[Ksplice-Fedora-19-updates] New updates available via Ksplice (FEDORA-2014-7426)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: FEDORA-2014-7426 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2014-4014

Systems running Fedora 19 can now use Ksplice to patch against the
latest Fedora kernel update, FEDORA-2014-7426.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on Fedora 19 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-2014-4014: Privilege escalation in user namespace.

Incorrect use of the inode_capable() function to check permissions in a
user namespace allows unprivileged users to change the GID bit of files for
which they are not the group owner. A local, unprivileged user could use
this flaw to escalate privileges.


* Memory leak in PCI message signaled interrupts (MSI) support.

A logic error in the callback to release MSI IRQs causes a memory leak. A
local, privileged user could use this flaw to exhaust the memory on the
system and cause denial-of-service.

SUPPORT

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