Patch-ID# 110387-05 Keywords: security snapshots online ufsdump mmap file larger Synopsis: SunOS 5.8: ufssnapshots support, ufsdump patch Date: Aug/19/2003 Install Requirements: Additional instructions may be listed below Solaris Release: 8 SunOS Release: 5.8 Unbundled Product: Unbundled Release: Xref: This patch available for x86 as patch 110402 Topic: SunOS 5.8: ufssnapshots support, ufsdump patch Relevant Architectures: sparc 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: 110235-01 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 110387-04) 4474014 ufsdump fails to dump a file larger than 2G on Solaris 8 (from 110387-03) 4358666 mmap(2) use in ufsdump makes for incomplete dumps (from 110387-02) 4339366 Security vulnerability in ufsrestore allows root compromise. 4132365 Security vulnerability on ufsdump and restore in 2.6 and 2.6 x86 (from 110387-01) This patch revision was generated to accumulate and obsolete the feature changes introduced in point patch 110235-01. 4296770 file systems should support snapshots for online backups (from 110235-01) 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: 108528-05 (or newer) kernel update patch 110380-01 (or newer) /usr/lib/libadm.so.1 patch 110381-01 (or newer) /usr/sbin/clri and /usr/sbin/fssnap patch 110382-01 (or newer) /usr/kernel/drv/fssnap patch 110387-01 (or newer) /usr/lib/fs/ufs/ufsdump patch README -- Last modified date: Tuesday, August 19, 2003