[Ksplice][EL7-Updates] New Ksplice updates for OL 7, RHEL 7, CentOS 7, and Scientific Linux 7 (3.10.0-1160.25.1.el7)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: 3.10.0-1160.25.1.el7 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2021-20261

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 kernel update, 3.10.0-1160.25.1.el7.

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-2021-20261: Denial-of-service in Floppy Disk Drive Controller driver.

A missing error handling in the Floppy Disk Drive Controller driver
could lead to a race condition and memory corruption. A local,
privileged user could use this flaw for a denial-of-service.

SUPPORT

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