[El-errata] New Ksplice updates for RHCK 7 (ELSA-2021-4777)

Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux el-errata at oss.oracle.com
Thu Dec 23 17:07:00 UTC 2021


Synopsis: ELSA-2021-4777 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2020-36385

Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2021-4777.
More information about this errata can be found at
https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-4777.html

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running RHCK 7 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-2020-36385: Use-after-free in RDMA communication manager due to a race condition.

A race condition could happen in RDMA communication manager leading
to a use-after-free when closing UCMA file. A local user could use
this flaw for a denial-of-service or code execution.

SUPPORT

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



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