[Ksplice][CloudLinux 5 Updates] New Ksplice updates for CloudLinux 5 (2.6.18-508.el5.lve0.8.90)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: 2.6.18-508.el5.lve0.8.90 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2016-7117

Systems running CloudLinux 5 can now use Ksplice to patch against the
latest CloudLinux 5 kernel update, 2.6.18-508.el5.lve0.8.90.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running CloudLinux 5
install these updates.

On systems that have "autoinstall = yes" in /etc/uptrack/uptrack.conf,
these updates will be installed automatically and you do not need to
take any action.

Alternatively, you can install these updates by running:

# /usr/sbin/uptrack-upgrade -y


DESCRIPTION

* CVE-2016-7117: Denial-of-service in recvmmsg() error handling.

Incorrect reference counting could result in a use-after-free in the
recvmmsg() system call.  A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw
to trigger a denial-of-service.

SUPPORT

Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.