[Ksplice][Ubuntu-14.04-Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (USN-2801-1)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: USN-2801-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2015-5307

Systems running Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Ubuntu Security Notice, USN-2801-1.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty
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-2015-5307: KVM host denial-of-service in alignment check.

A guest could cause a denial-of-service on a KVM host by triggering an
infinite stream of alignment check exceptions and causing the processor
microcode to enter an infinite loop.  A privileged user in a guest could
use this flaw to crash the host.

SUPPORT

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