[Ksplice-Fedora-24-updates] New Ksplice updates for Fedora 24 (FEDORA-2016-b18410c59c)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: FEDORA-2016-b18410c59c can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2016-8650

Systems running Fedora 24 can now use Ksplice to patch against the
latest Fedora kernel update, FEDORA-2016-b18410c59c.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running Fedora 24
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

* NULL pointer dereference when configuring Software RDMA over Ethernet interface.

A missing callback's initialisation during RDMA_RXE socket creation
could lead to a NULL pointer dereference when configuring the interface
using this socket. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a
denial-of-service.


* NULL pointer dereference in Infiniband MLX5 debug print.

A missing check during Infiniband MLX5 Queue Pairs creation could lead
to a NULL pointer dereference if logging level is set to debug. An
attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial-of-service.


* Memory leak when using InfiniBand userspace driver.

A missing free of Queue Pairs during cleanup when userspace release
the driver could lead to a memory leak. An attacker could use this
flaw to cause a denial-of-service.


* CVE-2016-8650: NULL pointer dereference in the key management subsystem.

A missing check in the Multiprecision maths library used to implement
RSA digital signature verification could lead to a NULL pointer
dereference. A local user could use this flaw to cause a denial-of-service.


* General protection fault when configuring sunrpc sockets.

A logic error when configuring sunrpc socket could lead to a general
protection fault. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a
denial-of-serivce.

SUPPORT

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