BlueScreen: PANIC bora/vmkernel/main/dlmalloc.c:3919 - Corruption in dlmalloc

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

ESXi crashed with:
BlueScreen: PANIC bora/vmkernel/main/dlmalloc.c:3919 - Corruption in dlmalloc

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 6.5
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.7

Cause

According to the QLogic release notes, this is a known issue.

Resolution

• Upgrade the qlnative driver version to 2.1.81, which also requires firmware update to version 8.08.xx.

https://customerconnect.vmware.com/downloads/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESXI60-QLOGIC-QLNATIVEFC-21810-1&productId=491&download=true&fileId=d1ac2a933096bf18a6b4a4689e635f5b&secureParam=1da27d4e99685f5dd886385cab349b1c&uuId=67956ad3-318c-41d7-885b-3d3aeef4170e&downloadType=

• Please engage your system hardware vendor support for advice and assistance to complete the HBA firmware update.

Additional Information

• Release notes:

https://customerconnect.vmware.com/downloads/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESXI60-QLOGIC-QLNATIVEFC-21810-1&productId=491&download=true&fileId=d1ac2a933096bf18a6b4a4689e635f5b&secureParam=1da27d4e99685f5dd886385cab349b1c&uuId=67956ad3-318c-41d7-885b-3d3aeef4170e&downloadType=