PM25805: RECEIVING ABEND AEYF AFTER APPLYING UK58554 WHEN THE APPLICATION SPECIFIES AN ADDRESS AND LENGTH OF ZERO ON 10/11/18 PTF PECHANGE

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• After applying ptf UK58554 / PM14523, customer's application
  which has been working correctly with from address of '0'
  when the lenght is also '0'; now receives abend AEYF.
  Customer points out length  and address of 0 are valid in
  their environment for the PUT CONTAINER command.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: All                                          *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Following installation of PTF UK58554,  *
  *                      an application specifying EXEC CICS PUT *
  *                      CONTAINER FROM(0) FLENGTH(0) receives   *
  *                      an AEYF abend.                          *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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  The command EXEC CICS PUT CONTAINER command specifying a FROM
  value of zero and an FLENGTH value of zero fails with AEYF after
  UK58554 is applied.
  Additional keywords: UCPO
  

Problem conclusion

• UK58554
  Module DFHEIBAM is altered within procedure
  check_container_storage_proc so that the test introduced by
  UK58554 now includes an extra test for the presence of a zero
  FLENGTH parameter.
  

Temporary fix

• FIX AVAILABLE BY PTF ONLY
  

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  PM25903 UK62399

Modules/Macros

•    DESEITBA DFHEIBAM
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICSTS V3 Z/OS

• Fixed component ID

  5655M1500

Applicable component levels

• R500 PSY UK62399

     UP10/12/02 P F012

Fix is available

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