OBSOLETE Patch-ID# 109041-04
Keywords: security TPI M_PROTO connect T_DISCON_IND T_CONN_REQ ECONNREFUSED
Synopsis: Obsoleted by: 108528-09 SunOS 5.8: sockfs patch
Date: May/21/2001

Solaris Release: 8

SunOS Release: 5.8

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for x86 as patch 109042

Topic: SunOS 5.8: sockfs patch
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	NOTE: This patch may contain one or more OEM-specific platform ports.
	      See the appropriate OEM_NOTES file within the patch for
	      information specific to these platforms.
	      DO NOT INSTALL this patch on an OEM system if a corresponding
	      OEM_NOTES file is not present (or is present, but instructs not
	      to install the patch), unless the OEM vendor directs otherwise.
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	NOTE:  Refer to Special Install Instructions section for 
               IMPORTANT specific information on this patch.

Relevant Architectures: sparc

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4224166 4290575 4294881 4322741 4337605

Changes incorporated in this version: 4294881

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 

Obsoleted by: 108528-09

Files included with this patch: 

/kernel/fs/sockfs
/kernel/fs/sparcv9/sockfs
/usr/include/sys/socketvar.h

Problem Description:

4294881 fork in MT process can hang in sockfs due to cv_wait/cv_wait_sig dependency
 
(from 109041-03)
 
4337605 inetd Denial of Service Attack - accept() hangs after successful select()
 
(from 109041-02)
 
4322741 Recent change to sonode structure needlessly breaks lsof
 
(from 109041-01)
 
4224166 TPI messages get flushed if 3rd party module processes M_PROTO in service procedure
4290575 2nd connect() to determine status of non-blocking connect sends extra Syn

Patch Installation Instructions:
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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 7-8 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:
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	NOTE:	To get the complete fix for 4224166 (TPI messages get 
		flushed if 3rd party module processes), one needs to
		install the following patches:
 
		109043-01 (or newer)	sonode adb macro patch	
		108875-02 (or newer)	/kernel/sys/c2audit patch
		109045-01 (or newer)	/usr/sbin/sparcv7/crash and
					/usr/sbin/sparcv9/crash patch

README -- Last modified date:  Friday, July 13, 2001