Oracle alert ELSA-2018-4216 (kernel)

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[El-errata] ELSA-2018-4216 Important: Oracle Linux 6 Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update 
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Fri, 14 Sep 2018 20:27:28 -0700
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Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2018-4216

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2018-4216.html

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

x86_64:
kernel-uek-doc-4.1.12-124.19.2.el6uek.noarch.rpm
kernel-uek-firmware-4.1.12-124.19.2.el6uek.noarch.rpm
kernel-uek-4.1.12-124.19.2.el6uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-devel-4.1.12-124.19.2.el6uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-4.1.12-124.19.2.el6uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-devel-4.1.12-124.19.2.el6uek.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-4.1.12...



Description of changes:

[4.1.12-124.19.2.el6uek]
- tcp: add tcp_ooo_try_coalesce() helper (Eric Dumazet)  [Orabug: 
28639707]  {CVE-2018-5390}
- tcp: call tcp_drop() from tcp_data_queue_ofo() (Eric Dumazet) 
[Orabug: 28639707]  {CVE-2018-5390}
- tcp: detect malicious patterns in tcp_collapse_ofo_queue() (Eric 
Dumazet)  [Orabug: 28639707]  {CVE-2018-5390}
- tcp: avoid collapses in tcp_prune_queue() if possible (Eric Dumazet) 
[Orabug: 28639707]  {CVE-2018-5390}
- tcp: free batches of packets in tcp_prune_ofo_queue() (Eric Dumazet) 
[Orabug: 28639707]  {CVE-2018-5390}
- tcp: use an RB tree for ooo receive queue (Yaogong Wang)  [Orabug: 
28639707]  {CVE-2018-5390}
- tcp: refine tcp_prune_ofo_queue() to not drop all packets (Eric 
Dumazet)  [Orabug: 28639707]  {CVE-2018-5390}
- tcp: introduce tcp_under_memory_pressure() (Eric Dumazet)  [Orabug: 
28639707]  {CVE-2018-5390}
- tcp: increment sk_drops for dropped rx packets (Eric Dumazet) 
[Orabug: 28639707]  {CVE-2018-5390}


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