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Oracle Linux 5 ELSA-2016-3567 Important Kernel Security Update Released

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Calendar Grey May 20, 2016
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Oracle Linux 5 security packages update ELSA-2016-3567 addresses severe vulnerabilities impacting overall system reliability.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 5 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

kernel-uek [2.6.32-400.37.17.el5uek] - net: add validation for the socket syscall protocol argument (Hannes Frederic Sowa) [Orabug: 23267965] {CVE-2015-8543} {CVE-2015-8543} - ext4: Fix null dereference in ext4_fill_super() (Ben Hutchings) [Orabug: 23263398] {CVE-2015-8324} {CVE-2015-8324} - ipv6: addrconf: validate new MTU before applying it (Marcelo Leitner) [Orabug: 23263242] {CVE-2015-8215} - ext4: avoid hang when mounting non-journal filesystems with orphan list (Theodore Ts'o) [Orabug: 23262201] {CVE-2015-7509} - ext4: make orphan functions be no-op in no-journal mode (Anatol Pomozov) [Orabug: 23262201] {CVE-2015-7509} - unix: properly account for FDs passed over unix sockets (willy tarreau) [Orabug: 23262258] {CVE-2013-4312} {CVE-2013-4312}

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security advisory security issue kernel update security fix critical issues system functionality Oracle Linux

SRPMs

https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol5/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-2.6.32-400.37.17.el5uek.src.rpm https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol5/SRPMS-updates/ofa-2.6.32-400.37.17.el5uek-1.5.1-4.0.58.src.rpm https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol5/SRPMS-updates/mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.17.el5uek-1.5.7-2.src.rpm

x86_64

kernel-uek-firmware-2.6.32-400.37.17.el5uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-doc-2.6.32-400.37.17.el5uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-2.6.32-400.37.17.el5uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-devel-2.6.32-400.37.17.el5uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-2.6.32-400.37.17.el5uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-2.6.32-400.37.17.el5uek.x86_64.rpm ofa-2.6.32-400.37.17.el5uek-1.5.1-4.0.58.x86_64.rpm ofa-2.6.32-400.37.17.el5uekdebug-1.5.1-4.0.58.x86_64.rpm mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.17.el5uek-1.5.7-2.x86_64.rpm mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.17.el5uekdebug-1.5.7-2.x86_64.rpm

aarch64

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security advisory security issue kernel update security fix critical issues system functionality Oracle Linux

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