[El-errata] New Ksplice updates for UEKR4 4.1.12 on OL6 and OL7 (ELSA-2020-5917)

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Synopsis: ELSA-2020-5917 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2020-8694

Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2020-5917.
More information about this errata can be found at
https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-5917.html

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running UEKR4 4.1.12 on
OL6 and 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-2020-8694: Platypus Attack Mitigation.

A side-channel attack utilizing the Intel RAPL subsystem driver may
cause an information leak.  This may allow an unprivileged user to
view confidential data.

Orabug: 32040806

SUPPORT

Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.