[El-errata] ELSA-2016-1406 Important: Oracle Linux 6 kernel security and bug fix update

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2016-1406

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-1406.html

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

i386:
kernel-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/kernel-2.6.32-642.3.1.el6.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[2.6.32-642.3.1.el6]
- [infiniband] security: Restrict use of the write interface (Don 
Dutile) [1332547 1332548] {CVE-2016-4565}

[2.6.32-642.2.1.el6]
- [sched] Revert "kernel: sched: Cure load average vs NO_HZ woes" 
(Rafael Aquini) [1343015 1326373]
- [sched] Revert "kernel: sched: Cure more NO_HZ load average woes" 
(Rafael Aquini) [1343015 1326373]
- [sched] Revert "kernel: sched: Move sched_avg_update to 
update_cpu_load" (Rafael Aquini) [1343015 1326373]
- [sched] Revert "kernel: sched: Fix nohz load accounting -- again" 
(Rafael Aquini) [1343015 1326373]
- [fs] lockd: Don't try to register/unregister callbacks on the 
inet6addr_chain if the ipv6 module isn't loaded (Scott Mayhew) [1341496 
1336483]
- [fs] nfsd: Don't try to register/unregister callbacks on the 
inet6addr_chain if the ipv6 module isn't loaded (Scott Mayhew) [1341496 
1336483]
- [isdn] avoid calling tty_ldisc_flush() in atomic context (Sabrina 
Dubroca) [1337443 1328115]
- [redhat] Update dracut dependency to pull in ecb module (Herbert Xu) 
[1334431 1315832]