[Ksplice][Virtuozzo 4 Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (2.6.18-402.el5.028stab118.1)

[Jamie Iles]

Synopsis: 2.6.18-402.el5.028stab118.1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2014-7822

Systems running Virtuozzo 4 or the OpenVZ RHEL 5 kernel can now use
Ksplice to patch against the latest Parallels Virtuozzo Containers
kernel security update, 2.6.18-402.el5.028stab118.1.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on Virtuozzo 4 or
OpenVZ on RHEL 5 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-2014-7822: Incorrect parameter validation in splice() system call.

An incorrect parameter validation in the splice() system call could allow
a local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to write past the maximum
file size, and thus crash the system.

SUPPORT

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