[Ksplice][Ubuntu-16.04-Updates] New Ksplice updates for Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial (USN-4186-3)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: USN-4186-3 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2019-0155

Systems running Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Ubuntu Security Notice, USN-4186-3.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running Ubuntu 16.04
Xenial 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

* Improved fix for CVE-2019-0155: Privilege escalation in Intel i915 graphics driver.

Missing zeroing of data used to disallow rogue i915 instructions could
make i915 driver vulnerable to CVE-2019-0155 on 64 bits systems.

SUPPORT

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