Communications Server for Linux, Version 6.2.3 -- Latest Fixpack

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Abstract

Latest service update for Communications Server for Linux, Version 6.2.3 and Communications Server for Linux on System z, Version 6.2.3

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Contents
1) Description
2) List of APARs included
3) Legal information
4) Prerequisites
5) Installation instructions
6) Download links


1) Description

This document provides information about the latest maintenance produced for this product. These fixpacks are now available for download. You may acquire the service update by downloading the update using the links at the bottom of this page.

After installing this update, you will see 6.2.3.3 for the ibm-commserver package. To view the installed level, issue the following command:
rpm -q ibm-commserver

You should see:
ibm-commserver-6.2.3.3-1

These fixpacks are cumulative; they include all APARs that were included in all previous fixpacks for this version.

2) APARs included:

Communications Server for Linux (Server)
	ppc64	i686 & x86_64	zSeries
6.2.3.3	LI76353	LI76352	LI76345	CUMULATIVE APAR FOR 6.2.3.3 FOR CS LINUX SERVER
	LI76305	LI76302	LI75191	MEMORY LEAK IN KERNEL WITH NMVT ALERTS QUEUED
	LI76317	LI76316	LI75302	SYSTEM HANG DUE TO SNASLIM MESSAGE ROUTING LOOP
	-	-	LI75483	INCOMING LLC PACKETS PROCESSED OUT OF ORDER ON LINUX ON SYSTEM Z WITH MULTIPLE PROCESSORS
	LI76307	LI76306	LI76309	CSAIX CRASH WHILE PROCESSING APPC DATA WITH INCORRECT LENGTH
	LI76315	LI76311	LI76310	TIGHT LOOP IN CS/LINUX DUE TO STACK OVERFLOW CONDITION
	LI76320	LI76319	LI76318	CRASH IN SNAHPRIP64
	LI76323	LI76322	LI76321	HANG JUST AFTER TP IS STARTED, DURING APPC MC_ALLOCATE REQUEST
	LI76329	LI76325	LI76324	SNADAEMON PROCESS HANGS WHEN 'SNA STOP' COMMAND ISSUED
	LI76328	LI76327	LI76326	XCMSSI GENERATES INCORRECT SECURITY ACCESS FIELD SIZE WHEN USERID AND PASSWORD ARE 8 CHARACTERS
	LI76335	LI76334	LI76330	LUA RUI_TERM MAY AFFECT OTHER LUA SESSIONS
	LI76333	LI76332	LI76331	UNABLE TO ESTABLISH NEW SESSION AFTER TAKEOVER / GIVEBACK TO APPL RESIDING ON VTAM BEYOND DLUS/NNS
	LI76338	LI76377	LI76336	CRASH IN SNA_V5ROUTER
	LI76341	LI76340	LI76339	LUA RUI_WRITE RETURNS OK EVEN IF WRONG SNF SUPPLIED
	LI76344	LI76343	LI76342	MESSAGE TYPE 1 DISCARDED IS LOGGED RELATED TO AN RUI_INIT FAILURE
	LI76348	LI76347	LI76346	CORE TNSERVER STARTING NODE VIA XSNAAMDIN
	LI76351	LI76350	LI76349	CRASH IN SNA_V5ROUTER
	LI76357	LI75513	LI76356	INCORRECT ERROR RETURNED ON BAD ATTACH_ID ON ACCEPT_ATTACH
6.2.3.2	LI75177	LI75168	LI75181	CUMULATIVE APAR FOR 6.2.3.2 FOR CS LINUX SERVER
	LI75215	LI74466	LI75216	XCMDSI XCMESI XCMSSI FAIL TO IGNORE KEY PARAMETER
	LI75196	LI75195	LI73811	TN SERVER CHANGE FOR COMPATIBLITY: REMOVE KEYBOARD RESET
	LI75198	LI75197	LI75199	EE DLC ABENDS AND FAILS TO RECOVER AFTER SOCKET ERROR
	LI75200	LI73965	LI75201	HPR TIMEOUT DUE TO TIMER WRAPPING
	LI75203	LI75202	LI75204	IMPROPER RESPONSE TO LOCATE REQUEST WITH "SLU INIT" SET
	**	LI73879	**	SLOW PERFORMANCE ACROSS HPR/IP CONNECTIONS
	LI75206	LI75205	LI73889	SNASLIM THREAD RUNS 100% CPU WHEN INCOMPLETE HEADER RECEIVED ON INBOUND SOCKET
