[El-errata] ELSA-2011-1350 Important: Oracle Linux 6 kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2011-1350

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1350.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 6 have been uploaded to the 
Unbreakable Linux Network:

i386:
kernel-2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/kernel-2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.src.rpm

The following packages were rebuilt to be in sync with the updated 
kernel version (no changes other than updating the version number):

i386:
perf-2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
perf-2.6.32-131.17.1.el6.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:

Description of changes:

[2.6.32-131.17.1.el6]
- Revert: [net] ipv6: make fragment identifications less predictable 
(Jiri Pirko) [723432 723433] {CVE-2011-2699}

[2.6.32-131.16.1.el6]
- [net] br_multicast: Ensure to initialize 
BR_INPUT_SKB_CB(skb)->mrouters_only. (Frantisek Hrbata) [739477 738110]

[2.6.32-131.15.1.el6]
- rebuild

[2.6.32-131.14.1.el6]
- [scsi] megaraid_sas: Convert 6, 10, 12 byte CDB's for FastPath IO 
(Tomas Henzl) [710047 705835]
- [x86] perf, x86: Fix Intel fixed counters base initialization (Don 
Zickus) [719229 736284] {CVE-2011-2521}
- [net] ipv6: make fragment identifications less predictable (Jiri 
Pirko) [723432 723433] {CVE-2011-2699}
- [fs] Ecryptfs: Add mount option to check uid of device being mounted = 
expect uid (Eric Sandeen) [731175 731176] {CVE-2011-1833}
- [char] tpm: Fix uninitialized usage of data buffer (Stanislaw Gruszka) 
[684674 684675] {CVE-2011-1160}
- [kernel] perf: Fix software event overflow (Frantisek Hrbata) [730707 
730708] {CVE-2011-2918}
- [serial] 8250_pci: ifdef for powerpc, to only add functionality to 
this arch (Steve Best) [732382 696695]
- [serial] 8250: Fix capabilities when changing the port type (Steve 
Best) [732382 696695]
- [serial] 8250_pci Add EEH support to the 8250 driver for IBM/Digi PCIe 
2-port Adapter (Steve Best) [732382 696695]
- [serial] 8250_pci: Add support for the Digi/IBM PCIe 2-port Adapter 
(Steve Best) [732382 696695]
- [ppc] pseries/iommu: Add additional checks when changing iommu mask 
(Steve Best) [736065 704401]
- [ppc] pseries/iommu: Use correct return type in 
dupe_ddw_if_already_created (Steve Best) [736065 704401]
- [ppc] iommu: Restore iommu table pointer when restoring iommu ops 
(Steve Best) [736065 704401]
- [ppc] Fix kexec with dynamic dma windows (Steve Best) [736065 704401]

[2.6.32-131.13.1.el6]
- [net] af_packet: prevent information leak (Jiri Pirko) [728032 728033] 
{CVE-2011-2898}
- [net] gro: Only reset frag0 when skb can be pulled (Jiri Pirko) 
[726555 726556] {CVE-2011-2723}
- [fs] FS-Cache: Only call mark_tech_preview() when caching is actually 
begun (David Howells) [713463 696396]
- [fs] Fix mark_tech_preview() to not disable lock debugging (David 
Howells) [713463 696396]
- [fs] ext4: Rewrite ext4_page_mkwrite() to use generic helpers (Eric 
Sandeen) [723551 692167]
- [fs] vfs: Block mmapped writes while the fs is frozen (Eric Sandeen) 
[723551 692167]
- [fs] vfs: Create __block_page_mkwrite() helper passing error values 
back (Eric Sandeen) [723551 692167]
- [mm] avoid wrapping vm_pgoff in mremap() and stack expansion (Jerome 
Marchand) [716540 716541] {CVE-2011-2496}
- [pci] MSI: Restore read_msi_msg_desc(); add get_cached_msi_msg_desc() 
(Don Zickus) [728522 696511]
- [pci] MSI: Remove unsafe and unnecessary hardware access (Don Zickus) 
[728522 696511]
- [net] sock: do not change prot->obj_size (Jiri Pirko) [726626 725711]
- [virt] x86: report valid microcode update ID (Marcelo Tosatti) [727838 
694747]
- [agp] fix arbitrary kernel memory writes (Jerome Marchand) [699307 
699308] {CVE-2011-2022 CVE-2011-1745}
- [agp] fix OOM and buffer overflow (Jerome Marchand) [699305 699306] 
{CVE-2011-1746}
- [kernel] taskstats: don't allow duplicate entries in listener mode 
(Jerome Marchand) [715447 715448] {CVE-2011-2484}
- [netdrv] bnx2x: remove a log-spamming message (Michal Schmidt) [732379 
712000]
- [scsi] ibmvscsi: Improve CRQ reset reliability (Steve Best) [727618 
700165]