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1.83 bentley 19: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
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>
1.86 schwarze 25: <a href="errata20.html">2.0</a>,
1.20 deraadt 26: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
27: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
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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1.57 deraadt 42: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.35 deraadt 43: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.36 deraadt 44: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.37 deraadt 45: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.40 merdely 46: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.41 deraadt 47: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
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>,
1.46 deraadt 51: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
1.48 deraadt 52: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
1.49 miod 53: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>,
1.50 nick 54: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>,
1.51 sthen 55: <a href="errata50.html">5.0</a>,
1.52 deraadt 56: <a href="errata51.html">5.1</a>,
1.53 deraadt 57: <a href="errata52.html">5.2</a>,
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1.54 deraadt 59: <a href="errata53.html">5.3</a>,
1.55 deraadt 60: <a href="errata54.html">5.4</a>,
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1.67 deraadt 62: <a href="errata56.html">5.6</a>,
1.70 deraadt 63: <a href="errata57.html">5.7</a>,
1.71 deraadt 64: <a href="errata58.html">5.8</a>,
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1.79 deraadt 67: <a href="errata61.html">6.1</a>,
1.80 deraadt 68: <a href="errata62.html">6.2</a>,
1.81 deraadt 69: <a href="errata63.html">6.3</a>,
1.82 deraadt 70: <a href="errata64.html">6.4</a>,
1.85 deraadt 71: <a href="errata65.html">6.5</a>,
1.87 deraadt 72: <a href="errata66.html">6.6</a>,
1.88 deraadt 73: <a href="errata67.html">6.7</a>,
1.89 deraadt 74: <a href="errata68.html">6.8</a>,
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1.91 deraadt 76: <a href="errata69.html">6.9</a>,
1.92 ! deraadt 77: <a href="errata70.html">7.0</a>,
! 78: <a href="errata71.html">7.1</a>.
1.1 deraadt 79: <hr>
80:
1.9 ericj 81: <p>
1.77 tj 82: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
83: Each patch contains usage instructions.
84: All the following patches are also available in one
85: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
86: for convenience.
1.58 deraadt 87:
88: <p>
1.77 tj 89: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.78 tj 90: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.9 ericj 91:
1.1 deraadt 92: <hr>
1.58 deraadt 93:
1.11 jufi 94: <ul>
1.84 deraadt 95:
1.65 bentley 96: <li id="bmap">
1.84 deraadt 97: <strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 98: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.3 millert 99: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
100: from an ext2fs partition.
1.84 deraadt 101: <br>
1.76 tb 102: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch">
1.3 millert 103: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
104: <p>
1.84 deraadt 105:
1.65 bentley 106: <li id="lnpanic">
1.84 deraadt 107: <strong>002: RELIABILITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 108: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.2 deraadt 109: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
1.84 deraadt 110: <br>
1.76 tb 111: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch">
1.2 deraadt 112: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
113: <p>
1.84 deraadt 114:
1.65 bentley 115: <li id="poll">
1.84 deraadt 116: <strong>003: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 117: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 118: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
1.84 deraadt 119: <br>
1.76 tb 120: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 121: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
122: <p>
1.84 deraadt 123:
1.65 bentley 124: <li id="nlink">
1.84 deraadt 125: <strong>004: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 126: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 127: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
1.84 deraadt 128: <br>
1.76 tb 129: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch">
1.58 deraadt 130: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
131: This is version four of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 132: <p>
1.84 deraadt 133:
1.65 bentley 134: <li id="ping">
1.84 deraadt 135: <strong>005: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 136: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 137: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
1.84 deraadt 138: <br>
1.76 tb 139: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch">
1.1 deraadt 140: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
141: <p>
1.84 deraadt 142:
1.65 bentley 143: <li id="ipqrace">
1.84 deraadt 144: <strong>006: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 145: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 146: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
1.84 deraadt 147: <br>
1.76 tb 148: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch">
1.1 deraadt 149: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.84 deraadt 150: <br>
1.24 naddy 151: It must be installed after <a href="errata24.html#maxqueue">the maxqueue patch</a>.
152: and <a href="errata24.html#tcpfix">the tcp decoding patch</a>.
1.1 deraadt 153: <p>
1.84 deraadt 154:
1.65 bentley 155: <li id="accept">
1.84 deraadt 156: <strong>007: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 157: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 158: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
159: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
1.84 deraadt 160: <br>
1.76 tb 161: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch">
1.1 deraadt 162: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
163: <p>
1.84 deraadt 164:
1.65 bentley 165: <li id="maxqueue">
1.84 deraadt 166: <strong>008: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 167: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 168: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
1.84 deraadt 169: <br>
1.76 tb 170: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch">
1.1 deraadt 171: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
172: <p>
1.84 deraadt 173:
1.65 bentley 174: <li id="uio">
1.84 deraadt 175: <strong>009: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 176: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 177: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
1.83 bentley 178: with an <b>iov_len</b> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
1.84 deraadt 179: <br>
1.76 tb 180: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch">
1.1 deraadt 181: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
182: <p>
1.84 deraadt 183:
1.65 bentley 184: <li id="rst">
1.84 deraadt 185: <strong>010: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 186: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 187: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
1.84 deraadt 188: <br>
1.76 tb 189: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch">
1.1 deraadt 190: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
191: <p>
1.84 deraadt 192:
1.65 bentley 193: <li id="kvm_mkdb">
1.84 deraadt 194: <strong>011: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 195: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 196: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
1.55 deraadt 197: memory".
