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VMware ESX 4.0, Patch ESX400-201105203-UG: Updates the VMware ESX 4.0 EHCI HCD device driver (1031727)

Details

Release date: May 05, 2011

Patch Classification
 General
Build Information
For build information, see KB 1031732.
Also see KB 1012514.
Host Reboot Required
Yes
Virtual Machine Migration or Shutdown Required
Yes
PRs Fixed
548419
Affected Hardware
N/A
Affected Software
N/A
VIBs Included
 vmware-esx-drivers-ehci-ehci-hcd
Related CVE numbers
N/A

 
 
 

Solution

Summaries and Symptoms

This patch resolves the following issue:


When you connect USB devices (including baseboard management controllers (BMC) such as iLo or DRAC-based USB devices) to EHCI controllers, an issue with memory corruption might sometimes cause an ESX host to fail with a purple screen and display error messages similar to the following:

2010-12-11T10:11:30.683Z cpu1:2606)@BlueScreen: PANIC bora/vmkernel/main/dlmalloc.c:4803 - Usage error in dlmalloc
2010-12-11T10:11:30.684Z cpu1:2606)Code start: 0x418031000000 VMK uptime: 0:03:35:09.476
2010-12-11T10:11:30.685Z cpu1:2606)0x412208b87b10:[0x418031069302]Panic@vmkernel#nover+0xa9 stack: 0x410014b12e80
2010-12-11T10:11:30.687Z cpu1:2606)0x412208b87b30:[0x4180310285eb]DLM_free@vmkernel#nover+0x602 stack: 0x1
2010-12-11T10:11:30.688Z cpu1:2606)0x412208b87b70:[0x418031038ef1]Heap_Free@vmkernel#nover+0x164 stack: 0x3e8
 

Deployment Considerations

None beyond the required patch bundles and reboot information listed in the table above.

Patch Download and Installation

See the VMware vCenter Update Manager Administration Guide for instructions on using Update Manager to download and install patches to automatically update ESX 4.0 hosts.

To update ESX 4.0 hosts when not using Update Manager, download the patch zip file from http://support.vmware.com/selfsupport/download/ and install the bulletin using esxupdate from the command line of the host. For more information, see the ESX 4 Patch Management Guide.

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