[El-errata] ELSA-2017-0307 Moderate: Oracle Linux 6 kernel security and bug fix update

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2017-0307

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-0307.html

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

i386:
kernel-2.6.32-642.15.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-642.15.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-642.15.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-642.15.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-642.15.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-642.15.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-642.15.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-642.15.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-642.15.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-642.15.1.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-642.15.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-642.15.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-642.15.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-642.15.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-642.15.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-642.15.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-642.15.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-642.15.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-642.15.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-642.15.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-642.15.1.el6.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/kernel-2.6.32-642.15.1.el6.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[2.6.32-642.15.1.el6]
- [net] dccp: fix freeing skb too early for IPV6_RECVPKTINFO (Hannes 
Frederic Sowa) [1424626 1424628] {CVE-2017-6074}

[2.6.32-642.14.1.el6]
- [net] sctp: validate chunk len before actually using it (Hangbin Liu) 
[1399456 1399457] {CVE-2016-9555}
- [netdrv] qlcnic: add wmb() call in transmit data path (Harish Patil) 
[1403143 1342659]
- [kernel] audit: fix a double fetch in audit_log_single_execve_arg() 
(Paul Moore) [1359302 1359304] {CVE-2016-6136}
- [fs] nfs: Kill fscache warnings when mounting without -ofsc (David 
Howells) [1399172 1353844]
- [fs] nfs: Fix a compile issue when CONFIG_NFS_FSCACHE was undefined 
(David Howells) [1399172 1353844]
- [fs] nfs: Don't pass mount data to nfs_fscache_get_super_cookie() 
(David Howells) [1399172 1353844]
- [fs] nfsd: handle fileid wraparound (Dave Wysochanski) [1399174 1397552]
- [scsi] hpsa: correct logical resets (Joseph Szczypek) [1399175 1083110]
- [scsi] hpsa: generate a controller NMI (Joseph Szczypek) [1399175 1083110]
- [scsi] hpsa: update driver version to 3.4.10-0-RH3 (Joseph Szczypek) 
[1399175 1083110]
- [scsi] hpsa: Check for null devices in ioaccel submission patch 
(Joseph Szczypek) [1399175 1083110]
- [scsi] hpsa: check for null device pointers (Joseph Szczypek) [1399175 
1083110]
- [scsi] hpsa: correct skipping masked peripherals (Joseph Szczypek) 
[1399175 1083110]
- [scsi] hpsa: generalize external arrays (Joseph Szczypek) [1399175 
1083110]
- [fs] ext4: fix extent tree corruption caused by hole punch (Lukas 
Czerner) [1397808 1351798]
- [hv] do not lose pending heartbeat vmbus packets (Vitaly Kuznetsov) 
[1397739 1378614]
- [powerpc] ppc64: Fix incorrect return value from __copy_tofrom_user 
(Gustavo Duarte) [1398185 1387243]