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Oracle alert ELSA-2012-1426 (kernel)

From:  Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux <el-errata@oss.oracle.com>
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Subject:  [El-errata] ELSA-2012-1426 Moderate: Oracle Linux 6 kernel security and bug fix update
Date:  Tue, 06 Nov 2012 23:42:50 -0800
Message-ID:  <509A10FA.8060801@oracle.com>
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Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2012-1426 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1426.html The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 6 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network: i386: kernel-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-firmware-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.i686.rpm perf-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.i686.rpm python-perf-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.i686.rpm x86_64: kernel-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-firmware-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.x86_64.rpm SRPMS: http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/kernel-2.6.32-279... Description of changes: [2.6.32-279.14.1.el6] - [usb] usbhid: Fix use-after-free in USBHID (James Paradis) [864827 857518] - [usb] Add kernel parameter to force io_watchdog for Intel EHCI HCD (James Paradis) [865713 846024] - [block] Fix hanging kernel threads in blk_execute_rq() (James Paradis) [865308 855984] - [mm] hugetlb: do not use vma_hugecache_offset() for vma_prio_tree_foreach (Frederic Weisbecker) [843034 843035] {CVE-2012-2133} - [mm] hugepages: fix use after free bug in "quota" handling (Frederic Weisbecker) [843034 843035] {CVE-2012-2133} - [mm] hugetlb: fix pgoff computation when unmapping page from vma (Frederic Weisbecker) [843034 843035] {CVE-2012-2133} - [mm] hugetlb: fix ENOSPC returned by handle_mm_fault() (Frederic Weisbecker) [843034 843035] {CVE-2012-2133} - [fs] gfs2: Write out dirty inode metadata in delayed deletes (Frantisek Hrbata) [859326 748827] - [usb] core: Fix device removal race condition (James Paradis) [864821 849188] - [mm] x86_32: fix SHLIB_BASE address typo (Aristeu S. Rozanski F) [804955 804956] {CVE-2012-1568} - [hid] hidraw: fix window in hidraw_release (Don Zickus) [841824 839973] - [hid] hidraw: protect hidraw_disconnect() better (Don Zickus) [841824 839973] - [hid] hidraw: remove excessive _EMERG messages from hidraw (Don Zickus) [841824 839973] - [hid] hidraw: fix hidraw_disconnect() (Don Zickus) [841824 839973] - [hid] fix a NULL pointer dereference in hidraw_write (Don Zickus) [841824 839973] - [hid] fix a NULL pointer dereference in hidraw_ioctl (Don Zickus) [841824 839973] - [hid] remove BKL from hidraw (Don Zickus) [841824 839973] - [mm] x86_32: randomize SHLIB_BASE (Aristeu Rozanski) [804955 804956] {CVE-2012-1568} - [block] fix up use after free in __blkdev_get (Jeff Moyer) [853943 847838] - [scsi] remove no longer valid BUG_ON in scsi_lld_busy (Jeff Garzik) [860640 842881] - [scsi] fix NULL request_queue in scsi_requeue_run_queue() (Jeff Garzik) [860640 842881] - [net] svcrpc: fix BUG() in svc_tcp_clear_pages (J. Bruce Fields) [856106 769045] - [scsi] lpfc: Fixed SCSI device reset escalation (Rob Evers) [861390 827566] - [scsi] lpfc: Fix abort status (Rob Evers) [861390 827566] - [kernel] cgroup: add cgroup_root_mutex (Frederic Weisbecker) [858954 844531] - [mm] Hold a file reference in madvise_remove (Jerome Marchand) [849738 849739] {CVE-2012-3511} - [base] driver-core: fix device_register race (Rob Evers) [860784 833098] - [netdrv] e1000e: drop check of RXCW.CW to eliminate link going up and down (Dean Nelson) [857055 847310] - [scsi] be2iscsi: Format the MAC_ADDR with sysfs (Rob Evers) [863147 827594] - [usb] usbdevfs: Add a USBDEVFS_GET_CAPABILITIES ioctl (Don Zickus) [841667 828271] - [fs] udf: fix retun value on error path in udf_load_logicalvol (Nikola Pajkovsky) [843142 843143] {CVE-2012-3400} - [fs] udf: Improve table length check to avoid possible overflow (Nikola Pajkovsky) [843142 843143] {CVE-2012-3400} - [fs] udf: Fortify loading of sparing table (Nikola Pajkovsky) [843142 843143] {CVE-2012-3400} - [fs] udf: Avoid run away loop when partition table length is corrupted (Nikola Pajkovsky) [843142 843143] {CVE-2012-3400} - [fs] udf: Use 'ret' instead of abusing 'i' in udf_load_logicalvol() (Nikola Pajkovsky) [843142 843143] {CVE-2012-3400} - [netdrv] bnx2x: Add remote-fault link detection (Michal Schmidt) [852450 814877] - [net] sunrpc: svc_xprt sends on closed socket should stop immediately (J. Bruce Fields) [853257 849702] - [mm] Never OOM kill tasks outside of memory cgroup when memory.limit_in_bytes is exceeded by a Transparent Huge Page (Larry Woodman) [860942 811255] - [powerpc] pseries: Support lower minimum entitlement for virtual processors (Steve Best) [860165 822651] - [usbhid] hiddev: Consolidate device existence checks in hiddev_ioctl (Don Zickus) [841824 839973] - [usbhid] hiddev: Fix race between disconnect and hiddev_ioctl (Don Zickus) [841824 839973] - [usbhid] hiddev: protect against disconnect/NULL-dereference race (Don Zickus) [841824 839973] - [crypto] algapi: Move larval completion into algboss (Herbert Xu) [854476 832135] - [fs] xfs: disable xfsaild idle mode (Brian Foster) [860787 813137] - [fs] xfs: fix the logspace waiting algorithm (Brian Foster) [860787 813137] - [fs] xfs: add AIL pushing tracepoints (Brian Foster) [860787 813137] - [fs] xfs: force the log if we encounter pinned buffers in .iop_pushbuf (Brian Foster) [860787 813137] - [fs] xfs: do not update xa_last_pushed_lsn for locked items (Brian Foster) [860787 813137] [2.6.32-279.13.1.el6] - [net] sctp: Implement quick failover draft from tsvwg (Neil Horman) [861953 830716] - [net] sctp: be more restrictive in transport selection on bundled sacks (Neil Horman) [861953 830716] [2.6.32-279.12.1.el6] - [netdrv] mlx4: check promisc on proper port (Doug Ledford) [858955 854052] - [netdrv] mlx4: attach multicast with correct flag (Doug Ledford) [858956 854376] - [netdrv] mlx4: remove redundant adding of steering type to gid (Doug Ledford) [859436 854053] - [netdrv] Revert: Fix a merge issue (Doug Ledford) [859436 854053] _______________________________________________ El-errata mailing list El-errata@oss.oracle.com https://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/el-errata


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