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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>,
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>,
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1.87 deraadt 72: <a href="errata66.html">6.6</a>,
1.88 deraadt 73: <a href="errata67.html">6.7</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>,
1.93 deraadt 78: <a href="errata71.html">7.1</a>,
1.94 tj 79: <a href="errata72.html">7.2</a>,
1.95 tj 80: <a href="errata73.html">7.3</a>,
1.96 ! tj 81: <a href="errata74.html">7.4</a>,
! 82: <a href="errata75.html">7.5</a>.
1.1 deraadt 83: <hr>
84:
1.9 ericj 85: <p>
1.77 tj 86: Patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as unified diffs.
87: Each patch contains usage instructions.
88: All the following patches are also available in one
89: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4.tar.gz">tar.gz file</a>
90: for convenience.
1.58 deraadt 91:
92: <p>
1.77 tj 93: Patches for supported releases are also incorporated into the
1.78 tj 94: <a href="stable.html">-stable branch</a>.
1.9 ericj 95:
1.1 deraadt 96: <hr>
1.58 deraadt 97:
1.11 jufi 98: <ul>
1.84 deraadt 99:
1.65 bentley 100: <li id="bmap">
1.84 deraadt 101: <strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 102: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.3 millert 103: A local user can crash the system by reading a file larger than 64meg
104: from an ext2fs partition.
1.84 deraadt 105: <br>
1.76 tb 106: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bmap.patch">
1.3 millert 107: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
108: <p>
1.84 deraadt 109:
1.65 bentley 110: <li id="lnpanic">
1.84 deraadt 111: <strong>002: RELIABILITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 112: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.2 deraadt 113: A local user can crash the system because of a bug in the vfs layer.
1.84 deraadt 114: <br>
1.76 tb 115: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/lnpanic.patch">
1.2 deraadt 116: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
117: <p>
1.84 deraadt 118:
1.65 bentley 119: <li id="poll">
1.84 deraadt 120: <strong>003: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 121: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 122: A machine crash is possible when playing with poll(2).
1.84 deraadt 123: <br>
1.76 tb 124: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 125: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
126: <p>
1.84 deraadt 127:
1.65 bentley 128: <li id="nlink">
1.84 deraadt 129: <strong>004: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 130: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 131: A machine crash is possible when playing with link(2) on FFS.
1.84 deraadt 132: <br>
1.76 tb 133: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nlink.patch">
1.58 deraadt 134: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
135: This is version four of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 136: <p>
1.84 deraadt 137:
1.65 bentley 138: <li id="ping">
1.84 deraadt 139: <strong>005: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 140: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 141: A buffer overflow existed in ping(8), which may have a security issue.
1.84 deraadt 142: <br>
1.76 tb 143: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ping.patch">
1.1 deraadt 144: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
145: <p>
1.84 deraadt 146:
1.65 bentley 147: <li id="ipqrace">
1.84 deraadt 148: <strong>006: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 149: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 150: A race condition in IP ipq handling could permit a remote crash.
1.84 deraadt 151: <br>
1.76 tb 152: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/ipqrace.patch">
1.1 deraadt 153: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.84 deraadt 154: <br>
1.24 naddy 155: It must be installed after <a href="errata24.html#maxqueue">the maxqueue patch</a>.
156: and <a href="errata24.html#tcpfix">the tcp decoding patch</a>.
1.1 deraadt 157: <p>
1.84 deraadt 158:
1.65 bentley 159: <li id="accept">
1.84 deraadt 160: <strong>007: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 161: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 162: A race condition existed between accept(2) and select(2) which could
163: permit an attacker to hang sockets from remote.
1.84 deraadt 164: <br>
1.76 tb 165: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/accept.patch">
1.1 deraadt 166: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
167: <p>
1.84 deraadt 168:
1.65 bentley 169: <li id="maxqueue">
1.84 deraadt 170: <strong>008: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 171: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 172: IP fragment assembly can bog the machine excessively and cause problems.
