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FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE Errata

Abstract

This document lists errata items for FreeBSD 10.2-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.

This errata document for FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE will be maintained until the release of FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE.

Table of Contents

Introduction

This errata document contains "late-breaking news" about FreeBSD 10.2-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.

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version of this errata document actually distributed with the release (for example, on a CDROM distribution) will be out of date by definition, but other copies are kept updated on the Internet and should be consulted as the "current errata" for this release. These other copies of the errata are located at https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/, plus any sites which keep up-to-date mirrors of this location.

Source and binary snapshots of FreeBSD 10.2-STABLE also contain up-to-date copies of this document (as of the time of the snapshot).

For a list of all FreeBSD CERT security advisories, see https://www.FreeBSD.org/security/.

Security Advisories

Advisory Date Topic

FreeBSD-SA-15:20.expat

18 August 2015

Fix multiple integer overflows in libbsdxml(3).

FreeBSD-SA-15:22.openssh

25 August 2015

Multiple vulnerabilities

FreeBSD-SA-15:24.rpcbind

29 September 2015

Remote denial of service

FreeBSD-SA-15:25.ntp

26 October 2015

Multiple vulnerabilities

FreeBSD-SA-15:26.openssl

5 December 2015

Multiple vulnerabilities

FreeBSD-SA-16:01.sctp

14 January 2016

ICMPv6 error message vulnerability

FreeBSD-SA-16:02.ntp

14 January 2016

Panic threshold bypass vulnerability

FreeBSD-SA-16:03.linux

14 January 2016

Incorrect futex handling

FreeBSD-SA-16:04.linux

14 January 2016

setgroups(2) system call vulnerability

FreeBSD-SA-16:05.tcp

14 January 2016

MD5 signature denial of service

FreeBSD-SA-16:06.bsnmpd

14 January 2016

Insecure default configuration file permissions

FreeBSD-SA-16:07.openssh

14 January 2016

OpenSSH client information leak

FreeBSD-SA-16:09.ntp

27 January 2016

Multiple vulnerabilities.

FreeBSD-SA-16:10.linux

27 January 2016

issetugid(2) system call vulnerability.

FreeBSD-SA-16:11.openssl

30 January 2016

SSLv2 cipher suite downgrade vulnerability.

Errata Notices

Errata Date Topic

FreeBSD-EN-15:11.toolchain

18 August 2015

Fix make(1) syntax errors when upgrading from FreeBSD 9.x and earlier.

FreeBSD-EN-15:12.netstat

18 August 2015

Fix incorrect netstat(1) data handling on 32-bit systems.

FreeBSD-EN-15:13.vidcontrol

18 August 2015

Allow size argument to vidcontrol(1) for syscons(4).

FreeBSD-EN-15:15.pkg

25 August 2015

Insufficient check of supported pkg(7) signature methods.

FreeBSD-EN-15:16.pw

16 September 2015

Fix pw(8) regression when creating numeric users or groups.

FreeBSD-EN-15:17.libc

16 September 2015

Fix libc handling of signals for multi-threaded processes.

FreeBSD-EN-15:18.pkg

16 September 2015

Implement pubkey support for pkg(7) bootstrap.

FreeBSD-EN-15:19.kqueue

4 November 2015

kqueue(2) write events never fire for files larger than 2GB.

FreeBSD-EN-15:20.vm

4 November 2015

Applications exiting due to segmentation violation on a correct memory address.

FreeBSD-EN-16:01.filemon

14 January 2016

bmake and filemon(4) stability issues.

FreeBSD-EN-16:02.pf

14 January 2016

Invalid TCP checksum issue.

FreeBSD-EN-16:03.yplib

14 January 2016

YP/NIS library bug.

Open Issues

  • FreeBSD/i386 10.2-RELEASE running as a guest operating system on VirtualBox# can have a problem with disk I/O access. It depends on some specific hardware configuration and does not depend on a specific version of VirtualBox or host operating system.

    It has been reported that instability may be present on virtual machines running on other hypervisors, such as Xen or KVM.

