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20: 2.4 Errata
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35: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
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76:
1.9 ericj 77: <p>
1.77 tj 78: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
79: Each patch contains usage instructions.
80: All the following patches are also available in one
81: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
82: for convenience.
1.58 deraadt 83:
84: <p>
1.77 tj 85: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.78 tj 86: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.9 ericj 87:
1.1 deraadt 88: <hr>
1.58 deraadt 89:
1.11 jufi 90: <ul>
1.84 deraadt 91:
1.65 bentley 92: <li id="bmap">
1.84 deraadt 93: <strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 94: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.3 millert 95: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
96: from an ext2fs partition.
1.84 deraadt 97: <br>
1.76 tb 98: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch">
1.3 millert 99: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
100: <p>
1.84 deraadt 101:
1.65 bentley 102: <li id="lnpanic">
1.84 deraadt 103: <strong>002: RELIABILITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 104: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.2 deraadt 105: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
1.84 deraadt 106: <br>
1.76 tb 107: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch">
1.2 deraadt 108: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
109: <p>
1.84 deraadt 110:
1.65 bentley 111: <li id="poll">
1.84 deraadt 112: <strong>003: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 113: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 114: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
1.84 deraadt 115: <br>
1.76 tb 116: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 117: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
118: <p>
1.84 deraadt 119:
1.65 bentley 120: <li id="nlink">
1.84 deraadt 121: <strong>004: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 122: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 123: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
1.84 deraadt 124: <br>
1.76 tb 125: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch">
1.58 deraadt 126: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
127: This is version four of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 128: <p>
1.84 deraadt 129:
1.65 bentley 130: <li id="ping">
1.84 deraadt 131: <strong>005: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 132: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 133: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
1.84 deraadt 134: <br>
1.76 tb 135: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch">
1.1 deraadt 136: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
137: <p>
1.84 deraadt 138:
1.65 bentley 139: <li id="ipqrace">
1.84 deraadt 140: <strong>006: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 141: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 142: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
1.84 deraadt 143: <br>
1.76 tb 144: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch">
1.1 deraadt 145: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.84 deraadt 146: <br>
1.24 naddy 147: It must be installed after <a href="errata24.html#maxqueue">the maxqueue patch</a>.
148: and <a href="errata24.html#tcpfix">the tcp decoding patch</a>.
1.1 deraadt 149: <p>
1.84 deraadt 150:
1.65 bentley 151: <li id="accept">
1.84 deraadt 152: <strong>007: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 153: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 154: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
155: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
1.84 deraadt 156: <br>
1.76 tb 157: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch">
1.1 deraadt 158: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
159: <p>
1.84 deraadt 160:
1.65 bentley 161: <li id="maxqueue">
1.84 deraadt 162: <strong>008: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 163: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 164: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
1.84 deraadt 165: <br>
1.76 tb 166: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch">
1.1 deraadt 167: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
168: <p>
1.84 deraadt 169:
1.65 bentley 170: <li id="uio">
1.84 deraadt 171: <strong>009: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 172: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 173: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
1.83 bentley 174: with an <b>iov_len</b> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
1.84 deraadt 175: <br>
1.76 tb 176: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch">
1.1 deraadt 177: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
178: <p>
1.84 deraadt 179:
1.65 bentley 180: <li id="rst">
1.84 deraadt 181: <strong>010: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 182: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 183: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
1.84 deraadt 184: <br>
1.76 tb 185: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch">
1.1 deraadt 186: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
187: <p>
1.84 deraadt 188:
1.65 bentley 189: <li id="kvm_mkdb">
1.84 deraadt 190: <strong>011: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 191: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 192: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
1.55 deraadt 193: memory".
1.84 deraadt 194: <br>
1.76 tb 195: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch">
1.1 deraadt 196: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
197: <p>
1.84 deraadt 198:
1.65 bentley 199: <li id="nfs3_solaris7">
1.84 deraadt 200: <strong>012: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 201: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 202: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
1.31 david 203: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in an error such as
1.1 deraadt 204: "Inappropriate file type or format".
1.84 deraadt 205: <br>
1.76 tb 206: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch">
1.1 deraadt 207: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
208: <p>
1.84 deraadt 209:
1.65 bentley 210: <li id="nfs3">
1.84 deraadt 211: <strong>013: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 212: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 213: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
214: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
215: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
216: partition sizes.
