[El-errata] New Ksplice updates for UEKR2 2.6.39 on OL5 and OL6 (ELSA-2017-3510)
Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux
el-errata at oss.oracle.com
Fri Jan 13 05:42:01 PST 2017
Synopsis: ELSA-2017-3510 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2016-0742 CVE-2016-6828 CVE-2016-9793 CVE-2016-9794
Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2017-3510.
INSTALLING THE UPDATES
We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running UEKR2 2.6.39 on
OL5 and OL6 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-2016-0742: Stack corruption when reading keys from proc filesystem.
An on-stack buffer is not big enough to hold the data being written to it
when reading keys from the proc filesystem, potentially leading to a kernel
panic when the stack protector is in use. A local, unprivileged user could
use this flaw to cause a denial-of-service.
* CVE-2016-9793: Denial-of-service in socket configuration.
Incorrect validation of arguments for the setsockopt ioctl could allow
a local user with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges to cause memory corruption
or crash the kernel.
* CVE-2016-9794: Denial-of-service when playing audio stream.
A missing lock when computing elapsed period of the playing stream
could lead to a use-after-free if the stream is released in a concurrent
thread. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial-of-service.
* CVE-2016-6828: Use after free during TCP transmission.
A logic error when a memory allocation fails during TCP transmission can
cause the kernel TCP stack to use freed memory causing a kernel panic.
SUPPORT
Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.
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