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VMware ESX 4.1, Patch ESX410-201208206-UG: Updates the VMware ESX 4.1 usb-storage driver (2020359)

Details

Product Version
ESX 4.1 Update 3
Patch Classification
General
Build Information
For build information, see KB 2020362.
Host Reboot Required
Yes
Virtual Machine Migration or Shutdown Required
Yes
PRs Fixed
765769
Affected Hardware
N/A
Affected Software
N/A
VIBs Included
vmware-esx-drivers-usb-storage-usb-storage
Related CVE numbers
N/A

Solution

This patch resolves an issue where connecting certain USB storage devices might cause an ESX host to fail with a purple screen and display an error message similar to the following:

@BlueScreen: #UD Exception(6) in world 1037009:usb-storage @ 0x41803a844eb6 Code starts at 0x41803a400000 >0x4100c168fe90:
[0x41803a844eb6]usb_stor_invoke_transport+0x73d stack: 0x10 0x4100c168feb0:
0x41803a842158]usb_stor_transparent_scsi_command+0x1b stack: 0x7d41af17b64564
0x4100c168ff30:[0x41803a8467b9]usb_stor_control_thread+0x7c4 stack: 0x4100b0fdbaa0
0x4100c168ff60:[0x41803a7c51f2]kthread+0x79 stack: 0x41000000000e
0x4100c168ffa0:[0x41803a7c2b62]LinuxStartFunc+0x51 stack: 0xe
0x4100c168fff0:[0x41803a49870b]vmkWorldFunc+0x52 stack: 0x0

ESX now detects these protocol violations and handles them.

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