[El-errata] New Ksplice updates for UEKR7 5.15.0 on OL8 and OL9 (ELSA-2024-12546)

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Synopsis: ELSA-2024-12546 can now be patched using Ksplice

Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2024-12546.
More information about this errata can be found at
https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-12546.html

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running UEKR7 5.15.0 on
OL8 and OL9 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

* Denial-of-service in Mellanox 5th driver.

A missing check when receiving/sending data in Mellanox 5th driver could
lead to an out-of-bounds memory access. A local attacker could use this
flaw to cause a denial-of-service.

Orabug: 36660755

SUPPORT

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