Oracle alert ELSA-2016-3501 (kernel 3.8.13)
| From: | Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux <el-errata@oss.oracle.com> | |
| To: | el-errata@oss.oracle.com | |
| Subject: | [El-errata] ELSA-2016-3501 Important: Oracle Linux 6 Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update | |
| Date: | Fri, 8 Jan 2016 15:05:30 -0800 | |
| Message-ID: | <569040BA.8000905@oracle.com> |
Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2016-3501 http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-3501.html The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 6 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network: x86_64: kernel-uek-firmware-3.8.13-118.2.4.el6uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-doc-3.8.13-118.2.4.el6uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-3.8.13-118.2.4.el6uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-devel-3.8.13-118.2.4.el6uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-3.8.13-118.2.4.el6uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-3.8.13-118.2.4.el6uek.x86_64.rpm dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.2.4.el6uek-0.4.5-3.el6.x86_64.rpm SRPMS: http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-3.8.13... http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/dtrace-modules-3.... Description of changes: kernel-uek [3.8.13-118.2.4.el6uek] - KEYS: Don't permit request_key() to construct a new keyring (David Howells) [Orabug: 22373442] {CVE-2015-7872} [3.8.13-118.2.3.el6uek] - dcache: Handle escaped paths in prepend_path (Eric W. Biederman) [Orabug: 22373283] - vfs: Test for and handle paths that are unreachable from their mnt_root (Eric W. Biederman) [Orabug: 22249875] - KEYS: Fix crash when attempt to garbage collect an uninstantiated keyring (David Howells) [Orabug: 22373442] {CVE-2015-7872} - KEYS: Fix race between key destruction and finding a keyring by name (David Howells) [Orabug: 22373442] _______________________________________________ El-errata mailing list El-errata@oss.oracle.com https://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/el-errata