[Ksplice][Virtuozzo 4.7 Updates] New Ksplice updates for Virtuozzo 4.7 or OpenVZ on RHEL 6 (2.6.32-042stab126.2)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: 2.6.32-042stab126.2 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2017-16939 CVE-2017-8824

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, 2.6.32-042stab126.2.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running 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-2017-8824: Privileges escalation when calling connect() system call on a DCCP socket.

A missing free when calling connect() system call on a DCCP socket while it is
in DCCP_LISTEN state could lead to a use-after-free. A local attacker
could use this flaw to escalate privileges.


* CVE-2017-16939: Denial-of-service in IPSEC transform policy netlink dump.

A failure to handle an error case when dumping IPSEC transform
information via netlink can result in a Kernel crash. A local user with
the ability to administer an IPSEC tunnel could use this flaw to cause a
denial-of-service.

SUPPORT

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