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Oracle Linux 6 ELSA-2011-1849 Moderate: Kernel Important Security Update

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Calendar Grey December 27, 2011
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Oracle Linux 6 has been issued crucial security patches targeting severe kernel vulnerabilities. Read more for specifics!
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 6 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[2.6.32-220.2.1.el6] - [dm] fixing test for NULL pointer testing (Paolo Bonzini) [752379 752380] {CVE-2011-4127} [2.6.32-220.1.1.el6] - [dm] do not forward ioctls from logical volumes to the underlying device (Paolo Bonzini) [752379 752380] {CVE-2011-4127} - [block] fail SCSI passthrough ioctls on partition devices (Paolo Bonzini) [752379 752380] {CVE-2011-4127} - [block] add and use scsi_blk_cmd_ioctl (Paolo Bonzini) [752379 752380] {CVE-2011-4127} - [x86] amd: Fix align_va_addr kernel parameter (Frank Arnold) [758028 753237] - [md] RAID1: Do not call md_raid1_unplug_device while holding spinlock (Jonathan E Brassow) [755545 752528] - [pci] intel-iommu: Default to non-coherent for domains unattached to iommus (Don Dutile) [757671 746484] - [x86] initialize min_delta_ns in one_hpet_msi_clockevent() (Prarit Bhargava) [756426 728315] - [x86] Update hpet_next_event() (Prarit Bhargava) [756426 728315] - [kernel] sched: Use resched IPI to kick off the nohz idle balance (Vivek ...

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SRPMs

https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol6/SRPMS-updates/kernel-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.src.rpm The following packages were rebuilt to be in sync with the updated kernel version (no changes other than updating the version number):

x86_64

kernel-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-firmware-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm x86_64: perf-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

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