[Ksplice][EL8-Updates] New Ksplice updates for OL 8 and RHEL 8 (ELSA-2020-1372)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: ELSA-2020-1372 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2019-19527

Systems running RHCK on Oracle Linux 8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
can now use Ksplice to patch against the latest Red Hat kernel update,
ELSA-2020-1372.
More information about this errata can be found at
https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-1372.html

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running OL 8 and RHEL 8
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-2019-19527: Denial-of-service in USB HID device open.

A race condition when opening a USB HID device could result in a
use-after-free and kernel crash.

SUPPORT

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