 67: <a href="errata62.html">6.2</a>,
1.81 deraadt 68: <a href="errata63.html">6.3</a>,
1.82 deraadt 69: <a href="errata64.html">6.4</a>,
70: <a href="errata65.html">6.5</a>.
1.1 deraadt 71: <hr>
72:
1.9 ericj 73: <p>
1.77 tj 74: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
75: Each patch contains usage instructions.
76: All the following patches are also available in one
77: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
78: for convenience.
1.58 deraadt 79:
80: <p>
1.77 tj 81: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.78 tj 82: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.9 ericj 83:
1.1 deraadt 84: <hr>
1.58 deraadt 85:
1.11 jufi 86: <ul>
1.84 ! deraadt 87:
1.65 bentley 88: <li id="bmap">
1.84 ! deraadt 89: <strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 90: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.3 millert 91: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
92: from an ext2fs partition.
1.84 ! deraadt 93: <br>
1.76 tb 94: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch">
1.3 millert 95: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
96: <p>
1.84 ! deraadt 97:
1.65 bentley 98: <li id="lnpanic">
1.84 ! deraadt 99: <strong>002: RELIABILITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 100: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.2 deraadt 101: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
1.84 ! deraadt 102: <br>
1.76 tb 103: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch">
1.2 deraadt 104: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
105: <p>
1.84 ! deraadt 106:
1.65 bentley 107: <li id="poll">
1.84 ! deraadt 108: <strong>003: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 109: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 110: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
1.84 ! deraadt 111: <br>
1.76 tb 112: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 113: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
114: <p>
1.84 ! deraadt 115:
1.65 bentley 116: <li id="nlink">
1.84 ! deraadt 117: <strong>004: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 118: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 119: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
1.84 ! deraadt 120: <br>
1.76 tb 121: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch">
1.58 deraadt 122: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
123: This is version four of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 124: <p>
1.84 ! deraadt 125:
1.65 bentley 126: <li id="ping">
1.84 ! deraadt 127: <strong>005: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 128: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 129: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
1.84 ! deraadt 130: <br>
1.76 tb 131: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch">
1.1 deraadt 132: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
133: <p>
1.84 ! deraadt 134:
1.65 bentley 135: <li id="ipqrace">
1.84 ! deraadt 136: <strong>006: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 137: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 138: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
1.84 ! deraadt 139: <br>
1.76 tb 140: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch">
1.1 deraadt 141: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.84 ! deraadt 142: <br>
1.24 naddy 143: It must be installed after <a href="errata24.html#maxqueue">the maxqueue patch</a>.
144: and <a href="errata24.html#tcpfix">the tcp decoding patch</a>.
1.1 deraadt 145: <p>
1.84 ! deraadt 146:
1.65 bentley 147: <li id="accept">
1.84 ! deraadt 148: <strong>007: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 149: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 150: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
151: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
1.84 ! deraadt 152: <br>
1.76 tb 153: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch">
1.1 deraadt 154: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
155: <p>
1.84 ! deraadt 156:
1.65 bentley 157: <li id="maxqueue">
1.84 ! deraadt 158: <strong>008: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 159: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 160: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
1.84 ! deraadt 161: <br>
1.76 tb 162: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch">
1.1 deraadt 163: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
164: <p>
1.84 ! deraadt 165:
1.65 bentley 166: <li id="uio">
1.84 ! deraadt 167: <strong>009: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 168: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 169: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
1.83 bentley 170: with an <b>iov_len</b> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
1.84 ! deraadt 171: <br>
1.76 tb 172: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch">
1.1 deraadt 173: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
174: <p>
1.84 ! deraadt 175:
1.65 bentley 176: <li id="rst">
1.84 ! deraadt 177: <strong>010: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 178: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 179: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
1.84 ! deraadt 180: <br>
1.76 tb 181: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch">
1.1 deraadt 182: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
183: <p>
1.84 ! deraadt 184:
1.65 bentley 185: <li id="kvm_mkdb">
1.84 ! deraadt 186: <strong>011: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 187: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 188: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
1.55 deraadt 189: memory".
1.84 ! deraadt 190: <br>
1.76 tb 191: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch">
1.1 deraadt 192: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
193: <p>
1.84 ! deraadt 194:
1.65 bentley 195: <li id="nfs3_solaris7">
1.84 ! deraadt 196: <strong>012: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 197: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 198: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
1.31 david 199: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in an error such as
1.1 deraadt 200: "Inappropriate file type or format".
