[Ksplice][RHEL7-Updates] New Ksplice updates for RHEL 7 (3.10.0-1160.25.1.el7)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: 3.10.0-1160.25.1.el7 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2021-20261

Systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 can now use Ksplice to
patch against the latest Red Hat kernel update, 3.10.0-1160.25.1.el7.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running RHEL 7 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-2021-20261: Denial-of-service in Floppy Disk Drive Controller driver.

A missing error handling in the Floppy Disk Drive Controller driver
could lead to a race condition and memory corruption. A local,
privileged user could use this flaw for a denial-of-service.

SUPPORT

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