FreeBSD Errata Notice FreeBSD-EN-23:13.freebsd-update
8 November, 2023 by errata-notices@freebsd.org | freebsd
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FreeBSD-EN-23:13.freebsd-update Errata Notice
The FreeBSD Project
Topic: freebsd-update does not handle deep boot environments
Category: core
Announced: 2023-11-08
Affects: All supported versions of FreeBSD.
Corrected: 2023-10-24 00:04:14 UTC (stable/14, 14.0-STABLE)
2023-10-24 16:12:01 UTC (releng/14.0, 14.0-RC3)
2023-10-24 00:04:18 UTC (stable/13, 13.2-STABLE)
2023-11-08 00:59:45 UTC (releng/13.2, 13.2-RELEASE-p5)
2023-10-24 00:05:10 UTC (stable/12, 12.4-STABLE)
2023-11-08 01:10:13 UTC (releng/12.4, 12.4-RELEASE-p7)
For general information regarding FreeBSD Errata Notices and Security
Advisories, including descriptions of the fields above, security
branches, and the following sections, please visit
<URL:https://security.FreeBSD.org/>.
I. Background
freebsd-update will create a new boot environment as a backup when performing
updates.
II. Problem Description
Some systems use non-default configurations referred to as "deep" boot
environments. Deep boot environments place datasets belonging to the boot
environment subordinate to the boot environment dataset itself, rather than
elsewhere in the pool structure.
This kind of boot environment requires the -r flag to bectl(8) for most
operations in order to recurse on these subordinate datasets, but
freebsd-update(8) was not recursing when creating a backup boot environment.
III. Impact
Without recursing in bectl(8), backups taken of a deep boot environment are not
complete snapshots of the system state before the upgrade takes place. This
means that it's potentially painful to try and rollback to the pre-upgrade state
after the upgrade has completed.
IV. Workaround
No workaround is available, but the default configuration is not affected and
deep boot environment users may create their own backups prior to an upgrade
with a manual `bectl create -r ...`
V. Solution
Upgrade your system to a supported FreeBSD stable or release / security
branch (releng) dated after the correction date.
Perform one of the following:
1) To update your system via a binary patch:
Systems running a RELEASE version of FreeBSD on the amd64, i386, or
(on FreeBSD 13 and later) arm64 platforms can be updated via the
freebsd-update(8) utility:
# freebsd-update fetch
# freebsd-update install
2) To update your system via a source code patch:
The following patches have been verified to apply to the applicable
FreeBSD release branches.
a) Download the relevant patch from the location below, and verify the
detached PGP signature using your PGP utility.
# fetch https://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/EN-23:13/freebsd-update.patch
# fetch https://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/EN-23:13/freebsd-update.patch.asc
# gpg --verify freebsd-update.patch.asc
b) Apply the patch. Execute the following commands as root:
# cd /usr/src
# patch < /path/to/patch
c) Recompile the operating system using buildworld and installworld as
described in <URL:https://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/makeworld.html>.
VI. Correction details
This issue is corrected by the corresponding Git commit hash or Subversion
revision number in the following stable and release branches:
Branch/path Hash Revision
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
stable/14/ 5c2a559876d1 stable/14-n265583
releng/14.0/ e34fdb7c119e releng/14.0-n265341
stable/13/ 80f747781f12 stable/13-n256596
releng/13.2/ e79edfaf68c5 releng/13.2-n254641
stable/12/ r373256
releng/12.4/ r373266
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
For FreeBSD 13 and later:
Run the following command to see which files were modified by a
particular commit:
# git show --stat <commit hash>
Or visit the following URL, replacing NNNNNN with the hash:
<URL:https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=NNNNNN>
To determine the commit count in a working tree (for comparison against
nNNNNNN in the table above), run:
# git rev-list --count --first-parent HEAD
For FreeBSD 12 and earlier:
Run the following command to see which files were modified by a particular
revision, replacing NNNNNN with the revision number:
# svn diff -cNNNNNN --summarize svn://svn.freebsd.org/base
Or visit the following URL, replacing NNNNNN with the revision number:
<URL:https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=NNNNNN>
VII. References
<URL:https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id&7535>
The latest revision of this advisory is available at
<URL:https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-23:13.freebsd-update.asc>
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