PTF MF70889 and MF70890 Readme

Hardware Management Console Readme

For use with HMC Version 10 Release 2 M1031

Date: 14 April 2023
(C) Copyright International Business Machines Corp., 2023 All rights reserved.

The information in this Readme contains the fix list and other package information about the Hardware Management Console.

PTF MF70889
PTF MF70890
Package information
Known Issue
Fix Included
Installation

Terminology

x86 - This term is used to reference the Intel hypervisors (KVM, VMWare, Xen) on which Virtual HMC can be installed. Note: HMC V10R2 release for x86 is not supported on bare metal (7042 hardware appliances).

ppc64 or ppc64le - describes the Linux code that is compiled to run on Power-based servers or LPARS (Logical Partitions)

PTF MF70889 HMC V10 R2 M1031.1 – for vHMC for x86_64 hypervisors (5765-VHX)

This package represents an interim fix for the HMC V10 R2 M1031 for vHMC on x86_64 hypervisors. You can also reference this package by APAR MB04400 and PTF MF70889. This PTF can be installed on HMC V10 R2 M1031.

*Package information*
Package name	Size	Checksum (sha1sum)	APAR#	PTF#
MF70889_x86.iso	252794880	33bc4acfd4de5c42be959a27300ea17d7ca40733	MB04400	MF70889
Splash Panel information (or lshmc -V output)
"version= Version: 10 Release: 2 Service Pack: 1031 HMC Build level 2304040146 MF70728 - HMC V10R2 M1031 MF70889 - iFix for HMC V10R2 M1031 ","base_version=V10R2 "

PTF MF70890 HMC V10 R2 M1031.1 – for 7063 Hardware or vHMC for PowerVM (5765-HMB)

This package represents an interim fix for the HMC V10 R2 M1031 on 7063 machine type or vHMC for PowerVM. You can reference this package by APAR MB04401 and PTF MF70890. This PTF can be installed on HMC V10 R2 M1031.

*Package information*
Package name	Size	Checksum (sha1sum)	APAR#	PTF#
MF70890_ppc.iso	253018112	6c7963d69729d375eb81a71e9cc8aebd28a0cb0a	MB04401	MF70890
Splash Panel information (or lshmc -V output)
"version= Version: 10 Release: 2 Service Pack: 1031 HMC Build level 2304040146 MF70729 - HMC V10R2 M1031 MF70890 - iFix for HMC V10R2 M1031 ","base_version=V10R2 "

Known Issues

If the chhmcencr command has been used to remove any TLS 1.3 ciphers from the HMC Web user interface, those changes are lost when the HMC is updated or upgraded and will need to be made again after the HMC update or upgrade.
Please ignore below warning message during update of HMC. This warning doesn't impact HMC update or functions.
warning: ibm-java-sdk-17.0.5.0-x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 9bce9629: NOKEY

General fixes

Corrected the IP addresses used for Remote Code Load.

Security fixes

Fixed libXpm vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-4883, CVE-2022-44617 and CVE-2022-46285
Fixed expat vulnerability: CVE-2022-43680
Fixed D-Bus vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-42010, CVE-2022-42011 and CVE-2022-42012
Fixed Libtasn1 vulnerability: CVE-2021-46848
Fixed Apache Tomcat vulnerability: CVE-2023-24998

Installation

Installation instructions for HMC Version 10 upgrades and corrective service can be found at these locations:

Upgrading or restoring HMC Version 10

Updating, upgrading, and migrating your HMC machine code

Update(s) for HMC V10R1M1010