[Ksplice][RHEL6-Updates] New Ksplice updates for RHEL 6 (ELSA-2017-2863)

[Gregory Herrero]

Synopsis: ELSA-2017-2863 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2017-7541

Systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 can now use Ksplice to
patch against the latest Red Hat kernel update, ELSA-2017-2863.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running RHEL 6 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-2017-7541: Buffer overflow in Broadcom IEEE802.11n embedded FullMAC WLAN driver.

A logic error in Broadcom IEEE802.11n embedded FullMAC WLAN driver could
lead to buffer overflow when user send a crafted NL80211_CMD_FRAME
packet via netlink. A local attacker could use this flaw to cause a
denial-of-service.

SUPPORT

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