OpenVMS ALPSYS21_061 OpenVMS Alpha V6.1 Security ECO Summary

 
NOTE:  An OpenVMS saveset or PCSI installation file is stored
       on the Internet in a self-expanding compressed file.
       The name of the compressed file will be kit_name-dcx_vaxexe
       for OpenVMS VAX or kit_name-dcx_axpexe for OpenVMS Alpha.
 
       Once the file is copied to your system, it can be expanded
       by typing RUN compressed_file.  The resultant file will
       be the OpenVMS saveset or PCSI installation file which
       can be used to install the ECO.
 
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     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  ALPSYS18_061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 
     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.   


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

alpsys21_061.README
alpsys21_061.CHKSUM
alpsys21_061.CVRLET_TXT
alpsys21_061.a-dcx_axpexe