[El-errata] New Ksplice updates for Oracle Enhanced RHCK 5 (ELSA-2016-2124-1)

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Synopsis: ELSA-2016-2124-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2016-1583

Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2016-2124-1.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running Oracle Enhanced
RHCK 5 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-2016-1583: Privilege escalation in eCryptfs.

Mounting eCryptfs over procfs could result in a stack overflow with deep
nesting allowing a local, unprivileged user to cause a
denial-of-service, or potentially escalate privileges.


CVE-2016-5195 was patched in an earlier release of Ksplice updates.

SUPPORT

Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.