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Oracle Linux 5 ELSA-2016-3552 Moderate: Soft Lockup Fixed

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Calendar Grey May 5, 2016
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Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2016-3553 outlines critical updates to the kernel addressing potential vulnerabilities related to the IPv6 networking stack.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 5 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[2.6.39-400.278.2.el5uek] - sctp: Prevent soft lockup when sctp_accept() is called during a timeout event (Karl Heiss) [Orabug: 23222773] {CVE-2015-8767}

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue kernel update moderate severity Oracle Linux soft lockup sctp issue

SRPMs

https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol5/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-2.6.39-400.278.2.el5uek.src.rpm

x86_64

kernel-uek-firmware-2.6.39-400.278.2.el5uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-doc-2.6.39-400.278.2.el5uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-2.6.39-400.278.2.el5uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-devel-2.6.39-400.278.2.el5uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-2.6.39-400.278.2.el5uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-2.6.39-400.278.2.el5uek.x86_64.rpm

aarch64

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue kernel update moderate severity Oracle Linux soft lockup sctp issue

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