[Ksplice][Fedora-17-updates] New updates available via Ksplice (FEDORA-2012-16352)

[Phil Turnbull]

Synopsis: FEDORA-2012-16352 can now be patched using Ksplice

Systems running Fedora 17 can now use Ksplice to patch against the
latest Fedora kernel update, FEDORA-2012-16352.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on Fedora 17 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

* Deadlock in page unmapping.

Invalid locking in the memory management subsystem can cause a deadlock
and kernel hang when unmapping pages from a process' address space.


* Use-after-free in DRM CRTC.

A use-after-free condition can be triggered when disabling a CRTC
graphics device causing a kernel panic.


* Use-after-free in HID raw driver.

A use-after-free condition can be triggered when removing a raw HID
device causing a kernel panic.


* Kernel hang in Intel HD Audio driver.

A race condition in the Intel HD Audio driver can cause a kernel hang
when suspending an audio device.


* Use-after-free in JFFS2 file-system driver.

A use-after-free condition can be triggered when unmounting a JFFS2
file-system causing a kernel panic.

SUPPORT

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