[El-errata] New Ksplice updates for UEKR5 4.14.35 on OL7 (ELSA-2019-4799)
Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux
el-errata at oss.oracle.com
Fri Sep 20 14:25:15 PDT 2019
Synopsis: ELSA-2019-4799 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2019-14821
Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2019-4799.
More information about this errata can be found at
https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-4799.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-2019-14821: Denial-of-service in KVM MMIO coalesced writes.
An out-of-bounds access to the coalesced MMIO ring buffer could result
in a kernel crash. A malicious guest could use this flaw to crash the
hypervisor or potentially, escalate privileges.
Orabug: 30318013
SUPPORT
Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.
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