PM23464: CORE TRANSFORMATION ENGINE CRASH WHEN MAP IS EXECUTED THAT WAS COMPILED WITH A PAD CHARACTER OF <SP>

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Using an earlier version of the Design Tools, it was possible to
  inadvertently create a pad entry greater than the allowed 1
  character.  (This is not possible in the current versions of the
  GUI).
  
  The 'bad' type tree entry, when compiled into a map and
  executed, may cause the core engine to crash.
  

Local fix

• WTXCQ - WTX00035648
  PB / PB
  Circumvention: Modify type trees so that Pad values are not
  greater than 1 character.
  

Problem summary

• Users Affected:
  WebSphere Transformation Extender customers using 64 bits
  runtime version
  
  Problem Description:
  The 64 bit version of WTX product terminates due to SIGSEGV with
  the following stack trace:
  call_user_handler (ffffffff7bc02000, ffffffff7bc02000, fffffff
  f7fffbb90, c, 0, 0) + 3e0
  CheckItemRepresentation (10040e440, 100407a78, ffffff28, b, 2,
   1) + ef4
   ValidateInput (10040e440, 0, 1, 100407a78, 100419eb0, 0) + 57a
  0
  ValidateInput (10040e440, 0, 70c0a06, 100407970, 100419eb0, 10
  01a749c) + 13dc
  ValidateInput (10040e440, 0, 70c0a06, 100407868, 100419eb0, 10
  01a73f4) + 13dc
  Timing_ValidateAnInputCard (10043c2b0, 5, 1, 100419eb0, 108, 0
  ) + 294
  RunInstance (10040e440, 0, 0, 2400, 0, 100412440) + fac
  
  This happens if the length of the pad chars is more than that
  actual type size.
  
  Delivered in:
  8.2.0.6, 8.3.0.4
  

Problem conclusion

• Platforms Affected:
  1    AIX (64BITS)
  2    HPUX(Itanium) (64 BITS)
  3    HPUX(risc) (64BITS)
  4    LINUX (64 BITS)
  5    Solaris (64BITS)
  6    zLinux (64 BITS)
  
  
  
  
  Problem Conclusion:
  Fixed a problem in the core engine to detect situation when the
  pad length is more than the actual type.
  
  Delivered in:
  8.2.0.6, 8.3.0.3
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

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

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WEBSPHERE LAUNC

• Fixed component ID

  5724M4011

Applicable component levels

• R820 PSY

     UP

• R830 PSY

     UP