[Ksplice][RHEL 5 Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (RHSA-2016:0450-1)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: RHSA-2016:0450-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2013-2596

Systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 can now use Ksplice to
patch against the latest Red Hat Security Advisory, RHSA-2016:0450-1.

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

* CVE-2013-2596: Privilege escalation in video frame buffer driver.

Integer overflow in the fb_mmap() function allows local users to create a
read-write memory mapping for the entirety of kernel memory, and
consequently gain privileges, via crafted /dev/graphics/fb0 mmap2 system
calls.

SUPPORT

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