    It causes various errors and makes FreeBSD quite unstable. Although the cause is still unclear, disabling unmapped I/O works as a workaround. To disable it, choose Escape to loader prompt in the boot menu and enter the following lines from loader(8) prompt, after an OK:

    set vfs.unmapped_buf_allowed=0
boot

    Note that the following line has to be added to /boot/loader.conf after a boot. It disables unmapped I/O at every boot:

    vfs.unmapped_buf_allowed=0

  • FreeBSD/i386 10.2-RELEASE installed on ZFS may crash during boot when the ZFS pool mount is attempted while booting an unmodified GENERIC kernel.

    As described in /usr/src/UPDATING entry 20121223, rebuilding the kernel with options KSTACK_PAGES=4 has been observed to resolve the boot-time crash. This, however, is not an ideal solution for inclusion in the GENERIC kernel configuration, as increasing KSTACK_PAGES implicitly decreases available usermode threads in an environment that is already resource-starved.

    Taking into account the heavy resource requirements of ZFS, in addition to the i386-specific tuning requirements for general workloads, using ZFS with the FreeBSD/i386 GENERIC kernel is strongly discouraged.

    If installing FreeBSD/i386 on ZFS, it is possible to configure the system after installation to increase the KSTACK_PAGES.

    When prompted by bsdinstall(8) to perform additional post-installation configuration to the system, select [ YES ].

    This procedure requires the system sources available locally. If the System source code distribution was not selected during installation, it can be obtained using svnlite:

    # mkdir -p /usr/src
# svnlite co svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/releng/10.2 /usr/src

    Build the kernel-toolchain required to rebuild the kernel:

    # make -C /usr/src kernel-toolchain

    Next, create a kernel configuration file to increase the KSTACK_PAGES option:

    # printf "include GENERIC\noptions KSTACK_PAGES=4\n" > /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/ZFS

    Then build and install the `ZFS` kernel:

    # make -C /usr/src buildkernel KERNCONF=ZFS
# make -C /usr/src installkernel KERNCONF=ZFS

    Warning:
    It is extremely important to take note that, by default, freebsd-update(8) will install the GENERIC kernel configuration, and as such, freebsd-update(8) consumers are strongly encouraged to avoid FreeBSD-provided kernel binary upgrades with such configurations.

  • Due to an incompatibility between bsdconfig(8) and pkg(8), packages included on the FreeBSD dvd installer will not be recognized by bsdconfig(8).

    To install packages from the dvd1.iso installer, create the /dist target directory, and manually mount the dvd1.iso ISO:

    # mkdir -p /dist
# mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0 /dist

    Note:
    Be sure to use the correct /dev device path for the dvd1.iso ISO installer.

    Next, set REPOS_DIR to the path of the repos/ directory within the installer so pkg(8) will use the correct repository metadata.

    If using sh(1):

    # export REPOS_DIR=/dist/packages/repos

    If using csh(1):

    # setenv REPOS_DIR /dist/packages/repos

    Note:
    Keep in mind that REPOS_DIR will need to be set again after the current shell session is terminated, if continuing to use the packages provided on the dvd1.iso installer.

    Finally, bootstrap pkg(8) from the ISO, and install required packages:

    # pkg bootstrap
# pkg install xorg-server xorg gnome3 [...]

  • An issue was discovered where the netstat(1) -s option will cause a segmentation fault on systems with IPSEC compiled into the kernel. The issue was resolved in the stable/10 branch, and an Errata Notice is planned after 10.2-RELEASE is released.

    [2015-08-19] Resolved as FreeBSD-EN-15:12.

  • An issue was discovered that causes make(1) to generate noisy output when doing source-based upgrades from FreeBSD 9.3 and earlier. The issue was reported in PR 202277, and after investigation and determining the issue does not cause source-based upgrades to fail, a post-release Errata Notice is planned.

    [2015-08-19] Resolved as FreeBSD-EN-15:11.

  • An issue with FreeBSD virtual machines with vagrant was discovered that affects the VirtualBox where the virtual machine will not start on the initial boot invoked with vagrant up.

    The issue is due to the virtual machine MAC being unset, as FreeBSD does not provide a default Vagrantfile.

    It has been observed, however, that a subsequent invocation of vagrant up will allow the virtual machine to successfully boot, allowing access via vagrant ssh.

  • [2015-08-16] An error was discovered in the release notes for FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE regarding the drm device driver. The entry for r282199 states the driver was updated to match the version Linux® 3.8.13 version, however the entry should have noted the change affects device-independent code, and does not bring the drm driver fully in line with the stated Linux® version.

Late-Breaking News

No news.