[El-errata] ELSA-2016-0715 Moderate: Oracle Linux 6 kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2016-0715

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-0715.html

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

i386:
kernel-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/kernel-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[2.6.32-573.26.1.el6]
- [kernel] revert "sched: core: Use hrtimer_start_expires" (Jiri Olsa) 
[1326043 1324318]
- [kernel] Revert "Cleanup bandwidth timers" (Jiri Olsa) [1326043 1324318]
- [kernel] revert "fair: Test list head instead of list entry in 
throttle_cfs_rq" (Jiri Olsa) [1326043 1324318]
- [kernel] revert "sched, perf: Fix periodic timers" (Jiri Olsa) 
[1326043 1324318]
- [kernel] Revert "fix KABI break" (Jiri Olsa) [1326043 1324318]

[2.6.32-573.25.1.el6]
- [x86] nmi/64: Fix a paravirt stack-clobbering bug in the NMI code 
(Denys Vlasenko) [1259580 1259581] {CVE-2015-5157}
- [x86] nmi/64: Switch stacks on userspace NMI entry (Denys Vlasenko) 
[1259580 1259581] {CVE-2015-5157}
- [fs] anon_inodes implement dname (Aristeu Rozanski) [1322707 1296019]
- [fs] xfs: Avoid pathological backwards allocation (Bill O'Donnell) 
[1320031 1302777]
- [net] sctp: Prevent soft lockup when sctp_accept() is called during a 
timeout event (Jacob Tanenbaum) [1297421 1297422] {CVE-2015-8767}
- [net] udp: move logic out of udp[46]_ufo_send_check (Sabrina Dubroca) 
[1319276 1299975]
- [net] af_unix: Guard against other == sk in unix_dgram_sendmsg (Jakub 
Sitnicki) [1315696 1309241]
- [md] raid10: don't clear bitmap bit when bad-block-list write fails 
(Jes Sorensen) [1320863 1273546]
- [md] raid1: don't clear bitmap bit when bad-block-list write fails 
(Jes Sorensen) [1320863 1273546]
- [md] raid10: submit_bio_wait returns 0 on success (Jes Sorensen) 
[1320863 1273546]
- [md] raid1: submit_bio_wait() returns 0 on success (Jes Sorensen) 
[1320863 1273546]
- [md] crash in md-raid1 and md-raid10 due to incorrect list 
manipulation (Jes Sorensen) [1320863 1273546]
- [md] raid10: ensure device failure recorded before write request 
returns (Jes Sorensen) [1320863 1273546]
- [md] raid1: ensure device failure recorded before write request 
returns (Jes Sorensen) [1320863 1273546]

[2.6.32-573.24.1.el6]
- [sched] fix KABI break (Seth Jennings) [1314878 1230310]
- [sched] fair: Test list head instead of list entry in throttle_cfs_rq 
(Seth Jennings) [1314878 1230310]
- [sched] sched,perf: Fix periodic timers (Seth Jennings) [1314878 1230310]
- [sched] sched: debug: Remove the cfs bandwidth timer_active printout 
(Seth Jennings) [1314878 1230310]
- [sched] Cleanup bandwidth timers (Seth Jennings) [1314878 1230310]
- [sched] sched: core: Use hrtimer_start_expires (Seth Jennings) 
[1314878 1230310]
- [sched] fair: Fix unlocked reads of some cfs_b->quota/period (Seth 
Jennings) [1314878 1230310]
- [sched] Fix potential near-infinite distribute_cfs_runtime loop (Seth 
Jennings) [1314878 1230310]
- [sched] fair: Fix tg_set_cfs_bandwidth deadlock on rq->lock (Seth 
Jennings) [1314878 1230310]
- [sched] Fix hrtimer_cancel/rq->lock deadlock (Seth Jennings) [1314878 
1230310]
- [sched] Fix cfs_bandwidth misuse of hrtimer_expires_remaining (Seth 
Jennings) [1314878 1230310]
- [sched] Refine the code in unthrottle_cfs_rq (Seth Jennings) [1314878 
1230310]
- [sched] Update rq clock earlier in unthrottle_cfs_rq (Seth Jennings) 
[1314878 1230310]
- [block] Fix q_suspended logic error for io submission (David Milburn) 
[1314209 1227342]
- [block] nvme: No lock while DMA mapping data (David Milburn) [1314209 
1227342]
- [netdrv] ixgbe: finish ixgbe: Update ixgbe to use new vlan accleration 
(John Greene) [1315706 1249244]

[2.6.32-573.23.1.el6]
- [x86] perf: Add more Broadwell model numbers (Jiri Olsa) [1320035 1242694]
- [perf] perf/x86/intel: Remove incorrect model number from Haswell perf 
(Jiri Olsa) [1320035 1242694]