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20: 2.4 Errata
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1.1 deraadt 23:
1.21 deraadt 24: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
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1.20 deraadt 26: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
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28: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
29: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
30: <a href="errata26.html">2.6</a>,
31: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
32: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
33: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
34: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
35: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 36: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.39 david 37: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 38: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.32 miod 39: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.33 deraadt 40: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
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1.42 deraadt 48: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.44 deraadt 49: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.45 deraadt 50: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
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1.48 deraadt 52: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
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1.88 deraadt 73: <a href="errata67.html">6.7</a>,
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1.90 ! tj 75: <br>
1.89 deraadt 76: <a href="errata69.html">6.9</a>.
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78:
1.9 ericj 79: <p>
1.77 tj 80: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
81: Each patch contains usage instructions.
82: All the following patches are also available in one
83: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
84: for convenience.
1.58 deraadt 85:
86: <p>
1.77 tj 87: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.78 tj 88: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.9 ericj 89:
1.1 deraadt 90: <hr>
1.58 deraadt 91:
1.11 jufi 92: <ul>
1.84 deraadt 93:
1.65 bentley 94: <li id="bmap">
1.84 deraadt 95: <strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 96: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.3 millert 97: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
98: from an ext2fs partition.
1.84 deraadt 99: <br>
1.76 tb 100: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch">
1.3 millert 101: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
102: <p>
1.84 deraadt 103:
1.65 bentley 104: <li id="lnpanic">
1.84 deraadt 105: <strong>002: RELIABILITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 106: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.2 deraadt 107: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
1.84 deraadt 108: <br>
1.76 tb 109: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch">
1.2 deraadt 110: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
111: <p>
1.84 deraadt 112:
1.65 bentley 113: <li id="poll">
1.84 deraadt 114: <strong>003: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 115: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 116: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
1.84 deraadt 117: <br>
1.76 tb 118: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 119: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
120: <p>
1.84 deraadt 121:
1.65 bentley 122: <li id="nlink">
1.84 deraadt 123: <strong>004: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 124: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 125: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
1.84 deraadt 126: <br>
1.76 tb 127: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch">
1.58 deraadt 128: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
129: This is version four of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 130: <p>
1.84 deraadt 131:
1.65 bentley 132: <li id="ping">
1.84 deraadt 133: <strong>005: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 134: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 135: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
1.84 deraadt 136: <br>
1.76 tb 137: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch">
1.1 deraadt 138: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
139: <p>
1.84 deraadt 140:
1.65 bentley 141: <li id="ipqrace">
1.84 deraadt 142: <strong>006: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 143: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 144: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
1.84 deraadt 145: <br>
1.76 tb 146: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch">
1.1 deraadt 147: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.84 deraadt 148: <br>
1.24 naddy 149: It must be installed after <a href="errata24.html#maxqueue">the maxqueue patch</a>.
150: and <a href="errata24.html#tcpfix">the tcp decoding patch</a>.
1.1 deraadt 151: <p>
1.84 deraadt 152:
1.65 bentley 153: <li id="accept">
1.84 deraadt 154: <strong>007: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 155: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 156: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
157: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
1.84 deraadt 158: <br>
1.76 tb 159: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch">
1.1 deraadt 160: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
161: <p>
1.84 deraadt 162:
1.65 bentley 163: <li id="maxqueue">
1.84 deraadt 164: <strong>008: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 165: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 166: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
1.84 deraadt 167: <br>
1.76 tb 168: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch">
1.1 deraadt 169: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
170: <p>
1.84 deraadt 171:
1.65 bentley 172: <li id="uio">
1.84 deraadt 173: <strong>009: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 174: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 175: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
1.83 bentley 176: with an <b>iov_len</b> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
1.84 deraadt 177: <br>
1.76 tb 178: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch">
1.1 deraadt 179: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
180: <p>
1.84 deraadt 181:
1.65 bentley 182: <li id="rst">
1.84 deraadt 183: <strong>010: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 184: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 185: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
1.84 deraadt 186: <br>
1.76 tb 187: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch">
1.1 deraadt 188: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
189: <p>
1.84 deraadt 190:
1.65 bentley 191: <li id="kvm_mkdb">
1.84 deraadt 192: <strong>011: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 193: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 194: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
1.55 deraadt 195: memory".
1.84 deraadt 196: <br>
1.76 tb 197: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch">
1.1 deraadt 198: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
199: <p>
1.84 deraadt 200:
1.65 bentley 201: <li id="nfs3_solaris7">
1.84 deraadt 202: <strong>012: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 203: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 204: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
1.31 david 205: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in an error such as
1.1 deraadt 206: "Inappropriate file type or format".