1.84 ! deraadt 201: <br>
1.76 tb 202: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch">
1.1 deraadt 203: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
204: <p>
1.84 ! deraadt 205:
1.65 bentley 206: <li id="nfs3">
1.84 ! deraadt 207: <strong>013: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 208: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 209: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
210: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
211: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
212: partition sizes.
1.84 ! deraadt 213: <br>
1.76 tb 214: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch">
1.1 deraadt 215: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
216: <p>
1.84 ! deraadt 217:
1.65 bentley 218: <li id="termcap">
1.84 ! deraadt 219: <strong>014: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 220: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 221: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
222: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
1.84 ! deraadt 223: <br>
1.76 tb 224: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 225: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
226: <br>
227: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
1.84 ! deraadt 228: <br>
1.76 tb 229: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz">i386</a>
1.1 deraadt 230: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
231: <p>
1.84 ! deraadt 232:
1.65 bentley 233: <li id="terminfo">
1.84 ! deraadt 234: <strong>015: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 235: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.83 bentley 236: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <b>vi</b> to not
1.1 deraadt 237: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.84 ! deraadt 238: <br>
1.76 tb 239: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch">
1.1 deraadt 240: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
241: <br>
242: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
1.83 bentley 243: installed as <b>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</b>. For i386,
1.1 deraadt 244: alpha and mips, use the
1.76 tb 245: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 246: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
1.76 tb 247: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 248: big endian</a> version.
249: <p>
1.84 ! deraadt 250:
1.65 bentley 251: <li id="userdir">
1.84 ! deraadt 252: <strong>016: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 253: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.83 bentley 254: <b>userdir</b> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
1.84 ! deraadt 255: <br>
1.76 tb 256: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch">
1.1 deraadt 257: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
258: <p>
1.84 ! deraadt 259:
1.65 bentley 260: <li id="bootpd">
1.84 ! deraadt 261: <strong>017: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 262: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 263: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
264: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.84 ! deraadt 265: <br>
1.76 tb 266: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch">
1.58 deraadt 267: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
268: This is the second version of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 269: <p>
1.84 ! deraadt 270:
1.65 bentley 271: <li id="tcpfix">
1.84 ! deraadt 272: <strong>018: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 273: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 274: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.84 ! deraadt 275: <br>
1.76 tb 276: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.1 deraadt 277: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
278: <p>
1.84 ! deraadt 279:
1.65 bentley 280: <li id="tss">
1.84 ! deraadt 281: <strong>019: SECURITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 282: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
1.83 bentley 283: <b>crashme</b> program.
1.84 ! deraadt 284: <br>
1.76 tb 285: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch">
1.58 deraadt 286: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 287: <p>
1.84 ! deraadt 288:
1.65 bentley 289: <li id="bootargv">
1.84 ! deraadt 290: <strong>020: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 291: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
1.83 bentley 292: vector passed from the <b>/boot</b> loader. This prevented
293: <b>/boot</b> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 294: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
295: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
296: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
297: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
1.84 ! deraadt 298: <br>
1.76 tb 299: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch">
1.58 deraadt 300: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 301: <p>
1.84 ! deraadt 302:
1.65 bentley 303: <li id="trctrap">
1.84 ! deraadt 304: <strong>021: SECURITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 305: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
306: crash.
1.84 ! deraadt 307: <br>
1.76 tb 308: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch">
1.58 deraadt 309: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 310: <p>
1.84 ! deraadt 311:
1.65 bentley 312: <li id="installboot">
1.84 ! deraadt 313: <strong>022: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong><br>
1.13 pvalchev 314: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 315: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.84 ! deraadt 316: <br>
1.76 tb 317: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch">
1.58 deraadt 318: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 319: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
320: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
321: <p>
1.84 ! deraadt 322:
1.65 bentley 323: <li id="hme">
1.84 ! deraadt 324: <strong>023: DRIVER FIX</strong><br>
1.23 deraadt 325: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of SS-20
1.1 deraadt 326: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
327: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
1.84 ! deraadt 328: <br>
1.76 tb 329: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch">
1.1 deraadt 330: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
331: <p>
1.84 ! deraadt 332:
1.65 bentley 333: <li id="le">
1.84 ! deraadt 334: <strong>024: DRIVER FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 335: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
1.55 deraadt 336: sbus le(4) card.
1.84 ! deraadt 337: <br>
1.76 tb 338: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch">
1.1 deraadt 339: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
340: <p>
1.84 ! deraadt 341:
1.65 bentley 342: <li id="hp300X">
1.84 ! deraadt 343: <strong>025: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 344: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
345: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
346: <p>
1.74 deraadt 347:
1.1 deraadt 348: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 349:
1.66 tedu 350: <hr>