[Ksplice][EL6-Updates] New Ksplice updates for OL 6, RHEL 6, CentOS 6, and Scientific Linux 6 (ELSA-2017-2863)

[Gregory Herrero]

Synopsis: ELSA-2017-2863 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2017-7541

Systems running RHCK on Oracle Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6,
CentOS 6, and Scientific Linux 6 can now use Ksplice to patch against
the latest Red Hat kernel update, ELSA-2017-2863.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running OL 6, RHEL 6,
CentOS 6, and Scientific Linux 6 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-2017-7541: Buffer overflow in Broadcom IEEE802.11n embedded FullMAC WLAN driver.

A logic error in Broadcom IEEE802.11n embedded FullMAC WLAN driver could
lead to buffer overflow when user send a crafted NL80211_CMD_FRAME
packet via netlink. A local attacker could use this flaw to cause a
denial-of-service.

SUPPORT

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