	LI75208	LI75207	LI75209	DLUR / DLUS SESSION HANGS PSEST AFTER RECYCLE OF TARGET APPLICATION
	LI75211	LI75210	LI73905	HIGH CPU USAGE ON TN3270 SEVER WITH MANY CLIENT CONNECTIONS
	LI75213	LI75212	LI75214	SNADAEMON PROCESS HANGS WHEN 'SNA STOP' COMMAND ISSUED
	LI75218	LI75217	LI75219	CORE DUMP IN CMACCP
	LI75220	LI74730	LI75221	MODIFY LiS TO USE AN UNUSED DEVICE NUMBER AT COMPILE TIME
	LI75223	LI75222	LI75224	SNATNSRVR HANG.SNATNSRVR_MT PROCESS DEFUNCT
	LI75226	LI75225	LI74780	XSNAADMIN FAILS TO DISPLAY PU FOR DYNAMIC LINK
	LI75228	LI75227	LI75229	TN3270 SERVER HALTS WITH SNATNSRVR_MT PROCESS DEFUNCT
	LI75231	LI75230	LI74895	CS LINUX TRACE TIMESTAMPS ARE 0
	LI75233	LI75232	LI74934	CSLINUX FAILS TO RELEASE NETWORK INTERFACE ON IFDOWN
	LI75235	LI75234	LI74938	DOWNSTREAM FIXED PACING WITH DLUR WHEN WINDOW SIZE 0
	LI75237	LI75236	LI74976	LU RANGE WITH USE_HEX_IN_NAME SPLITS THE RANGE IN CONFIG
	LI75239	LI75238	LI75240	CHANGE INTERPRETATION OF REFIFO ON ROUTE SETUP
	LI75242	LI75241	LI75243	NOTIFY -RSP SENSE CODE 80050000
	LI75245	LI75244	LI75246	CRASH IN SNA_V5ROUTER64 PROCESSING UNSOLICITED BIND
	LI75248	LI75247	LI75249	SMITTY MENU CHANGE / SHOW LU TYPE 0-3 SHOWS ONLY 15400 LUS THOUGH 80,000 ARE DEFINED
	LI75251	LI75250	LI75252	LUS HANG IN PSLUIO-P STATE
	LI75254	LI75253	LI75255	SYSTEM CRASH PROCESSING SNA STOP COMMAND
	LI75257	LI75256	LI75258	SNA.USAGE LOG GROWS BEYOND CONFIGURED SIZE LIMIT
	LI75260	LI75259	LI75261	CSAIX CORE DUMP WHEN CMCANC ISSUED WHILE CMALLC IS OUTSTANDING
	LI75263	LI75262	LI75264	CRASH IN SNA_V5ROUTER
	LI75266	LI75265	LI75267	CS/NT FLOODS NETWORK WITH XID EXCHANGE WHEN DUPLICATE PU EXISTS MSG ON HOST IS IST1085I WITH SENSE DATA SNS 1016000B
	***LI75310	*** LI75159	***LI75158	GSKIT TLS HANDSHAKE RENEGOTIATION WEAK SECURITY CVE-2009-3555
	LI75269	LI75268	LI75270	THE SNASLIM SERVER PROCESS CORE DUMPED
	LI75299	LI75298	LI75300	MULTIPLE RTP PIPES WITH SAME COS BETWEEN 2 ADJACENT CONTROL POINTS
6.2.3.1	*	LI73724	LI73723	CUMULATIVE APAR FOR 6.2.3.1 FOR CS LINUX SERVER
	*	LI72797	LI73052	COMMUNICATION SERVER FOR LINUX OOPS WHEN DEFINING LU TYPE 0 IN THE LOGMODE
	*	LI72952	LI73048	CSLINUX CRASH WITH ASSERT IN VSLADMN1.C IN SNASLIM PROCESS
	*	LI73001	LI72818	ADD OPTION TO CUSTOMIZE TN3270 CLIENT INFORMATION STRING
	*	LI73033	LI73033	SNATRCFMT ABORTS WITH DOUBLE FREE
	*	LI73050	LI73050	CSLINUX: SEQUENTIAL ALLOC FOR DEFAULT POOL OF DEPENDANT LU6.2
	*	LI73104	LI73103	ADD SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL TERMINAL TYPES
	*	LI73124	LI72979	COMM654 AT TERMINALS CONNECTED VIA CS LINUX TN SERVER. VTAM LU IN A PSLUIO STATE
	*	LI73328	LI73328	TN3270 SERVER FAILS TO UNLOCK KEYBOARD ON CLIENT
	*	LI73600	LI73600	TN3270 SERVER CRASH WHEN HANDLING BAD DATA FROM CLIENT
	*	LI73611	LI73611	SNASLIM HIGH CPU USAGE WITH MANY CLIENT CONNECTIONS
	*	LI73695	LI73175	KERNEL PANIC OOPS UNABLE TO HANDLE KERNEL POINTER DEREFERENCE ATVIRTUAL KERNEL ADDRESS
	*	LI73715	LI73153	REMOVE BIND IMAGE CHECK FOR TN3270E CLIENTS
	*	LI73716	LI73202	UNABLE TO UPLOAD WITH IND$FILE WHEN TRANSFERING 8K FILES TO HOST USING SSL
	*	LI73718	LI73717	ADD CONFIGURATION OPTION: LIMIT_TP_SECURITY
	*	LI73719	LI73722	FATAL ERROR KERNEL OOPS IN CS/LINUX RUNNING

