Patch-ID# 110402-05 Keywords: security ufsdump mmap file larger Synopsis: SunOS 5.8_x86: ufsdump patch Date: Aug/19/2003 Install Requirements: Additional instructions may be listed below Solaris Release: 8_x86 SunOS Release: 5.8_x86 Unbundled Product: Unbundled Release: Xref: This patch is available for SPARC as patch 110387 Topic: SunOS 5.8_x86: ufsdump patch Relevant Architectures: i386 BugId's fixed with this patch: 4132365 4296770 4339366 4358666 4474014 4767221 Changes incorporated in this version: 4767221 Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 110236-01 Patches which conflict with this patch: Patches required with this patch: Obsoleted by: Files included with this patch: /usr/lib/fs/ufs/ufsdump Problem Description: 4767221 Incremental ufsdump of fs snapshot can omit files (from 110402-04) 4474014 ufsdump fails to dump a file larger than 2G on Solaris 8 (from 110402-03) 4358666 mmap(2) use in ufsdump makes for incomplete dumps (from 110402-02) 4339366 Security vulnerability in ufsrestore allows root compromise. 4132365 Security vulnerability on ufsdump and restore in 2.6 and 2.6 x86 (from 110402-01) This patch revision was generated to accumulate and obsolete the feature changes introduced in point patch 110236-01. 4296770 file systems should support snapshots for online backups (from 110236-01) 4296770 file systems should support snapshots for online backups 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 7-9 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: To get UFS Snapshot support, one needs to install the following patches: 108529-05 (or newer) kernel update patch 110402-01 (or newer) /usr/lib/fs/ufs/ufsdump patch 110403-01 (or newer) /usr/lib/libadm.so.1 patch 110404-01 (or newer) /usr/sbin/clri and /usr/sbin/fssnap patch 110405-01 (or newer) /usr/kernel/drv/fssnap patch README -- Last modified date: Tuesday, August 19, 2003