1.84 deraadt 173: <br>
1.76 tb 174: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/maxqueue.patch">
1.1 deraadt 175: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
176: <p>
1.84 deraadt 177:
1.65 bentley 178: <li id="uio">
1.84 deraadt 179: <strong>009: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 180: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 181: The readv(2) and writev(2) system calls would not accept a <em>struct iovec</em>
1.83 bentley 182: with an <b>iov_len</b> of 0. This causes a db test in perl to fail.
1.84 deraadt 183: <br>
1.76 tb 184: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/uio.patch">
1.1 deraadt 185: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
186: <p>
1.84 deraadt 187:
1.65 bentley 188: <li id="rst">
1.84 deraadt 189: <strong>010: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 190: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 191: TCP/IP RST handling was too sloppy.
1.84 deraadt 192: <br>
1.76 tb 193: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/rst.patch">
1.1 deraadt 194: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
195: <p>
1.84 deraadt 196:
1.65 bentley 197: <li id="kvm_mkdb">
1.84 deraadt 198: <strong>011: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 199: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 200: During bootup, kvm_mkdb may exit with the error "kvm_mkdb: cannot allocate
1.55 deraadt 201: memory".
1.84 deraadt 202: <br>
1.76 tb 203: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/kvm_mkdb.patch">
1.1 deraadt 204: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
205: <p>
1.84 deraadt 206:
1.65 bentley 207: <li id="nfs3_solaris7">
1.84 deraadt 208: <strong>012: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 209: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 210: A problem with writing to NFS version 3 mounted filesystems from Solaris 7
1.31 david 211: hosts exists. Attempts to create files will result in an error such as
1.1 deraadt 212: "Inappropriate file type or format".
1.84 deraadt 213: <br>
1.76 tb 214: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3_solaris7.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="nfs3">
1.84 deraadt 219: <strong>013: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 220: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 221: A problem with NFS version 3 mounts on big endian machines (m68k, sparc
222: and powerpc) exists when mounting filesystems larger than 2gig. You
223: can see evidence of the bug by running df(1) and checking for negative
224: partition sizes.
1.84 deraadt 225: <br>
1.76 tb 226: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/nfs3.patch">
1.1 deraadt 227: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
228: <p>
1.84 deraadt 229:
1.65 bentley 230: <li id="termcap">
1.84 deraadt 231: <strong>014: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 232: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 233: A security problem exists in the curses and ocurses libraries that affect
234: setuid programs linked with -lcurses or -locurses.
1.84 deraadt 235: <br>
1.76 tb 236: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/termcap.patch">
1.1 deraadt 237: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
238: <br>
239: Precompiled versions of libcurses and libocurses exist for the
1.84 deraadt 240: <br>
1.76 tb 241: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/curses.tar.gz">i386</a>
1.1 deraadt 242: platform. Unpack it in /usr/lib.
243: <p>
1.84 deraadt 244:
1.65 bentley 245: <li id="terminfo">
1.84 deraadt 246: <strong>015: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 247: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.83 bentley 248: A workaround for an xterm problem that causes <b>vi</b> to not
1.1 deraadt 249: restore the correct cursor position on exit.
1.84 deraadt 250: <br>
1.76 tb 251: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.src.patch">
1.1 deraadt 252: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
253: <br>
254: Alternately, you can also download a pre-compiled terminfo file to be
1.83 bentley 255: installed as <b>/usr/share/misc/terminfo.db</b>. For i386,
1.1 deraadt 256: alpha and mips, use the
1.76 tb 257: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-LE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 258: little endian</a> version. For sparc, m68k and powerpc, use the
1.76 tb 259: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/terminfo.db-BE.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 260: big endian</a> version.
261: <p>
1.84 deraadt 262:
1.65 bentley 263: <li id="userdir">
1.84 deraadt 264: <strong>016: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 265: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.83 bentley 266: <b>userdir</b> support was accidentally left out of httpd(8).
1.84 deraadt 267: <br>
1.76 tb 268: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/userdir.patch">
1.1 deraadt 269: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
270: <p>
1.84 deraadt 271:
1.65 bentley 272: <li id="bootpd">
1.84 deraadt 273: <strong>017: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 274: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 275: A remotely exploitable problem exists in bootpd(8). bootpd is disabled
276: by default, but some people may actually be using it.
