[Ksplice][Fedora-18-updates] New updates available via Ksplice (FEDORA-2013-1443)

[Sasha Levin]

Synopsis: FEDORA-2013-1443 can now be patched using Ksplice

Systems running Fedora 18 can now use Ksplice to patch against the
latest Fedora kernel update, FEDORA-2013-1443.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on Fedora 18 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

* Use after free on LUN RESET of target driver IO handling driver.

A LUN RESET command during a long backend IO can trigger a use-after-free
on IO completion.


* NULL pointer dereference in Radeon CS parser in UMS mode.

When running in UMS mode the parser might try to dereference the
device pointer, which is NULL in that mode.


* Invalid memory free in Radeon CS parser in UMS mode.

The CS parser in the Radeon driver may attempt to free a memory
which was never dynamically allocated in the first place in
UMS mode.


* NULL pointer dereference in USB Inside Out Edgeport serial driver.

A NULL pointer dereference may occur during disconnection of the driver
due to a missing check.

SUPPORT

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