[Ksplice][Virtuozzo 4.7 Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (2.6.32-042stab104.1)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: 2.6.32-042stab104.1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2014-4656 CVE-2014-7841

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, 2.6.32-042stab104.1.

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

* CVE-2014-7841: NULL pointer dereference with SCTP server during ASCONF.

A problem with how the SCTP verifies input can lead to a NULL pointer
dereference and kernel panic.  A malicious user could exploit this using
a specially crafted packet to cause a denial-of-service.


* CVE-2014-4656: Denial-of-service in ALSA Control IDs.

An integer overflow in Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) could be
exploited by a local, privileged user to crash the system by adding and
removing controls.

SUPPORT

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