1.84 deraadt 207: <br>
1.76 tb 208: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch">
1.1 deraadt 209: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
210: <p>
1.84 deraadt 211:
1.65 bentley 212: <li id="nfs3">
1.84 deraadt 213: <strong>013: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 214: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 215: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
216: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
217: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
218: partition sizes.
1.84 deraadt 219: <br>
1.76 tb 220: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch">
1.1 deraadt 221: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
222: <p>
1.84 deraadt 223:
1.65 bentley 224: <li id="termcap">
1.84 deraadt 225: <strong>014: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 226: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 227: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
228: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
1.84 deraadt 229: <br>
1.76 tb 230: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 231: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
232: <br>
233: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
1.84 deraadt 234: <br>
1.76 tb 235: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz">i386</a>
1.1 deraadt 236: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
237: <p>
1.84 deraadt 238:
1.65 bentley 239: <li id="terminfo">
1.84 deraadt 240: <strong>015: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 241: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.83 bentley 242: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <b>vi</b> to not
1.1 deraadt 243: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.84 deraadt 244: <br>
1.76 tb 245: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch">
1.1 deraadt 246: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
247: <br>
248: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
1.83 bentley 249: installed as <b>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</b>. For i386,
1.1 deraadt 250: alpha and mips, use the
1.76 tb 251: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 252: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
1.76 tb 253: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 254: big endian</a> version.
255: <p>
1.84 deraadt 256:
1.65 bentley 257: <li id="userdir">
1.84 deraadt 258: <strong>016: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 259: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.83 bentley 260: <b>userdir</b> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
1.84 deraadt 261: <br>
1.76 tb 262: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch">
1.1 deraadt 263: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
264: <p>
1.84 deraadt 265:
1.65 bentley 266: <li id="bootpd">
1.84 deraadt 267: <strong>017: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 268: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 269: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
270: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.84 deraadt 271: <br>
1.76 tb 272: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch">
1.58 deraadt 273: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
274: This is the second version of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 275: <p>
1.84 deraadt 276:
1.65 bentley 277: <li id="tcpfix">
1.84 deraadt 278: <strong>018: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 279: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 280: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.84 deraadt 281: <br>
1.76 tb 282: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.1 deraadt 283: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
284: <p>
1.84 deraadt 285:
1.65 bentley 286: <li id="tss">
1.84 deraadt 287: <strong>019: SECURITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 288: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
1.83 bentley 289: <b>crashme</b> program.
1.84 deraadt 290: <br>
1.76 tb 291: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch">
1.58 deraadt 292: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 293: <p>
1.84 deraadt 294:
1.65 bentley 295: <li id="bootargv">
1.84 deraadt 296: <strong>020: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 297: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
1.83 bentley 298: vector passed from the <b>/boot</b> loader. This prevented
299: <b>/boot</b> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 300: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
301: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
302: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
303: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
1.84 deraadt 304: <br>
1.76 tb 305: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch">
1.58 deraadt 306: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 307: <p>
1.84 deraadt 308:
1.65 bentley 309: <li id="trctrap">
1.84 deraadt 310: <strong>021: SECURITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 311: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
312: crash.
1.84 deraadt 313: <br>
1.76 tb 314: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch">
1.58 deraadt 315: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 316: <p>
1.84 deraadt 317:
1.65 bentley 318: <li id="installboot">
1.84 deraadt 319: <strong>022: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong><br>
1.13 pvalchev 320: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 321: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.84 deraadt 322: <br>
1.76 tb 323: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch">
1.58 deraadt 324: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 325: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
326: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
327: <p>
1.84 deraadt 328:
1.65 bentley 329: <li id="hme">
1.84 deraadt 330: <strong>023: DRIVER FIX</strong><br>
1.23 deraadt 331: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of SS-20
1.1 deraadt 332: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
333: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
1.84 deraadt 334: <br>
1.76 tb 335: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch">
1.1 deraadt 336: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
337: <p>
1.84 deraadt 338:
1.65 bentley 339: <li id="le">
1.84 deraadt 340: <strong>024: DRIVER FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 341: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
1.55 deraadt 342: sbus le(4) card.
1.84 deraadt 343: <br>
1.76 tb 344: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch">
1.1 deraadt 345: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
346: <p>
1.84 deraadt 347:
1.65 bentley 348: <li id="hp300X">
1.84 deraadt 349: <strong>025: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 350: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
351: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
352: <p>
1.74 deraadt 353:
1.1 deraadt 354: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 355:
1.66 tedu 356: <hr>