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Oracle alert ELSA-2012-2014 (kernel)

From:  Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux <el-errata@oss.oracle.com>
To:  el-errata@oss.oracle.com
Subject:  [El-errata] ELSA-2012-2014 Moderate: Oracle Linux 6 Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update
Date:  Mon, 21 May 2012 16:01:11 -0700
Message-ID:  <4FBAC937.8070001@oracle.com>
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Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2012-2014 The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 6 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network: i386: kernel-uek-firmware-2.6.32-300.25.1.el6uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-doc-2.6.32-300.25.1.el6uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-2.6.32-300.25.1.el6uek.i686.rpm kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-300.25.1.el6uek.i686.rpm kernel-uek-devel-2.6.32-300.25.1.el6uek.i686.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-2.6.32-300.25.1.el6uek.i686.rpm kernel-uek-debug-2.6.32-300.25.1.el6uek.i686.rpm ofa-2.6.32-300.25.1.el6uek-1.5.1-4.0.47.i686.rpm ofa-2.6.32-300.25.1.el6uekdebug-1.5.1-4.0.47.i686.rpm mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.25.1.el6uek-1.5.7-0.1.i686.rpm mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.25.1.el6uekdebug-1.5.7-0.1.i686.rpm x86_64: kernel-uek-firmware-2.6.32-300.25.1.el6uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-doc-2.6.32-300.25.1.el6uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-2.6.32-300.25.1.el6uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-headers-2.6.32-300.25.1.el6uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-devel-2.6.32-300.25.1.el6uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-2.6.32-300.25.1.el6uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-2.6.32-300.25.1.el6uek.x86_64.rpm ofa-2.6.32-300.25.1.el6uek-1.5.1-4.0.47.x86_64.rpm ofa-2.6.32-300.25.1.el6uekdebug-1.5.1-4.0.47.x86_64.rpm mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.25.1.el6uek-1.5.7-0.1.x86_64.rpm mlnx_en-2.6.32-300.25.1.el6uekdebug-1.5.7-0.1.x86_64.rpm SRPMS: http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-2.6.32... http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/ofa-2.6.32-300.25... http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/mlnx_en-2.6.32-30... Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch against this Security Advisory. We recommend that all users of Oracle Linux 5 install these updates. Users of Ksplice Uptrack can install these updates by running : # /usr/sbin/uptrack-upgrade -y On systems that have "autoinstall = yes" in /etc/uptrack/uptrack.conf, these updates will be installed automatically and you do not need to take any additional action. Description of changes: * CVE-2011-4086: Denial of service in journaling block device. The journal block device assumed that a buffer marked as unwritten or delay could be live without checking if the buffer was mapped. An unprivileged local user could use this flaw to crash the system. [2.6.32-300.25.1.el6uek] - jbd2: clear BH_Delay & BH_Unwritten in journal_unmap_buffer (Eric Sandeen) [Bugdb: 13871] {CVE-2011-4086} _______________________________________________ El-errata mailing list El-errata@oss.oracle.com http://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/el-errata


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