[Ksplice][Ubuntu-18.10-Updates] New Ksplice updates for Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic (4.18.0-11.12)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: 4.18.0-11.12 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2018-15471

Systems running Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Ubuntu kernel update, 4.18.0-11.12.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running Ubuntu 18.10
Cosmic 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-2018-15471: Privilege escalation in Xen network backend.

A validation failure in the Xen network backend driver can result in an
out-of-bounds memory access. A guest operating system could use this
flaw to potentially escalate privileges or cause a denial-of-service.

SUPPORT

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