[El-errata] New Ksplice updates for UEKR4 4.1.12 on OL6 and OL7 (ELSA-2024-12806)

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Synopsis: ELSA-2024-12806 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2022-48804 CVE-2023-6606

Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2024-12806.
More information about this errata can be found at
https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-12806.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-2022-48804: Information leak in Virtual terminal driver.

A missing check when using the Virtual terminal driver could lead to
leaking data using spectre variants. A local attacker could use this
flaw to extract sensitive information.

Orabug: 37101899


* CVE-2023-6606: Information disclosure in Common Internet File System.

The CIFS network file system implementation did not always
properly validate the server frame size, which could lead to
an out-of-bounds write. A local attacker could use this flaw
to cause a denial-of-service or potentially expose sensitive
information.

Orabug: 36165420

SUPPORT

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