1.84 deraadt 198: <br>
1.76 tb 199: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch">
1.1 deraadt 200: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
201: <p>
1.84 deraadt 202:
1.65 bentley 203: <li id="nfs3_solaris7">
1.84 deraadt 204: <strong>012: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 205: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 206: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
1.31 david 207: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in an error such as
1.1 deraadt 208: "Inappropriate file type or format".
1.84 deraadt 209: <br>
1.76 tb 210: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.patch">
1.1 deraadt 211: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
212: <p>
1.84 deraadt 213:
1.65 bentley 214: <li id="nfs3">
1.84 deraadt 215: <strong>013: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 216: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 217: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
218: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
219: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
220: partition sizes.
1.84 deraadt 221: <br>
1.76 tb 222: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch">
1.1 deraadt 223: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
224: <p>
1.84 deraadt 225:
1.65 bentley 226: <li id="termcap">
1.84 deraadt 227: <strong>014: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 228: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 229: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
230: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
1.84 deraadt 231: <br>
1.76 tb 232: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 233: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
234: <br>
235: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
1.84 deraadt 236: <br>
1.76 tb 237: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz">i386</a>
1.1 deraadt 238: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
239: <p>
1.84 deraadt 240:
1.65 bentley 241: <li id="terminfo">
1.84 deraadt 242: <strong>015: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 243: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.83 bentley 244: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <b>vi</b> to not
1.1 deraadt 245: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.84 deraadt 246: <br>
1.76 tb 247: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch">
1.1 deraadt 248: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
249: <br>
250: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
1.83 bentley 251: installed as <b>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</b>. For i386,
1.1 deraadt 252: alpha and mips, use the
1.76 tb 253: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 254: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
1.76 tb 255: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 256: big endian</a> version.
257: <p>
1.84 deraadt 258:
1.65 bentley 259: <li id="userdir">
1.84 deraadt 260: <strong>016: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 261: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.83 bentley 262: <b>userdir</b> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
1.84 deraadt 263: <br>
1.76 tb 264: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch">
1.1 deraadt 265: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
266: <p>
1.84 deraadt 267:
1.65 bentley 268: <li id="bootpd">
1.84 deraadt 269: <strong>017: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 270: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 271: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
272: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.84 deraadt 273: <br>
1.76 tb 274: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch">
1.58 deraadt 275: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
276: This is the second version of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 277: <p>
1.84 deraadt 278:
1.65 bentley 279: <li id="tcpfix">
1.84 deraadt 280: <strong>018: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 281: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 282: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.84 deraadt 283: <br>
1.76 tb 284: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.1 deraadt 285: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
286: <p>
1.84 deraadt 287:
1.65 bentley 288: <li id="tss">
1.84 deraadt 289: <strong>019: SECURITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 290: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
1.83 bentley 291: <b>crashme</b> program.
1.84 deraadt 292: <br>
1.76 tb 293: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch">
1.58 deraadt 294: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 295: <p>
1.84 deraadt 296:
1.65 bentley 297: <li id="bootargv">
1.84 deraadt 298: <strong>020: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 299: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
1.83 bentley 300: vector passed from the <b>/boot</b> loader. This prevented
301: <b>/boot</b> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 302: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
303: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
304: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
305: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
1.84 deraadt 306: <br>
1.76 tb 307: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch">
1.58 deraadt 308: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 309: <p>
1.84 deraadt 310:
1.65 bentley 311: <li id="trctrap">
1.84 deraadt 312: <strong>021: SECURITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 313: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
314: crash.
1.84 deraadt 315: <br>
1.76 tb 316: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch">
1.58 deraadt 317: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 318: <p>
1.84 deraadt 319:
1.65 bentley 320: <li id="installboot">
1.84 deraadt 321: <strong>022: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong><br>
1.13 pvalchev 322: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 323: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.84 deraadt 324: <br>
1.76 tb 325: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch">
1.58 deraadt 326: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 327: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
328: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
329: <p>
1.84 deraadt 330:
1.65 bentley 331: <li id="hme">
1.84 deraadt 332: <strong>023: DRIVER FIX</strong><br>
1.23 deraadt 333: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of SS-20
1.1 deraadt 334: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
335: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
1.84 deraadt 336: <br>
1.76 tb 337: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch">
1.1 deraadt 338: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
339: <p>
1.84 deraadt 340:
1.65 bentley 341: <li id="le">
1.84 deraadt 342: <strong>024: DRIVER FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 343: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
1.55 deraadt 344: sbus le(4) card.
1.84 deraadt 345: <br>
1.76 tb 346: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch">
1.1 deraadt 347: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
348: <p>
1.84 deraadt 349:
1.65 bentley 350: <li id="hp300X">
1.84 deraadt 351: <strong>025: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 352: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
353: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
354: <p>
1.74 deraadt 355:
1.1 deraadt 356: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 357:
1.66 tedu 358: <hr>