Oracle alert ELSA-2015-1623 (kernel)

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[El-errata] ELSA-2015-1623 Important: Oracle Linux 6 kernel security and bug fix update 
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Thu, 13 Aug 2015 22:46:32 -0700
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Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2015-1623

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-1623.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 6 have been uploaded to the 
Unbreakable Linux Network:

i386:
kernel-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/kernel-2.6.32-573...

Description of changes:

[2.6.32-573.3.1.el6]
- [md] Revert "dm: don't schedule delayed run of the queue if nothing to 
do" (Mike Snitzer) [1246095 1240767]
- [md] Revert "dm: only run the queue on completion if congested or no 
requests pending" (Mike Snitzer) [1246095 1240767]

[2.6.32-573.2.1.el6]
- [net] udp: fix behavior of wrong checksums (Denys Vlasenko) [1240758 
1240759] {CVE-2015-5364 CVE-2015-5366}
- [fs] vfs: Unhash and evict unused children dentries after rmdir (Lukas 
Czerner) [1243400 1241030]
- [fs] vfs: Prevent syncing frozen file system (Lukas Czerner) [1243404 
1241791]
- [fs] vfs: Prevent freeing unlinked file to be indefinitely delayed 
(Lukas Czerner) [1243406 1236736]
- [fs] vmcore: continue vmcore initialization if PT_NOTE is found empty 
(Baoquan He) [1245195 1236437]
- [fs] vmcore: prevent PT_NOTE p_memsz overflow during header update 
(Baoquan He) [1245195 1236437]
- [kernel] audit/fix non-modular users of module_init in core code 
(Baoquan He) [1245195 1236437]



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