Oracle alert ELSA-2016-1664 (kernel)

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[El-errata] ELSA-2016-1664 Important: Oracle Linux 6 kernel security and bug fix update 
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Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:47:47 -0700
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Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2016-1664

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-1664.html


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

i386:
kernel-2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-642.4.2.el6.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/kernel-2.6.32-642...



Description of changes:

[2.6.32-642.4.2.el6]
- [net] tcp: make challenge acks less predictable (Florian Westphal) 
[1355606 1355607] {CVE-2016-5696}

[2.6.32-642.4.1.el6]
- [ipmi] Remove smi_msg from waiting_rcv_msgs list before 
handle_one_recv_msg() (David Arcari) [1355980 1347189]
- [fs] ext4: Remove useless spinlock in ext4_getattr() (Lukas Czerner) 
[1355981 1315933]
- [net] tcp: increase size at which tcp_bound_to_half_wnd bounds to > 
TCP_MSS_DEFAULT (Davide Caratti) [1354446 1349776]
- [net] tcp: Prevent overzealous packetization by SWS logic (Davide 
Caratti) [1354446 1349776]
- [fs] configfs: fix race between dentry put and lookup (Robert S 
Peterson) [1353828 1333448]
- [drm] move idr2 implementation to lib (Milos Vyletel) [1353827 1316790]
- [fs] cifs: Create dedicated keyring for spnego operations (Scott 
Mayhew) [1351670 1267754]
- [infiniband] srp: Fix backport error in ib_srp::srp_queuecommand (Don 
Dutile) [1348062 1321094]
- [fs] gfs2: don't set rgrp gl_object until it's inserted into rgrp tree 
(Robert S Peterson) [1347539 1344740]
- [sched] avoid kernel panic during power off (Frank Ramsay) [1343894 
1313035]


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