OBSOLETE Patch-ID# 116966-21

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Keywords: security ipv4 ipv6 addresses loopback multipathing in.mpathd
Synopsis: Obsoleted by: 116966-22 SunOS 5.8_x86: ip/arp/tcp/udp/tun patch
Date: Sep/26/2006


Install Requirements: Reconfigure immediately after patch is installed                      
                      Install in Single User Mode                      
                      
Solaris Release: 8_x86

SunOS Release: 5.8_x86

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 116965

Topic: SunOS 5.8_x86: ip/arp/tcp/udp/tun patch

Relevant Architectures: i386

BugId's fixed with this patch: 1102965 4291034 4299644 4302198 4308728 4311938 4331785 4363786 4365204 4380686 4385998 4427290 4465841 4511681 4643339 4647983 4653899 4658177 4691277 4705144 4708720 4737760 4796648 4796820 4963675 4969154 4980989 4984037 5004917 5013238 5018661 5074404 5078640 5084073 5084344 5084452 5089150 6210063 6212756 6220619 6229034 6241739 6257723 6259389 6276464 6332525 6354773

Changes incorporated in this version: 4658177 6241739

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 109051-01 109899-05 112851-01 117009-03

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 108529-29 117001-05 117351-13 (or greater)

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch: 

/kernel/drv/arp
/kernel/drv/icmp
/kernel/drv/icmp6
/kernel/drv/ip
/kernel/drv/ip6
/kernel/drv/ipsecah
/kernel/drv/ipsecesp
/kernel/drv/rts
/kernel/drv/tcp
/kernel/drv/tcp6
/kernel/drv/udp
/kernel/drv/udp6
/kernel/strmod/arp
/kernel/strmod/tun
/sbin/in.mpathd
/usr/include/inet/ip.h
/usr/include/inet/tcp.h
/usr/include/net/if.h
/usr/lib/adb/ill
/usr/lib/adb/ipc
/usr/lib/adb/tcp

Problem Description:

4658177 panic while doing ifconfig addif on a partially configured tunnel
6241739 reassembly of an ipv6 frag of frag causes fault
 
(from 116966-20)
 
6332525 When NIC goes down temporarily before accept(), tcp connection is made IDLE
 
(from 116966-19)
 
6257723 source address selection is wrong if IPMP is enabled
 
(from 116966-18)
 
4796820 IPMP starts outgoing traffic on failed interface with option FAILBACK=no
5084073 Fix for 4796820 is not enough
6220619 IGMP messages are not sent out when interfaces fail over
 
(from 116966-17)
 
1102965 UDP Length Checks
4708720 TCP/UDP make unwarranted ICMP M_CTL assumptions
5084452 ICMP can snipe away incipient TCP connections
6354773 some changes made by 5084452 do not work with x86
 
(from 116966-16)
 
4511681 TCP vulnerable to Denial Of Service via "ACK storm"
 
(from 116966-15)
 
6276464 Reads on TCP endpoint with synchronous streams can return extents of the input buffer unmodified
 
(from 116966-14)
 
6259389 race condition between cl_tcp_walk_list() and connection establishment
 
(from 116966-13)
 
4465841 Setting of V4/v4 tunnel's tsrc and tdst values is broken
 
(from 116966-12)
 
6212756 UDP checksum 0x0000 not substituted with 0xffff for UDP over IPv6 packets
 
(from 116966-11)
 
4963675 Multicast Routing does not work over IP-in-IP tunnels (e.g. ip.tunXXX)
 
(from 116966-10)
 
4331785 ifconfig ip.atun0 plumb (without "inet6") causes tun module assertion failure
 
(from 116966-09)
 
4380686 unexpected M_IOCDATA messages cause problems for ip
4385998 When used as a module, IP discards some ioctls it doesn't understand
6210063 When removing a network route, the IRE host route entry is not removed from IRE table
 
(from 116966-08)
 
5089150 Binding to a port which has already been bound may incorrectly succeed
 
(from 116966-07)
 
5074404 Some RTM_* commands return true when it shouldn't
 
(from 116966-06)
 
4796648 problem when path MTU == 68
 
(from 116966-05)
 
4643339 IP service is exclusive, causing severe performance problems
4653899 ARP hurricane can deny service
5084344 Panic caused by NULL pointer dereference in ipif_mask_reply()
 
(from 116966-04)
 
4969154 ping -r (SO_DONTROUTE) to IRE_LOOPBACK/IRE_LOCAL ipif_net_type fails.
 
(from 116966-03)
 
4980989 For NS not transmitted, the connectivity of IP is lost
4737760 memory leak in nce_xmit()
4984037 ipif_lookup_onlink_addr() can return ipif_t's which are not IPIF_UP
5018661 ip goes in loop in forwarding path
 
(from 116966-02)
 
5004917 system performance slowly degrades to a panic
 
(from 116966-01)
 
4705144 IPV4 and IPV6 behave differently with addresses assigned to loopback
 
(from 109899-05)
 
4365204 panic in arp layer - stack corruption
 
(from 109899-04)
 
4363786 ARP request packets should not update entries belonging to local IP addresses
 
(from 109899-03)
 
4427290 ar_open failure can lead to stale queues and memory corruption
 
(from 109899-02)
 
4302198 Solaris 8 kernel panic when servicing interrupt from hme device
 
(from 109899-01)
 
	This revision accumulates feature point patch 109051-01.
 
(from 109051-01)
 
4311938 Network Multipathing should be integrated into Solaris 8
4299644 debug kernel panics; race between ip_close and ip_wsrv threads
4291034 arp: bad trap in ip while deleting logical interface during arp
4308728 ifconfig results in spurious message on the console
 
(from 112851-01)
 
4647983 icmp should be QNEXTLESS
 
(from 117009-03)
 
6229034 in.mpathd will abort on deferred probes with 0ms round-trip times
 
(from 117009-02)
 
4691277 IPMP wraps probe sequence numbers incorrectly
 
(from 117009-01)
 
5013238 in.mpathd prints "Cannot meet requested failure detection time" frequently
5078640 in.mpathd uses the probe_interval as a global variable

Patch Installation Instructions:
--------------------------------
For Solaris 2.0-2.6 releases, refer to the Install.info file and/or
the README within the patch for instructions on using the generic
'installpatch' and 'backoutpatch' scripts provided with each patch.
 
For Solaris 7-10 releases, refer to the man pages for instructions
on using 'patchadd' and 'patchrm' scripts provided with Solaris.
Any other special or non-generic installation instructions should be
described below as special instructions.  The following example
installs a patch to a standalone machine:
 
       example# patchadd /var/spool/patch/104945-02
 
The following example removes a patch from a standalone system:
 
       example# patchrm 104945-02
 
For additional examples please see the appropriate man pages.

Special Install Instructions:
-----------------------------
 
NOTE 1:  Install the patch in single user mode and do a reconfiguration
         boot (boot -r) immediately after patch installation.
 
NOTE 2:  To get the complete IP Multipathing support, please also install 
         the following patches:
 
         109901-01 (or greater)  /etc/init.d/network and 
                                 /etc/rcS.d/S30network.sh patch
         109903-01 (or greater)  in.ndpd patch
         109905-01 (or greater)  mpathd and in.mpathd patch
         109907-01 (or greater)  ifconfig patch
 
 
NOTE 3:  To get the complete fix for bugid 4796820 (IPMP starts outgoing 
         traffic on failed interface with option FAILBACK=no), please also 
         install the following patch:
 
         122433-01 (or greater)  sockio.h patch

README -- Last modified date:  Monday, October 9, 2006