1.84 deraadt 217: <br>
1.76 tb 218: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch">
1.1 deraadt 219: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
220: <p>
1.84 deraadt 221:
1.65 bentley 222: <li id="termcap">
1.84 deraadt 223: <strong>014: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 224: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 225: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
226: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
1.84 deraadt 227: <br>
1.76 tb 228: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 229: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
230: <br>
231: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
1.84 deraadt 232: <br>
1.76 tb 233: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz">i386</a>
1.1 deraadt 234: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
235: <p>
1.84 deraadt 236:
1.65 bentley 237: <li id="terminfo">
1.84 deraadt 238: <strong>015: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 239: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.83 bentley 240: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <b>vi</b> to not
1.1 deraadt 241: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.84 deraadt 242: <br>
1.76 tb 243: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch">
1.1 deraadt 244: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
245: <br>
246: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
1.83 bentley 247: installed as <b>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</b>. For i386,
1.1 deraadt 248: alpha and mips, use the
1.76 tb 249: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 250: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
1.76 tb 251: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 252: big endian</a> version.
253: <p>
1.84 deraadt 254:
1.65 bentley 255: <li id="userdir">
1.84 deraadt 256: <strong>016: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 257: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.83 bentley 258: <b>userdir</b> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
1.84 deraadt 259: <br>
1.76 tb 260: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch">
1.1 deraadt 261: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
262: <p>
1.84 deraadt 263:
1.65 bentley 264: <li id="bootpd">
1.84 deraadt 265: <strong>017: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 266: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 267: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
268: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.84 deraadt 269: <br>
1.76 tb 270: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch">
1.58 deraadt 271: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
272: This is the second version of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 273: <p>
1.84 deraadt 274:
1.65 bentley 275: <li id="tcpfix">
1.84 deraadt 276: <strong>018: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 277: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 278: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.84 deraadt 279: <br>
1.76 tb 280: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.1 deraadt 281: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
282: <p>
1.84 deraadt 283:
1.65 bentley 284: <li id="tss">
1.84 deraadt 285: <strong>019: SECURITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 286: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
1.83 bentley 287: <b>crashme</b> program.
1.84 deraadt 288: <br>
1.76 tb 289: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch">
1.58 deraadt 290: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 291: <p>
1.84 deraadt 292:
1.65 bentley 293: <li id="bootargv">
1.84 deraadt 294: <strong>020: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 295: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
1.83 bentley 296: vector passed from the <b>/boot</b> loader. This prevented
297: <b>/boot</b> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 298: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
299: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
300: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
301: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
1.84 deraadt 302: <br>
1.76 tb 303: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch">
1.58 deraadt 304: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 305: <p>
1.84 deraadt 306:
1.65 bentley 307: <li id="trctrap">
1.84 deraadt 308: <strong>021: SECURITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 309: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
310: crash.
1.84 deraadt 311: <br>
1.76 tb 312: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch">
1.58 deraadt 313: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 314: <p>
1.84 deraadt 315:
1.65 bentley 316: <li id="installboot">
1.84 deraadt 317: <strong>022: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong><br>
1.13 pvalchev 318: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 319: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.84 deraadt 320: <br>
1.76 tb 321: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch">
1.58 deraadt 322: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 323: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
324: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
325: <p>
1.84 deraadt 326:
1.65 bentley 327: <li id="hme">
1.84 deraadt 328: <strong>023: DRIVER FIX</strong><br>
1.23 deraadt 329: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of SS-20
1.1 deraadt 330: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
331: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
1.84 deraadt 332: <br>
1.76 tb 333: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch">
1.1 deraadt 334: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
335: <p>
1.84 deraadt 336:
1.65 bentley 337: <li id="le">
1.84 deraadt 338: <strong>024: DRIVER FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 339: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
1.55 deraadt 340: sbus le(4) card.
1.84 deraadt 341: <br>
1.76 tb 342: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch">
1.1 deraadt 343: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
344: <p>
1.84 deraadt 345:
1.65 bentley 346: <li id="hp300X">
1.84 deraadt 347: <strong>025: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 348: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
349: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
350: <p>
1.74 deraadt 351:
1.1 deraadt 352: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 353:
1.66 tedu 354: <hr>