Concerns regarding SOLVE:Access and IBM APAR OA54807

Products

• SOLVE:Access Session Management
• SOLVE

Issue/Introduction

We have been asked by the customer:

 

Is there any specific fix for the SOLVE:Access Session Management for z/OS for the meltdown mitigation fixes from IBM APAR OA54807?

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Just being a little more specific about the item that most concern us:  According to one of the APAR HOLD actions, ISVs must no longer

reference the IHAPSA field PSASTAK.  With OA54807, PSASTAK is no longer the beginning of the normal FRR stack.  PSACSTK is

an existing pointer to the beginning of the normal FRR stack.  Software that references PSASTAK must be converted

to use PSACSTK as the pointer to the normal FRR stack.  Is SOLVE:Access subjected to this?

Environment

OS:  z/OS.

Cause

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Resolution

APAR OA54807 only applies to unauthorized programs.  SOLVE:Access must be run from an APF-authorized library or it will terminate at initialization with N00517.

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We have no references to PSASTAK in our code--not a concern.