1.84 deraadt 277: <br>
1.76 tb 278: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/bootpd.patch">
1.58 deraadt 279: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
280: This is the second version of the patch.
1.1 deraadt 281: <p>
1.84 deraadt 282:
1.65 bentley 283: <li id="tcpfix">
1.84 deraadt 284: <strong>018: SECURITY FIX</strong>
1.61 deraadt 285: <i>All architectures</i><br>
1.1 deraadt 286: A remote machine lockup problem exists in the TCP decoding code.
1.84 deraadt 287: <br>
1.76 tb 288: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/common/tcpfix.patch">
1.1 deraadt 289: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
290: <p>
1.84 deraadt 291:
1.65 bentley 292: <li id="tss">
1.84 deraadt 293: <strong>019: SECURITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 294: This is another fix for a kernel crash caused by the
1.83 bentley 295: <b>crashme</b> program.
1.84 deraadt 296: <br>
1.76 tb 297: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/tss.patch">
1.58 deraadt 298: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 299: <p>
1.84 deraadt 300:
1.65 bentley 301: <li id="bootargv">
1.84 deraadt 302: <strong>020: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 303: The kernel was using a fixed and hard-coded location for the arguments
1.83 bentley 304: vector passed from the <b>/boot</b> loader. This prevented
305: <b>/boot</b> from placing the boot arguments vector at any
1.1 deraadt 306: other location, causing a kernel crash early in the autoconfiguration
307: stage. In 2.5, the bootblocks will be modified to use a new location.
308: Hence, if you wish old kernels to boot on a new bootblock, those
309: kernels will only work if they were linked with this patch.
1.84 deraadt 310: <br>
1.76 tb 311: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/bootargv.patch">
1.58 deraadt 312: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 313: <p>
1.84 deraadt 314:
1.65 bentley 315: <li id="trctrap">
1.84 deraadt 316: <strong>021: SECURITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 317: i386 trace-trap handling when DDB was configured could cause a system
318: crash.
1.84 deraadt 319: <br>
1.76 tb 320: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/trctrap.patch">
1.58 deraadt 321: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 322: <p>
1.84 deraadt 323:
1.65 bentley 324: <li id="installboot">
1.84 deraadt 325: <strong>022: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong><br>
1.13 pvalchev 326: i386 installboot had a sign extension bug which prevented proper bootblock
1.1 deraadt 327: initialization when the root filesystem was placed beyond 4GB.
1.84 deraadt 328: <br>
1.76 tb 329: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/i386/installboot.patch">
1.58 deraadt 330: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
1.1 deraadt 331: Unfortunately, updated 2.4 install floppies are not available. Just ensure
332: that your root filesystem is below 4GB, for now.
333: <p>
1.84 deraadt 334:
1.65 bentley 335: <li id="hme">
1.84 deraadt 336: <strong>023: DRIVER FIX</strong><br>
1.23 deraadt 337: The sparc hme(4) and be(4) drivers work poorly on some types of SS-20
1.1 deraadt 338: machines. This is because those machines lie, saying they support 64-bit DMA
339: bursting. No sun4m machines support that.
1.84 deraadt 340: <br>
1.76 tb 341: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/hme.patch">
1.1 deraadt 342: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
343: <p>
1.84 deraadt 344:
1.65 bentley 345: <li id="le">
1.84 deraadt 346: <strong>024: DRIVER FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 347: The sparc le(4) driver does media changes incorrectly on one type of
1.55 deraadt 348: sbus le(4) card.
1.84 deraadt 349: <br>
1.76 tb 350: <a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.4/sparc/le.patch">
1.1 deraadt 351: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
352: <p>
1.84 deraadt 353:
1.65 bentley 354: <li id="hp300X">
1.84 deraadt 355: <strong>025: FUNCTIONALITY FIX</strong><br>
1.1 deraadt 356: The Xhp as shipped does not have the execute permissions set. The fix is
357: 'chmod 755 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xhp' if you have installed X.
358: <p>
1.74 deraadt 359:
1.1 deraadt 360: </ul>
1.56 deraadt 361:
1.66 tedu 362: <hr>
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