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<blockquote class="ABSTRACT">
<div class="ABSTRACT"><a id="AEN23" name="AEN23"></a>
<p>This document lists errata items for FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE, containing significant
information discovered after the release or too late in the release cycle to be otherwise
included in the release documentation. This information includes security advisories, as
well as news relating to the software or documentation that could affect its operation or
usability. An up-to-date version of this document should always be consulted before
installing this version of FreeBSD.</p>

<p>This errata document for FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE will be maintained until the release of
FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE.</p>
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</blockquote>

<div class="SECT1">
<hr />
<h2 class="SECT1"><a id="INTRO" name="INTRO">1 Introduction</a></h2>

<p>This errata document contains &#8220;late-breaking news&#8221; about FreeBSD
6.1-RELEASE. Before installing this version, it is important to consult this document to
learn about any post-release discoveries or problems that may already have been found and
fixed.</p>

<p>Any version of this errata document actually distributed with the release (for
example, on a CDROM distribution) will be out of date by definition, but other copies are
kept updated on the Internet and should be consulted as the &#8220;current errata&#8221;
for this release. These other copies of the errata are located at <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/"
target="_top">http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/</a>, plus any sites which keep up-to-date
mirrors of this location.</p>

<p>Source and binary snapshots of FreeBSD 6-STABLE also contain up-to-date copies of this
document (as of the time of the snapshot).</p>

<p>For a list of all FreeBSD CERT security advisories, see <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/security/"
target="_top">http://www.FreeBSD.org/security/</a> or <a
href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/"
target="_top">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/</a>.</p>
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<div class="SECT1">
<hr />
<h2 class="SECT1"><a id="LATE-NEWS" name="LATE-NEWS">2 Update Information</a></h2>

<p>No news.</p>
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<div class="SECT1">
<hr />
<h2 class="SECT1"><a id="SECURITY" name="SECURITY">3 Security Advisories</a></h2>

<p>The following security advisories pertain to FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE. For more
information, consult the individual advisories available from <a
href="http://security.FreeBSD.org/" target="_top">http://security.FreeBSD.org/</a>.</p>

<div class="INFORMALTABLE"><a id="AEN44" name="AEN44"></a>
<table border="0" frame="void" class="CALSTABLE">
<col width="1*" />
<col width="1*" />
<col width="3*" />
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Advisory</th>
<th>Date</th>
<th>Topic</th>
</tr>
</thead>

<tbody>
<tr>
<td><a href="http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:15.ypserv.asc"
target="_top">SA-06:15.ypserv</a></td>
<td>31&nbsp;May&nbsp;2006</td>
<td>
<p>Inoperative access controls in <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ypserv&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ypserv</span>(8)</span></a></p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:16.smbfs.asc"
target="_top">SA-06:16.smbfs</a></td>
<td>31&nbsp;May&nbsp;2006</td>
<td>
<p>smbfs chroot escape</p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:17.sendmail.asc"
target="_top">SA-06:17.sendmail</a></td>
<td>14&nbsp;June&nbsp;2006</td>
<td>
<p>Incorrect multipart message handling in Sendmail</p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:18.ppp.asc"
target="_top">SA-06:18.ppp</a></td>
<td>23&nbsp;August&nbsp;2006</td>
<td>
<p>Buffer overflow in <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sppp&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sppp</span>(4)</span></a></p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:19.openssl.asc"
target="_top">SA-06:19.openssl</a></td>
<td>06&nbsp;September&nbsp;2006</td>
<td>
<p>Incorrect PKCS#1 v1.5 padding validation in <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=crypto&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">crypto</span>(3)</span></a></p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:20.bind.asc"
target="_top">SA-06:20.bind</a></td>
<td>06&nbsp;September&nbsp;2006</td>
<td>
<p>Denial of Service in <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=named&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">named</span>(8)</span></a></p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:21.gzip.asc"
target="_top">SA-06:21.gzip</a></td>
<td>19&nbsp;September&nbsp;2006</td>
<td>
<p>Multiple vulnerabilities in <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=gzip&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">gzip</span>(1)</span></a></p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:22.openssh.asc"
target="_top">SA-06:22.openssh</a></td>
<td>30&nbsp;September&nbsp;2006</td>
<td>
<p>Multiple vulnerabilities in OpenSSH</p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:23.openssl.asc"
target="_top">SA-06:23.openssl</a></td>
<td>28&nbsp;September&nbsp;2006</td>
<td>
<p>Multiple problems in <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=crypto&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">crypto</span>(3)</span></a></p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:25.kmem.asc"
target="_top">SA-06:25.kmem</a></td>
<td>6&nbsp;December&nbsp;2006</td>
<td>
<p>Kernel memory disclosure in <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=firewire&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">firewire</span>(4)</span></a></p>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:01.jail.asc"
target="_top">SA-07:01.jail</a></td>
<td>11&nbsp;January&nbsp;2007</td>
<td>
<p>Jail rc.d script privilege escalation</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>

<div class="SECT1">
<hr />
<h2 class="SECT1"><a id="KNOWN-PROBLEMS" name="KNOWN-PROBLEMS">4 Known Problems and
Solutions</a></h2>

<p>(2006/05/10) The errata file distributed with FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE mistakenly contained
the errata applicable to FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE.</p>

<p>(2006/05/10) The release notes for FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE gave the wrong name for the KDE
port in the item documenting the KDE upgrade. The correct name is <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/x11/kde3/pkg-descr"><tt
class="FILENAME">x11/kde3</tt></a>.</p>

