OBSOLETE Patch-ID# 116966-12

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Keywords: security ipv4 ipv6 addresses loopback ip_rput_data_v6() multipathing
Synopsis: Obsoleted by: 116966-13 SunOS 5.8_x86: ip/arp/tcp/udp patch
Date: Jul/12/2005


Install Requirements: Reboot 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 patch

Relevant Architectures: i386

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4291034 4299644 4302198 4308728 4311938 4331785 4363786 4365204 4380686 4385998 4427290 4643339 4647983 4653899 4705144 4737760 4796648 4963675 4969154 4980989 4984037 5004917 5018661 5074404 5084344 5089150 6210063 6212756

Changes incorporated in this version: 6212756

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

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
/usr/include/inet/ip.h
/usr/lib/adb/ill
/usr/lib/adb/ipc

Problem Description:

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 they 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 was 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 patch revision accumulates/obsoletes feature point patch 109050-01.
 
(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

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:
-----------------------------
 
Perform patch installation in single user mode.
Reboot the system after patch installation.
 
NOTE:   To get the complete IP Multipathing support, one needs
                to also install the following patches:
 
                109901-01 (or newer)    /etc/init.d/network and
                                        /etc/rcS.d/S30network.sh patch
                109903-01 (or newer)    /usr/lib/inet/in.ndpd patch
                109905-01 (or newer)    /etc/default/mpathd and
                                        /sbin/in.mpathd patch
                109907-01 (or newer)    /sbin/ifconfig and /usr/sbin/ifconfig
                                        patch

README -- Last modified date:  Tuesday, July 26, 2005

