[El-errata] ELSA-2017-0892-1 Important: Oracle Linux 6 kernel security and bug fix update

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2017-0892-1

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-0892-1.html

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

i386:
kernel-2.6.32-696.1.1.0.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-696.1.1.0.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-696.1.1.0.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-696.1.1.0.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-696.1.1.0.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-696.1.1.0.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-696.1.1.0.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-696.1.1.0.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-696.1.1.0.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-696.1.1.0.1.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-696.1.1.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-696.1.1.0.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-696.1.1.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-696.1.1.0.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-696.1.1.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-696.1.1.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-696.1.1.0.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-696.1.1.0.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-696.1.1.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-696.1.1.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-696.1.1.0.1.el6.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/kernel-2.6.32-696.1.1.0.1.el6.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[2.6.32-696.1.1.0.1.el6.OL6]
- [kernel] sched/fair: Initialize throttle_count for new task-groups lazily [orabug 25071015]
- [kernel] sched/fair: Do not announce throttled next buddy in dequeue_task_fair() [orabug 25071015]
- [kernel] sched/fair: Reorder cgroup creation code [orabug 25071015]
- [kernel] sched/fair: Rework throttle_count sync [orabug 25071015]
- Update genkey [bug 25599697]