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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>
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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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1.9 ! ericj 35: <p>
! 36: For more detailed information on install patches to OpenBSD, please
! 37: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
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1.1 deraadt 42: <a name=all></a>
43: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>All architectures</font></h3>
44: <ul>
1.3 millert 45: <a name=bmap></a>
46: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
47: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
48: from an ext2fs partition.
49: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch>
50: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
51: <p>
1.2 deraadt 52: <a name=lnpanic></a>
53: <li><font color=#009000><strong>RELIABILITY FIX</strong></font><br>
54: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
55: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch>
56: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
57: <p>
1.1 deraadt 58: <a name=poll></a>
59: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
60: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
61: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch>
62: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
63: <p>
64: <a name=nlink></a>
65: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
66: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
67: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch>
68: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. This
69: is version four of the patch.</a>
70: <p>
71: <a name=ping></a>
72: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
73: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
74: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch>
75: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
76: <p>
77: <a name=ipqrace></a>
78: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
79: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
80: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch>
81: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
82: It must be installed after <a href=errata24.html#maxqueue>the maxqueue patch</a>.
83: and <a href=errata24.html#tcpfix>the tcp decoding patch</a>.
84: <p>
85: <a name=accept></a>
86: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
87: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
88: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
89: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch>
90: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
91: <p>
92: <a name=maxqueue></a>
93: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
94: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
95: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch>
96: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
97: <p>
98: <a name=uio></a>
99: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
100: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
101: with an <strong>iov_len</strong> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
102: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch>
103: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
104: <p>
105: <a name=rst></a>
106: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
107: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
108: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch>
109: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
110: <p>
111: <a name=kvm_mkdb></a>
112: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
113: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
114: memory".
115: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch>
116: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
117: <p>
118: <a name=nfs3_solaris7></a>
119: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
120: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
121: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in a error such as
122: "Inappropriate file type or format".
123: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch>
124: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
125: <p>
126: <a name=nfs3></a>
127: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
128: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
129: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
130: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
131: partition sizes.
132: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch>
133: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
134: <p>
135: <a name=termcap></a>
136: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
137: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
138: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
139: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch>
140: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
141: <br>
142: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
143: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz>i386</a>
144: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
145: <p>
146: <a name=terminfo></a>
147: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
148: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <strong>vi</strong> to not
149: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
150: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch>
151: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
152: <br>
153: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
154: installed as <strong>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</strong>. For i386,
155: alpha and mips, use the
156: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz>
157: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
158: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz>
159: big endian</a> version.
160: <p>
161: <a name=userdir></a>
162: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
163: <strong>userdir</strong> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
164: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch>
165: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
166: <p>
167: <a name=bootpd></a>
168: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
169: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
170: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
171: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch>
172: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem</a>, this is the
173: second version of the patch.
174: <p>
175: <a name=tcpfix></a>
176: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
177: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
178: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch>
179: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
180: <p>
181: </ul>
182: <a name=i386></a>
183: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>i386</font></h3>
184: <ul>
185: <a name=tss></a>
186: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
187: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
188: <strong>crashme</strong> program.
189: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch>
190: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
191: <p>
192: <a name=bootargv></a>
193: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
194: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
195: vector passed from the <strong>/boot</strong> loader. This prevented
196: </strong>/boot</strong> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
197: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
198: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
199: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
200: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
201: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch>
202: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
203: <p>
204: <a name=trctrap></a>
205: <li><font color=#009000><strong>SECURITY FIX</strong></font><br>
206: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
207: crash.
208: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch>
209: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
210: <p>
211: <a name=installboot></a>
212: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
213: i386 installboot had a sign extention bug which prevented proper bootblock
214: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
215: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch>
216: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
217: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
218: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
219: <p>
220: </ul>
221: <p>
222: <a name=mac68k></a>
223: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k</font></h3>
224: <ul>
225: <p>
226: <li>No problems identified yet.
227: </ul>
228: <p>
229: <a name=sparc></a>
230: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>sparc</font></h3>
231: <ul>
232: <a name=hme></a>
233: <li><font color=#009000><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
234: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of of SS-20
235: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
236: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
237: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch>
238: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
239: <p>
240: <a name=le></a>
241: <li><font color=#009000><strong>DRIVER FIX</strong></font><br>
242: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
243: sbus le(4) card.
244: <a href=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch>
245: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
246: <p>
247: </ul>
248: <a name=amiga></a>
249: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>amiga</font></h3>
250: <ul>
251: <li>No problems identified yet.
252: </ul>
253: <p>
254: <a name=pmax></a>
255: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>pmax</font></h3>
256: <ul>
257: <li>No problems identified yet.
258: </ul>
259: <p>
260: <a name=arc></a>
261: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>arc</font></h3>
262: <ul>
263: <li>No problems identified yet.
264: </ul>
265: <p>
266: <a name=alpha></a>
267: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>alpha</font></h3>
268: <ul>
269: <li>No problems identified yet.
270: </ul>
271: <p>
272: <a name=hp300></a>
273: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>hp300</font></h3>
274: <ul>
275: <a name=hp300X></a>
276: <li><font color=#009000><strong>FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong></font><br>
277: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
278: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
279: <p>
280: </ul>
281: <p>
282: <a name=mvme68k></a>
283: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>mvme68k</font></h3>
284: <ul>
285: <li>No problems identified yet.
286: </ul>
287: <p>
288: <a name=powerpc></a>
289: <li><h3><font color=#e00000>powerpc</font></h3>
290: <ul>
291: <li>No problems identified yet.
292: </ul>
293: <p>
294:
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1.8 jason 301: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.1 deraadt 302: <a href=errata21.html>For 2.1 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
303: <a href=errata22.html>For 2.2 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
304: <a href=errata23.html>For 2.3 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.6 deraadt 305: <a href=errata25.html>For 2.5 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
1.7 deraadt 306: <a href=errata26.html>For 2.6 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
307: <a href=errata.html>For 2.7 errata, please refer here</a>.<br>
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