Disclaimer: 

Please note: Although OBSOLETED patches are available on SunSolve, Sun recommends using the most recent patches and the most recent revision of those patches. OBSOLETED patches do not include the latest bug fixes and/or product enhancements, and may require the installation of additional patches as a corrective measure.

Status: OBSOLETE

Patch Id: 116965-05

Summary: Obsoleted by: 116965-06 SunOS 5.8: ip/arp/tcp/udp patch

Date:  Nov/01/2004

Installation Requirements:

Reboot immediately after patch is installed                      
                      Install in Single User Mode

Solaris Release: 8

Sun OS Release: 5.8

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for x86 as patch 116966

Topic: 

SunOS 5.8: ip/arp/tcp/udp patch
	***********************************************************
	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.
	***********************************************************

Relevant Architecture: sparc

BugId's fixed with this patch:

4291034 4299644 4302198 4308728 4311938 4363786 4365204 4427290 4643339 4647983 4653899 4705144 4737760 4969154 4980989 4984037 5004917 5018661 5084344

Changes incorporated in this version:

4643339 4653899 5084344

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch:

109050-01 109898-05 112850-01

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Required Patches:

108528-29 117000-05 117350-13 (or greater)

Obsoleted by:

Files Included in 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/sparcv9/arp
/kernel/drv/sparcv9/icmp
/kernel/drv/sparcv9/icmp6
/kernel/drv/sparcv9/ip
/kernel/drv/sparcv9/ip6
/kernel/drv/sparcv9/ipsecah
/kernel/drv/sparcv9/ipsecesp
/kernel/drv/sparcv9/rts
/kernel/drv/sparcv9/tcp
/kernel/drv/sparcv9/tcp6
/kernel/drv/sparcv9/udp
/kernel/drv/sparcv9/udp6
/kernel/drv/tcp
/kernel/drv/tcp6
/kernel/drv/udp
/kernel/drv/udp6
/kernel/strmod/arp
/kernel/strmod/sparcv9/arp
/usr/include/inet/ip.h
/usr/lib/adb/ill
/usr/lib/adb/ipc
/usr/lib/adb/sparcv9/ill
/usr/lib/adb/sparcv9/ipc

Problem Description: 

4643339 IP service is exclusive, causing severe performance problems
4653899 ARP packet processing issue
5084344 Panic caused by NULL pointer dereference in ipif_mask_reply()
 
(from 116965-04)
 
4969154 ping -r (SO_DONTROUTE) to IRE_LOOPBACK/IRE_LOCAL ipif_net_type fails.
 
(from 116965-03)
 
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 116965-02)
 
5004917 system performance slowly degrades to a panic
 
(from 116965-01)
 
4705144 IPV4 and IPV6 behave differently with addresses assigned to loopback
 
(from 109898-05)
 
4365204 panic in arp layer - stack corruption
 
(from 109898-04)
 
4363786 ARP request packets should not update entries belonging to local IP addresses
 
(from 109898-03)
 
4427290 ar_open failure can lead to stale queues and memory corruption
 
(from 109898-02)
 
4302198 Solaris 8 kernel panic when servicing interrupt from hme device
 
(from 109898-01)
 
	This patch revision was generated to accumulate and obsolete
	the feature changes introduced in point patch 109050-01.
 
(from 109050-01)
 
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 112850-01)
 
4647983 icmp should be QNEXTLESS

Revision History: 

116965-03 116965-04 112850-01 109898-05

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: 

-----------------------------
 
Preform a reconfiguration boot, boot -r, after patch installation.
 
NOTE:   To get the complete IP Multipathing support, one needs
                to install the following patches:
 
                109900-01 (or newer)    /etc/init.d/network and /etc/rcS.d/S30network.sh patch
                109902-01 (or newer)    /usr/lib/inet/in.ndpd patch
                109904-01 (or newer)    /etc/default/mpathd and /sbin/in.mpathd patch
                109906-01 (or newer)    /sbin/ifconfig and /usr/sbin/ifconfig patch

README -- Last modified date:  Wednesday, February 16, 2005