[Ksplice][RHEL 5 Updates] New Ksplice updates for RHEL 5 (RHSA-2016:2962-1)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: RHSA-2016:2962-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2016-7117

Systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 can now use Ksplice to
patch against the latest Red Hat Security Advisory, RHSA-2016:2962-1.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running 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

* CVE-2016-7117: Denial-of-service in recvmmsg() error handling.

Incorrect reference counting could result in a use-after-free in the
recvmmsg() system call.  A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw
to trigger a denial-of-service.

SUPPORT

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