[Ksplice][EL7-Updates] New Ksplice updates for OL 7, RHEL 7, CentOS 7, and Scientific Linux 7 (RHSA-2017:3315)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: RHSA-2017:3315 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2017-1000380

Systems running RHCK on Oracle Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7,
CentOS 7, and Scientific Linux 7 can now use Ksplice to patch against
the latest Red Hat Security Advisory, RHSA-2017:3315.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running OL 7, RHEL 7,
CentOS 7, and Scientific Linux 7 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-2017-1000380: Information leak in the ALSA timer subsystem.

Multiple vulnerabilities in the ALSA timer subsystem could lead to a race
condition between a read and IO control system call, disclosing
uninitialized memory to userspace.  A local, unprivileged user could use
this flaw to gain information about the running kernel in order to
facilitate an attack.

SUPPORT

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