[El-errata] ELSA-2017-0036 Important: Oracle Linux 6 kernel security and bug fix update

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2017-0036

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-0036.html

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

i386:
kernel-2.6.32-642.13.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-642.13.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-642.13.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-642.13.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-642.13.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-642.13.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-642.13.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-642.13.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-642.13.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-642.13.1.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-642.13.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-642.13.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-642.13.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-642.13.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-642.13.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-642.13.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-642.13.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-642.13.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-642.13.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-642.13.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-642.13.1.el6.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/kernel-2.6.32-642.13.1.el6.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[2.6.32-642.13.1.el6]
- [net] Fix use after free in the recvmmsg exit path (Davide Caratti) 
[1390805 1390046] {CVE-2016-7117}
- [net] vlan: Propagate MAC address to VLANs (Jarod Wilson) [1396479 
1381585]
- [net] tcp: fix use after free in tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue() (Mateusz 
Guzik) [1379527 1379529] {CVE-2016-6828}
- [net] netfilter: x_tables: check for bogus target offset (Mateusz 
Guzik) [1351421 1351422] {CVE-2016-4998}
- [net] netfilter: x_tables: validate e->target_offset early (Mateusz 
Guzik) [1351421 1351422] {CVE-2016-4998}
- [net] netfilter: x_tables: make sure e->next_offset covers remaining 
blob size (Mateusz Guzik) [1351421 1351422] {CVE-2016-4998}
- [net] ipv6: Don't change dst->flags using assignments (Marcelo 
Leitner) [1391974 1389478]
- [scsi] libfc: Revert: use offload EM instance again (Chris Leech) 
[1392818 1383078]
- [netdrv] sfc: report supported link speeds on SFP connections (Jarod 
Wilson) [1388168 1384621]
- [drm] vmwgfx: respect 'nomodeset' (Rob Clark) [1392875 1342114]
- [hv] avoid vfree() on crash (Vitaly Kuznetsov) [1385482 1333167]
- [hv] vmbus: handle various crash scenarios (Vitaly Kuznetsov) [1385482 
1333167]
- [hv] vmbus: Support kexec on ws2012 r2 and above (Vitaly Kuznetsov) 
[1385482 1333167]
- [hv] vmbus: Support handling messages on multiple CPUs (Vitaly 
Kuznetsov) [1385482 1333167]
- [hv] vmbus: remove code duplication in message handling (Vitaly 
Kuznetsov) [1385482 1333167]
- [hv] vmbus: avoid unneeded compiler optimizations in 
vmbus_wait_for_unload() (Vitaly Kuznetsov) [1385482 1333167]
- [hv] vmbus: avoid wait_for_completion() on crash (Vitaly Kuznetsov) 
[1385482 1333167]
- [hv] vmbus: avoid scheduling in interrupt context in 
vmbus_initiate_unload() (Vitaly Kuznetsov) [1385482 1333167]
- [hv] vmbus: don't loose HVMSG_TIMER_EXPIRED messages (Vitaly 
Kuznetsov) [1385482 1333167]
- [hv] vmbus: Force all channel messages to be delivered on CPU 0 
(Vitaly Kuznetsov) [1385482 1333167]
- [scsi] mpt3sas: Fix panic when aer correct error occurred (Frank 
Ramsay) [1396272 1374743]
- [fs] nfs4.1: Remove a bogus BUG_ON() in nfs4_layoutreturn_done (Steve 
Dickson) [1385480 1376467]
- [firmware] dmi_scan: DMI information in sysfs is missing on SMBIOS 3.0 
based systems (Steve Best) [1393464 1353807]

[2.6.32-642.12.1.el6]
- [netdrv] mlx5: Fix RC transport send queue overhead computation (Slava 
Shwartsman) [1392799 1384212]