<p>(2006/05/10) The release notes for FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE should have mentioned changes
that enable the second core of dual-core i386 and amd64 CPUs by default when running an
SMP kernel.</p>

<p>(2006/05/13) A change in the <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ata&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-stable"><span
 class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ata</span>(4)</span></a> driver in
FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE modified a software interface visible from userland programs.
Programs that use the <tt class="LITERAL">IOCATAREQUEST</tt> <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ioctl&sektion=2&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">ioctl</span>(2)</span></a>
interface will need to be recompiled. Typically, these programs communicate directly with
ATA and ATAPI drives, such as CDROM burning or ripping tools, or monitoring utilities.
One known example is <tt class="FILENAME">smartd</tt> from the <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/sysutils/smartmontools/pkg-descr"><tt
class="FILENAME">sysutils/smartmontools</tt></a> port.</p>

<p>(2006/05/27, updated 2006/06/01) On FreeBSD/alpha, <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a>
sometimes does not allow a disk to be labeled. The disk is presented in <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a>
but actions like <span class="GUIMENUITEM">Auto</span> do not result in a disklabel being
presented. One workaround is to boot the install CD, then select <span
class="GUIMENUITEM">Fixit</span>. From the <samp class="PROMPT">Fixit#</samp> prompt, run
<a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">disklabel</span>(8)</span></a>
manually. For example: <tt class="COMMAND">disklabel -rw da1 auto</tt> ensures a valid
disklabel is written onto <tt class="DEVICENAME">da1</tt>. Reboot from the install media.
<a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a>
will now detect a valid disklabel on the disk and allow it to be partitioned to your
preference.</p>

<p>(2006/05/27) FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE includes a change to some definitions in <tt
class="FILENAME">src/sys/net/if_media.h</tt> (revision 1.30.2.1). This could break
source-level compatibility with externally-maintained 10Gb Ethernet network drivers
written for FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE. This change should have been documented in the release
notes.</p>

<p>(2006/06/01, updated 2006/07/07) A bug in the <tt class="FILENAME">rc.d/jail</tt>
startup script could cause various problems for users attempting to configure <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=jail&sektion=2&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">jail</span>(2)</span></a>
environments at system startup time. A fix has been committed to HEAD, RELENG_6, and
RELENG_6_1. More details can be found in errata notice <a
href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ERRATA/notices/FreeBSD-EN-06:01.jail.asc"
target="_top">FreeBSD-EN-06:01.jail</a>.</p>

<p>(2006/06/01, updated 2006/08/30) Deadlocks have been observed (and can be reproduced)
in some cases where snapshots and quotas are both being used on a file system. This
problem has been fixed on the HEAD and RELENG_6 branches.</p>

<p>(2006/06/01, updated 2006/08/28) A bug in the Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP)
implementation causes spurious error messages for point-to-point IPv6 links on FreeBSD
6.1-RELEASE. This behavior is a regression from FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE. A solution for this
problem has been committed to HEAD, RELENG_6, and RELENG_6_1. Further details can be
found in errata notice <a
href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ERRATA/notices/FreeBSD-EN-06:02.net.asc"
target="_top">FreeBSD-EN-06:02.net</a>.</p>

<p>(2006/06/01, updated 2006/11/22) Problems have been observed when trying to load
packages from multiple CDROMs inside the <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a>
environment. Specifically, the disk-switching functionality in <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a>
seems to become confused about the contents of a disk that has just been requested. This
situation has been seen primarily when installing the base system without Xorg (which
lives on the first CDROM of a multi-disk set), and then later using <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a> to
load some packages (such as the GNOME or KDE desktop environments) from a subsequent
CDROM that depend on Xorg. As a workaround during a new install, one should try to
install Xorg along with the base system, or at least before any other packages that
depend on it. This problem has been corrected on HEAD and RELENG_6.</p>

<p>(2006/06/01, updated 2006/08/28) An error in the statistics-keeping logic in the UMA
kernel memory allocator has led to the number of <tt class="LITERAL">requests for mbufs
denied</tt> (as reported by <tt class="COMMAND">netstat -m</tt>) to increase erroneously.
A fix for this problem has been committed to HEAD, RELENG_6, and RELENG_6_1. More
information is contained in errata notice <a
href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ERRATA/notices/FreeBSD-EN-06:02.net.asc"
target="_top">FreeBSD-EN-06:02.net</a>.</p>

<p>(2006/06/01, update 2006/10/07) A longstanding bug in the i386 bootloader can cause
root file system corruption when the <a
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=nextboot&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-stable">
<span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">nextboot</span>(8)</span></a>
utility is used and the <tt class="FILENAME">/boot/nextboot.conf</tt> configuration file
happens to be located after cylinder 1023 on the boot disk. A bugfix has been committed
to HEAD and has been merged to RELENG_6.</p>

<p>(2006/06/16, updated 2006/10/07) A locking-related bug has been observed to cause
noticeable slowdowns in NFS server performance. A fix has been committed to HEAD and
RELENG_6.</p>

<p>(2006/08/28) A local kernel panic in the network stack could be caused by not checking
the validity of a pointer before use. This problem has been fixed on HEAD, RELENG_6, and
RELENG_6_1, as described in <a
href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ERRATA/notices/FreeBSD-EN-06:02.net.asc"
target="_top">FreeBSD-EN-06:02.net</a>.</p>
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