[Ksplice][Virtuozzo 4.7 Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (042stab084.26)

[Sonja Tideman]

Synopsis: 042stab084.26 can now be patched using Ksplice

Systems running Virtuozzo 4.7 or the OpenVZ RHEL 6 kernel can now use 
Ksplice to patch against the latest Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.7 
kernel security update, 042stab084.26.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on Virtuozzo 4.7 or 
OpenVZ on RHEL 6 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

* Denial-of-service with invalid mmaps.

An invalid function call in mmap could cause mmaps of non-regular files
such as /dev/zero to generate a kernel crash.  A malicious user could use
this to cause a denial-of-service.

SUPPORT

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