VMware ESXi 6.0, Patch ESXi600-201711404-BG: Updates ipmi-ipmi-devintf, ipmi-ipmi-msghandler VIBs

Products

• VMware

Issue/Introduction

Release date: November 9, 2017
 

Patch Category	Bugfix
Patch Severity	Critical
Build	For build information, see KB 2151126.
Host Reboot Required	Yes
Virtual Machine Migration or Shutdown Required	Yes
Affected Hardware	N/A
Affected Software	N/A
VIBs Included	VMware_bootbank_ipmi-ipmi-devintf_39.1-5vmw.600.3.79.6921384 VMware_bootbank_ipmi-ipmi-msghandler_39.1-5vmw.600.3.79.6921384
PRs Fixed	1948937
Related CVE numbers	NA

Resolution

Summaries and Symptoms

This patch updates ipmi-ipmi-devintf and ipmi-ipmi-msghandler VIBs to resolve the following issue:

• Third party CIM providers or agents might cause memory corruptions that lead to destabilization of the kernel or drivers of an ESXi host and the host might fail with a purple diagnostic screen. These memory corruptions are usually visible at a later point, not at the exact time of the corruption, and this fix hardens the IPMI driver to recover from or avoid such destabilization states. Exception 13 is a general protection fault error and not all Exception 13 errors would indicate this issue.

Patch Download and Installation

The typical way to apply patches to ESXi hosts is through the VMware vSphere Update Manager. For details, see the Installing and Administering VMware vSphere Update Manager.

ESXi hosts can be updated by manually downloading the patch ZIP file from the VMware download page and installing the VIB by using the esxcli software vib command. Additionally, the system can be updated using the image profile and the esxcli software profile command. For details, see the vSphere Command-Line Interface Concepts and Examples and the vSphere Upgrade Guide.