[Ksplice][EL7-Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (RHSA-2015:0726-1)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: RHSA-2015:0726-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2015-1421 CVE-2015-8159

Systems running RHCK on Oracle Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7,
CentOS 7, and Scientific Linux 7 can now use Ksplice to patch against
the latest Red Hat Security Advisory, RHSA-2015:0726-1.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on OL 7, RHEL 7, CentOS
7, and Scientific Linux 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-2015-1421: Privilege escalation in SCTP INIT collisions.

Missing reference counting could result in a use-after-free during an
INIT collision when establishing an SCTP socket.  A remote attacker
could use this flaw to trigger a denial-of-service or potentially gain
privileges.


* CVE-2015-8159: Privilege escalation in Infiniband userspace access.

Missing sanitization of userspace input to the Infiniband userspace
memory access subsystem could allow a local user with access to the
/dev/infiniband/uverbsX device nodes to crash the system or,
potentially, escalate their privileges on the system.

SUPPORT

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