[El-errata] ELSA-2016-3501 Important: Oracle Linux 6 Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2016-3501

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-3501.html

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


x86_64:
kernel-uek-firmware-3.8.13-118.2.4.el6uek.noarch.rpm
kernel-uek-doc-3.8.13-118.2.4.el6uek.noarch.rpm
kernel-uek-3.8.13-118.2.4.el6uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-devel-3.8.13-118.2.4.el6uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-devel-3.8.13-118.2.4.el6uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-3.8.13-118.2.4.el6uek.x86_64.rpm
dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.2.4.el6uek-0.4.5-3.el6.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-3.8.13-118.2.4.el6uek.src.rpm
http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.2.4.el6uek-0.4.5-3.el6.src.rpm



Description of changes:

kernel-uek
[3.8.13-118.2.4.el6uek]
- KEYS: Don't permit request_key() to construct a new keyring (David 
Howells)  [Orabug: 22373442]  {CVE-2015-7872}

[3.8.13-118.2.3.el6uek]
- dcache: Handle escaped paths in prepend_path (Eric W. Biederman) 
[Orabug: 22373283] - vfs: Test for and handle paths that are unreachable 
from their mnt_root (Eric W. Biederman)  [Orabug: 22249875] - KEYS: Fix 
crash when attempt to garbage collect an uninstantiated keyring (David 
Howells)  [Orabug: 22373442]  {CVE-2015-7872}
- KEYS: Fix race between key destruction and finding a keyring by name 
(David Howells)  [Orabug: 22373442]