Patch-ID# 103169-15 Keywords: security pkt_len ip panic tcp ping ifconfig checksum NFS write fddi Synopsis: SunOS 5.5: arp,ip,udp,icmp driver and ifconfig fixes Date: Nov/01/99 Solaris Release: 2.5 SunOS Release: 5.5 Unbundled Product: Unbundled Release: Xref: This patch available for x86 as patch 103170 Topic: SunOS 5.5: arp,ip,udp,icmp driver and ifconfig fixes NOTE: Refer to Special Install Instructions Section for IMPORTANT specific information on this patch. BugId's fixed with this patch: 1166108 1188307 1224089 1224148 1226653 1226919 1232866 1233827 1240331 1248446 1259279 1262096 4019260 4105140 4242224 Changes incorporated in this version: 4242224 Relevant Architectures: sparc Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: Patches which conflict with this patch: Patches required with this patch: Obsoleted by: Files included with this patch: /kernel/drv/arp /kernel/drv/icmp /kernel/drv/ip /kernel/drv/udp /kernel/strmod/arp /sbin/ifconfig /usr/sbin/ifconfig Problem Description: 4242224 memory leak in IP (from 103169-14) 1166108 host with published ARP table entries does not reply to ARP queries (from 103169-13) 4105140 ARP packet with source protocol addr of 0 flushes all on-link IRE_CACHE entries (from 103169-12) 1226919 ping -sv -i 127.0.0.1 224.0.0.1 causes a panic (from 103169-11) 4019260 icmp panic on mi_free() in icmp_close() in 2.5 (from 103169-10) 1226653 IP can send packets larger than MTU size to the driver (from 103169-09) 1262096 IP believes it has correctly reassembled a packet, but one fragment not received (from 103169-08) 1259279 x86 byte ordering/endian problem in ip & arp for DL_UNITDATA_REQ (from 103169-07) 1248446 arp cache is not getting updated appropriately (from 103169-06) 1240331 ifconfig of a non-existent virtual interface creates one even as a regular user 1233827 tcp retransmits too much for short connections as seen at web sites (from 103169-05) 1240331 ifconfig of a non-existent virtual interface creates one even as a regular user (from 103169-04) 1188307 ill_frag_timeout() panic on Intergraph machines when heavily stressed (from 103169-03) 1224089 NFS writes hang when doing copy over fddi 3.0.1 (from 103169-02) 1224148 TCP performance becomes unacceptable due to bad checksums generated by 2 .4 (from 103169-01) 1232866 bogus pkt_len (short one) causes ip to panic Patch Installation Instructions: -------------------------------- Refer to the Install.info file within the patch for instructions on using the generic 'installpatch' and 'backoutpatch' scripts provided with each patch. Any other special or non-generic installation instructions should be described below. Special Install Instructions: ----------------------------- Refer to the file called SPECIAL_NOTE_IFCONFIG shipped with this patch for the ifconfig manpage. If the reason to install this patch is to fix bugid 1233827 (tcp retransmits too much for short connections as seen at web sites), the 2.5 tcp patch (103447-03 or higher) is also required. Reboot after installation.