[El-errata] ELSA-2016-1943 Important: Oracle Linux 5 kvm security update

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Tue Sep 27 12:55:38 PDT 2016


Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2016-1943

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-1943.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 5 have been uploaded to the 
Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
kmod-kvm-83-276.0.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
kmod-kvm-debug-83-276.0.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
kvm-83-276.0.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
kvm-qemu-img-83-276.0.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm
kvm-tools-83-276.0.1.el5_11.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol5/SRPMS-updates/kvm-83-276.0.1.el5_11.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[83-276.0.1.el5_11]
- Added kvm-add-oracle-workaround-for-libvirt-bug.patch
- Added kvm-Introduce-oel-machine-type.patch

[83-275.el5_11]
- kvm-virtio-error-out-if-guest-exceeds-virtqueue-size.patch [bz#1359723]
- Resolves: bz#1359723
   CVE-2016-5403 kvm: Qemu: virtio: unbounded memory allocation on host 
via guest leading to DoS [rhel-5.11.z]

[kvm-83.275.el5]
- kvm-vga-fix-banked-access-bounds-checking-CVE-2016-3710.patch [bz#1334173]
- Resolves: bz#1334173
   CVE-2016-3710 kvm: qemu: incorrect banked access bounds checking in 
vga module [rhel-5.11.z]





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