VMware ESXi 5.5, Patch Release ESXi550-201809402-BG - Updates ipmi-ipmi-devintf and ipmi-ipmi-si-drv VIBs

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Release date: September 13, 2018

Patch Category	Bugfix
Patch Severity	Important
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_39.1-4vmw.550.3.124.9919047 VMware_bootbank_ipmi-ipmi-si-drv_39.1-4vmw.550.3.124.9919047
PRs Fixed	1980599
Related CVE numbers	N/A

Environment

VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5

Resolution

Summaries and Symptoms

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

• Due to a memory leak, the IPMI driver might stop responding to queries. As a result, the hardware status of ESXi hosts might display as blank and the heap memory of the IPMI driver might be exhausted.

Patch Download and Installation

The typical way to apply patches to ESXi hosts is through the VMware 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 Examplesand the vSphere Upgrade Guide.