[El-errata] New Ksplice updates for UEKR5 4.14.35 on OL7 (ELSA-2019-4733)
Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux
el-errata at oss.oracle.com
Thu Aug 8 01:20:59 PDT 2019
Synopsis: ELSA-2019-4733 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2019-1125
Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2019-4733.
More information about this errata can be found at
https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-4733.html
INSTALLING THE UPDATES
We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running UEKR5 4.14.35
on OL7 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-2019-1125: Information leak in kernel entry code when swapping GS.
A local attacker could speculatively access percpu data using a user
defined GS and leak information about running kernel to facilitate an
attack.
SUPPORT
Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.
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