[El-errata] New updates available via Ksplice (ELSA-2016-3529)
Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux
el-errata at oss.oracle.com
Tue Mar 29 14:35:12 PDT 2016
Synopsis: ELSA-2016-3529 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2016-3157
Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Security Advisory, ELSA-2016-3529.
INSTALLING THE UPDATES
We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on EL 7 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-2016-3157: Xen I/O port access privilege escalation in x86-64.
User mode processes not supposed to be able to access I/O ports may
be granted such permission, potentially resulting in one or more of
in-guest privilege escalation, guest crashes (Denial of Service), or
in-guest information leaks.
* BUG in HugeTLB filesystem file truncation and fallocate hole punch.
Improper handling of offset in the HugeTLB filesystem can cause a BUG
during file truncation or using the fallocate hole punch operation.
SUPPORT
Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.
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