[El-errata] New Ksplice updates for UEKR6 5.4.17 on OL7 and OL8 (ELSA-2021-9115)

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Synopsis: ELSA-2021-9115 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2021-27363 CVE-2021-27364 CVE-2021-27365

Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2021-9115.
More information about this errata can be found at
https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-9115.html

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running UEKR6 5.4.17 on
OL7 and OL8 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-2021-27363, CVE-2021-27364, CVE-2021-27365: Priviledge escalation in iSCSI subsystem.

Multiple logic errors failing to check some messages and sysfs
attribute sizes may cause a buffer overflow.  A local attacker could
use this to cause a priviledge escalation.

Orabug: 32603379

SUPPORT

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