[El-errata] ELSA-2013-1801 Important: Oracle Linux 6 kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2013-1801

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1801.html

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

i386:
kernel-2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/kernel-2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[2.6.32-431.1.2.el6]
- [x86] kvm: fix cross page vapic_addr access (Paolo Bonzini) [1032214 
1032215] {CVE-2013-6368}
- [x86] kvm: fix division by zero in apic_get_tmcct (Paolo Bonzini) 
[1032212 1032213] {CVE-2013-6367}

[2.6.32-431.1.1.el6]
- [netdrv] mlx4_en: Check device state when setting coalescing (Amir 
Vadai) [1032395 975908]
- [net] ip_output: do skb ufo init for peeked non ufo skb as well (Jiri 
Pirko) [1023490 1023491] {CVE-2013-4470}
- [net] ip6_output: do skb ufo init for peeked non ufo skb as well (Jiri 
Pirko) [1023490 1023491] {CVE-2013-4470}
- [net] sunrpc: Fix a data corruption issue when retransmitting RPC 
calls (Jeff Layton) [1032424 1030046]
- [fs] gfs2: Implement a rgrp has no extents longer than X scheme 
(Robert S Peterson) [1032162 998625]
- [fs] gfs2: Drop inadequate rgrps from the reservation tree (Robert S 
Peterson) [1032162 998625]
- [fs] gfs2: If requested is too large, use the largest extent in the 
rgrp (Robert S Peterson) [1032162 998625]
- [fs] gfs2: Add allocation parameters structure (Robert S Peterson) 
[1032162 998625]
- [fs] nfs: Don't check lock owner compatability unless file is locked - 
part 2 (Jeff Layton) [1032260 1007039]
- [fs] nfs: Don't check lock owner compatibility in writes unless file 
is locked (Jeff Layton) [1032260 1007039]
- [netdrv] ixgbevf: move API neg to reset path (Andy Gospodarek) 
[1032168 1019346]
- [netdrv] ixgbe: fix inconsistent clearing of the multicast table (Andy 
Gospodarek) [1032170 975248]
- [mm] Group e820 entries together and add map_individual_e820 boot 
option (Larry Woodman) [1020518 876275]
- [mm] Exclude E820_RESERVED regions and memory holes above 4 GB from 
direct mapping (Larry Woodman) [1020518 876275]
- [mm] Find_early_table_space based on ranges that are actually being 
mapped (Larry Woodman) [1020518 876275]
- [fs] nfs: Fix the sync mount option for nfs4 mounts (Scott Mayhew) 
[1030171 915862]
- [fs] nfsv4: Missing Chunk of Back Port Patch Causes Hang (Steve 
Dickson) [1032250 1024006]
- [fs] xfs: Ensure sync updates the log tail correctly (Dave Chinner) 
[1032249 1025439]
- [fs] xfs: only update the last_sync_lsn when a transaction completes 
(Dave Chinner) [1032249 1025439]
- [fs] xfs: prevent deadlock trying to cover an active log (Dave 
Chinner) [1032688 1014867]
- [kernel] signal: stop info leak via the tkill and the tgkill syscalls 
(Petr Holasek) [970876 970878] {CVE-2013-2141}
- [block] rsxx: Disallow discards from being unmapped (Steve Best) 
[1028278 1023897]
- [netdrv] brcmsmac: Module alias support missing from backport (John 
Green) [1029330 1020461]
- [netdrv] mlx4_en: Fix pages never dma unmapped on rx (Steve Best) 
[1027343 1023272]
- [netdrv] mlx4_en: Fix BlueFlame race (Amir Vadai) [1029997 987634]
- [scsi] lpfc 8.3.42: Fixed failure to allocate SCSI buffer on PPC64 
platform for SLI4 devices (Rob Evers) [1030713 1024683]
- [scsi] Revert: qla2xxx: Ramp down queue depth for attached SCSI 
devices when driver resources are low. [1032167 995576]
- [netdrv] tg3: avoid double-freeing of rx data memory (Ivan Vecera) 
[1032423 1020685]
- [hda] alsa: Final fix for the Haswell HDMI audio 44.1kHz rate 
(Jaroslav Kysela) [1032247 1024548]
- [input] wacom: do not report ABS_MISC on TPC2FG touch device (Aristeu 
Rozanski) [1032426 1032256]