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ALPSYS21_061 OpenVMS Alpha V6.1 Security ECO Summary
Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1997. All rights reserved.
PRODUCT: OpenVMS Alpha V6.1
COMPONENT: SECURITY.EXE
SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corporation
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Kit Name: ALPSYS21_061
ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: ALPSYS18_061
ECO Kit Approximate Size: 513 Blocks
Saveset A - 504 Blocks
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS Alpha V6.1, V6.1-1H1, V6.1-1H2
System/Cluster Reboot Necessary: Yes
NOTE: ECO ALPSYS21_061 is a cumulative kit which supersedes
the ALPSYS18_061 ECO kit.
Installation Rating: 3 - To be installed on all systems running
the listed versions of OpenVMS which
are experiencing the problems described.
NOTE: In order to receive the full fixes listed in this kit,
the following remedial kits also need to be installed:
ALPSHAD09_061
ECO KIT SUMMARY:
An ECO kit exists for SECURITY.EXE on OpenVMS Alpha V6.1. This kit
addresses the following problems:
PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN ALPSYS21_061:
o Prevention of interruptions of ORB/UNC manipulations:
A DOUBLDEALO BUGCHECK occurs during process rundown, caused by
double deallocation of a memory block.
There is a small window of opportunity between the time the
ORB is deallocate and the time its address is cleared in the
UNC that the image could be interrupted and a rundown thread
could pick up the ORB address and try to deallocate it again.
PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN ALPSYS18_061 KIT:
o PGFIPLHI crash when referencing $GRANTID/$REVOKID (ID and
PRVATR) parameters.
RELATED ARTICLES:
Detailed articles describing the problems listed above may exist in
the OPENVMS database. To view these articles, open the appropriate
product database and perform a query using either of the following
search strings: 'ALPSYS21_061' or 'ALPSYS'.
ECO KIT ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS:
If after an evaluation you wish to obtain this kit, request it
electronically using the appropriate Advanced Electronic Services
(AES) Service Tool. If you are not familiar with how to request
kits electronically, open the DIA, WIS or DSNLINK database and
review the article entitled:
[AES] How To Electronically Request ECO Kits Using Service Tools
INSTALLATION NOTES:
NOTE: In order for the images in this remedial kit to execute properly,
the ALPSHAD09_061 remedial kit for OpenVMS Alpha V6.1 must be installed
first. For assistance in obtaining the ALPSHAD09_061 remedial kit
please contact your normal Digital support channel.
Install this kit with the VMSINSTAL utility by logging into the
SYSTEM account, and typing the following at the DCL prompt:
@SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL ALPSYS21_061 [location of the saveset]
The saveset location may be a tape drive, or a disk directory that
contains the kit saveset.
The system should be rebooted after successful installation of the kit.
If you have other nodes in your VMScluster, they should also be
rebooted in order to make use of the new image
==========================================================================
| Table of Kit Image Information |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| | Overall | Image File | Image Link |
| Image Name | Checksum | Identification | Date/Time |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SECURITY.EXE | E27B01D3 | X-5 | 5-MAY-1997 |
| | | 16:35:07.89 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
|
