In SAS 9.4 TS1M5 on Windows 32-bit and on z/OS, using a SAS procedure that can process CMP code might cause your session to hang or fail.

Some of the procedures that might be affected include the following:

• PROC CALIS
• PROC FORMAT
• PROC GA
• PROC GENMOD
• PROC GLIMMIX
• PROC MCMC
• PROC MODEL
• PROC NLIN
• PROC NLMIXED
• PROC NLP
• PROC OPTLSO
• PROC OPTMODEL
• PROC PHREG
• PROC QUANTREG
• PROC REPORT COMPUTE blocks
• SAS® Risk Dimensions® procedures
• PROC SEVERITY
• PROC SIMILARITY
• PROC SQL (functions with array arguments are not supported)
• PROC SURVEYPHREG
• PROC VARMAX

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit	9.4_M5	9.4_M5	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M5
		Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit	9.4_M5	9.4_M5	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M5
		Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit	9.4_M5	9.4_M5	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M5
		z/OS 64-bit	9.4_M5	9.4_M5	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M5
		z/OS	9.4_M5	9.4_M5	9.4 TS1M5	9.4 TS1M5

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

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A fix for this issue for SAS Threaded Kernel Core Routines 9.4_M5 is available at:

https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/B5M.html#62361

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Due to a change made in TKCMP, using a procedure to process CMP code might cause a SAS session to hang in SAS 9.4 TS1M5.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2018-06-20 13:35:58
Date Created:	2018-05-23 15:10:51