[Ksplice][Virtuozzo 4.7 Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (2.6.32-042stab112.15)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: 2.6.32-042stab112.15 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2015-6937 CVE-2015-7872

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, 2.6.32-042stab112.15.

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-2015-6937: NULL pointer dereference in RDS socket creation.

Failure to check for binding to a transport could result in a NULL
pointer dereference when creating an RDS socket.  A local, unprivileged
user could use this flaw to crash the system.


* CVE-2015-7872: Denial-of-service when garbage collecting uninstantiated keyring.

A logic error in the security keyring subsystem leads to a kernel crash
when garbage collecting a un-instantiated keyring.  A local, un-privileged
user can use this flaw to cause a denial-of-service.

SUPPORT

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