* For 6.2.3.1, although separate APARs were not created to track fixes for ppc64, the fixes are implemented and maintenance is available.
** This problem is not applicable to this platform.
*** The GSKIT update includes encryption technology and requires authenticaton to access, so it is packaged separately from the fixpack. It is included in the media refresh.

Communications Server for Linux (Client)
	AIX	ppc64	i686 & x86_64	zSeries	Windows
6.2.x	The 6.2 version of the Remote API Client is no longer being updated. You should update to the 6.4 version of the client and the latest maintenance for it. See Communications Server for Linux, Version 6.4 -- Latest Fixpack. The 6.4 version is fully compatible with the 6.2 server.

3) Legal information

IBM COPYRIGHT INFORMATION:
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International Business Machines Corporation 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011
Licensed program - Property of IBM . All rights reserved.
IBM and WebSphere are trademarks of International Business
Machines Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Incorporated.
U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication, or
disclosure restricted by GSA ADP. Schedule Contract with IBM Corp.

LIMIT OF LIABILITY:
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License to the contained APAR fixes is conditioned upon the recipient
holding a license to the prerequisite product. The license terms
and conditions of the APAR fixes are the same as those for the
prerequisite product. Please see the product license for specifics.

Prerequisites

License to the contained APAR fixes is conditioned upon the recipient holding a license to the prerequisite product.

Problems (APARS) fixed Problems (APARS) fixed
LI72797, LI72818, LI72952, LI72979, LI73001, LI73033, LI73033, LI73048, LI73050, LI73050, LI73052, LI73103, LI73104, LI73124, LI73153, LI73175, LI73202, LI73328, LI73328, LI73600, LI73600, LI73611, LI73611, LI73695, LI73715, LI73716, LI73717, LI73718, LI73719, LI73722, LI73723, LI73724, LI73811, LI73879, LI73889, LI73905, LI73965, LI74466, LI74730, LI74780, LI74895, LI74934, LI74938, LI74976, LI75158, LI75159, LI75168, LI75177, LI75181, LI75191, LI75195, LI75196, LI75197, LI75198, LI75199, LI75200, LI75201, LI75202, LI75203, LI75204, LI75205, LI75206, LI75207, LI75208, LI75209, LI75210, LI75211, LI75212, LI75213, LI75214, LI75215, LI75216, LI75217, LI75218, LI75219, LI75220, LI75221, LI75222, LI75223, LI75224, LI75225, LI75226, LI75227, LI75228, LI75229, LI75230, LI75231, LI75232, LI75233, LI75234, LI75235, LI75236, LI75237, LI75238, LI75239, LI75240, LI75241, LI75242, LI75243, LI75244, LI75245, LI75246, LI75247, LI75248, LI75249, LI75250, LI75251, LI75252, LI75253, LI75254, LI75255, LI75256, LI75257, LI75258, LI75259, LI75260, LI75261, LI75262, LI75263, LI75264, LI75265, LI75266, LI75267, LI75268, LI75269, LI75270, LI75298, LI75299, LI75300, LI75302, LI75310, LI75483, LI75513, LI76302, LI76305, LI76306, LI76307, LI76309, LI76310, LI76311, LI76315, LI76316, LI76317, LI76318, LI76319, LI76320, LI76321, LI76322, LI76323, LI76324, LI76325, LI76326, LI76327, LI76328, LI76329, LI76330, LI76331, LI76332, LI76333, LI76334, LI76335, LI76336, LI76338, LI76339, LI76340, LI76341, LI76342, LI76343, LI76344, LI76346, LI76347, LI76348, LI76349, LI76350, LI76351, LI76356, LI76357, LI76377