Oracle alert ELSA-2012-1540 (kernel)
| From: | Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux <el-errata@oss.oracle.com> | |
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| Subject: | [El-errata] ELSA-2012-1540-1 Important: Oracle Linux 5 kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update | |
| Date: | Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:23:34 -0800 | |
| Message-ID: | <50BFF396.5060707@oracle.com> |
Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2012-1540-1 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.html The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 5 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network: i386: kernel-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.noarch.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.i386.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm x86_64: kernel-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.noarch.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm ia64: kernel-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.noarch.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm SRPMS: http://oss.oracle.com/ol5/SRPMS-updates/kernel-2.6.18-308... The following packages were rebuilt to be in sync with the updated kernel version (no changes other than updating the version number): i386: oracleasm-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm oracleasm-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5PAE-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm oracleasm-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5xen-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm oracleasm-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5debug-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm ocfs2-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5-1.4.10-1.el5.i686.rpm ocfs2-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5PAE-1.4.10-1.el5.i686.rpm ocfs2-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5xen-1.4.10-1.el5.i686.rpm ocfs2-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5debug-1.4.10-1.el5.i686.rpm x86_64: oracleasm-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm oracleasm-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5xen-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm oracleasm-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5debug-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm ocfs2-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5-1.4.10-1.el5.x86_64.rpm ocfs2-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5xen-1.4.10-1.el5.x86_64.rpm ocfs2-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5debug-1.4.10-1.el5.x86_64.rpm ia64: oracleasm-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.ia64.rpm oracleasm-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5xen-2.0.5-1.el5.ia64.rpm oracleasm-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5debug-2.0.5-1.el5.ia64.rpm ocfs2-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5-1.4.10-1.el5.ia64.rpm ocfs2-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5xen-1.4.10-1.el5.ia64.rpm ocfs2-2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5debug-1.4.10-1.el5.ia64.rpm SRPMS: http://oss.oracle.com/el5/SRPMS-updates/oracleasm-2.6.18-... http://oss.oracle.com/el5/SRPMS-updates/ocfs2-2.6.18-308.... Description of changes: kernel [2.6.18-308.24.1.0.1.el5] - [kernel] Initialize the local uninitialized variable stats. [orabug 14051367] - [fs] JBD:make jbd support 512B blocks correctly for ocfs2. [orabug 13477763] - [x86 ] fix fpu context corrupt when preempt in signal context [orabug 14038272] - [mm] fix hugetlb page leak (Dave McCracken) [orabug 12375075] - fix ia64 build error due to add-support-above-32-vcpus.patch(Zhenzhong Duan) - [x86] use dynamic vcpu_info remap to support more than 32 vcpus (Zhenzhong Duan) - [x86] Fix lvt0 reset when hvm boot up with noapic param - [scsi] remove printk's when doing I/O to a dead device (John Sobecki, Chris Mason) [orabug 12342275] - [char] ipmi: Fix IPMI errors due to timing problems (Joe Jin) [orabug 12561346] - [scsi] Fix race when removing SCSI devices (Joe Jin) [orabug 12404566] - [net] net: Redo the broken redhat netconsole over bonding (Tina Yang) [orabug 12740042] - [fs] nfs: Fix __put_nfs_open_context() NULL pointer panic (Joe Jin) [orabug 12687646] - [scsi] fix scsi hotplug and rescan race [orabug 10260172] - fix filp_close() race (Joe Jin) [orabug 10335998] - make xenkbd.abs_pointer=1 by default [orabug 67188919] - [xen] check to see if hypervisor supports memory reservation change (Chuck Anderson) [orabug 7556514] - [net] Enable entropy for bnx2,bnx2x,e1000e,igb,ixgb,ixgbe,ixgbevf (John Sobecki) [orabug 10315433] - [NET] Add xen pv netconsole support (Tina Yang) [orabug 6993043] [bz 7258] - [mm] Patch shrink_zone to yield during severe mempressure events, avoiding hangs and evictions (John Sobecki,Chris Mason) [orabug 6086839] - [mm] Enhance shrink_zone patch allow full swap utilization, and also be NUMA-aware (John Sobecki,Chris Mason,Herbert van den Bergh) [orabug 9245919] - fix aacraid not to reset during kexec (Joe Jin) [orabug 8516042] - [rds] Patch rds to 1.4.2-20 (Andy Grover) [orabug 9471572, 9344105] RDS: Fix BUG_ONs to not fire when in a tasklet ipoib: Fix lockup of the tx queue RDS: Do not call set_page_dirty() with irqs off (Sherman Pun) RDS: Properly unmap when getting a remote access error (Tina Yang) RDS: Fix locking in rds_send_drop_to() - [xen] PVHVM guest with PoD crashes under memory pressure (Chuck Anderson) [orabug 9107465] - [xen] PV guest with FC HBA hangs during shutdown (Chuck Anderson) [orabug 9764220] - Support 256GB+ memory for pv guest (Mukesh Rathor) [orabug 9450615] - fix overcommit memory to use percpu_counter for el5 (KOSAKI Motohiro, Guru Anbalagane) [orabug 6124033] - [ipmi] make configurable timeouts for kcs of ipmi [orabug 9752208] - [ib] fix memory corruption (Andy Grover) [orabug 9972346] [2.6.18-308.24.1.el5] - Revert: [scsi] sg: fix races during device removal (Ewan Milne) [868950 861004] [2.6.18-308.23.1.el5] - [net] bnx2x: Add remote-fault link detection (Alexander Gordeev) [870120 796905] - [net] bnx2x: Cosmetic changes (Alexander Gordeev) [870120 796905] - [net] rds-ping cause kernel panic (Alexander Gordeev) [822755 822756] {CVE-2012-2372} - [xen] add guest address range checks to XENMEM_exchange handlers (Igor Mammedov) [878033 878034] {CVE-2012-5513} - [xen] x86/physmap: Prevent incorrect updates of m2p mappings (Igor Mammedov) [870148 870149] {CVE-2012-4537} - [xen] VCPU/timer: Dos vulnerability prev overflow in calculations (Igor Mammedov) [870150 870151] {CVE-2012-4535} - [scsi] sg: fix races during device removal (Ewan Milne) [868950 861004] [2.6.18-308.22.1.el5] - [net] bonding: fix link down handling in 802.3ad mode (Andy Gospodarek) [877943 782866] [2.6.18-308.21.1.el5] - [fs] ext4: race-cond protect for convert_unwritten_extents_endio (Lukas Czerner) [869910 869911] {CVE-2012-4508} - [fs] ext4: serialize fallocate w/ ext4_convert_unwritten_extents (Lukas Czerner) [869910 869911] {CVE-2012-4508} - [fs] ext4: flush the i_completed_io_list during ext4_truncate (Lukas Czerner) [869910 869911] {CVE-2012-4508} - [net] WARN if struct ip_options was allocated directly by kmalloc (Jiri Pirko) [874973 872612] - [net] ipv4: add RCU protection to inet->opt (Jiri Pirko) [872113 855302] {CVE-2012-3552} - [scsi] qla2xx: Don't toggle inter bits after IRQ lines attached (Chad Dupuis) [870118 800708] _______________________________________________ El-errata mailing list El-errata@oss.oracle.com https://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/el-errata