[Ksplice][RHEL 5 Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (RHBA-2013:0006)

[Sasha Levin]

Synopsis: RHBA-2013:0006 can now be patched using Ksplice

Systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 can now use Ksplice to
patch against the latest Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory, RHBA-2013:0006.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on RHEL 5 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

* Kernel panic in SMB extended attributes.

The kernel SMB server implementation does not correctly parse extended
attribute names in QUERY_ALL_EAS requests leading to an out-of-bounds read
and kernel crash.


* Kernel panic in ext3 indirect blocks.

The ext3 filesystem does not correctly handle corrupted indirect blocks
leading to a kernel panic when closing files.

SUPPORT

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