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Oracle Linux 6 ELSA-2016-3553 Moderate: Kernel Security Update

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Calendar Grey May 5, 2016
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Oracle Linux 6's critical kernel security patch ELSA-2016-3553 has been released. Reviewing this update is crucial to enhance system security and combat vulnerabilities
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 6 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

kernel-uek [2.6.32-400.37.16.el6uek] - sctp: Prevent soft lockup when sctp_accept() is called during a timeout event (Karl Heiss) [Orabug: 23222781] {CVE-2015-8767}

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Topics Covered

security advisory kernel update moderate threat security patch Oracle Linux

SRPMs

https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol6/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-2.6.32-400.37.16.el6uek.src.rpm https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol6/SRPMS-updates/ofa-2.6.32-400.37.16.el6uek-1.5.1-4.0.58.src.rpm https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol6/SRPMS-updates/mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.16.el6uek-1.5.7-0.1.src.rpm

x86_64

kernel-uek-firmware-2.6.32-400.37.16.el6uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-doc-2.6.32-400.37.16.el6uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-2.6.32-400.37.16.el6uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-devel-2.6.32-400.37.16.el6uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-2.6.32-400.37.16.el6uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-2.6.32-400.37.16.el6uek.x86_64.rpm ofa-2.6.32-400.37.16.el6uek-1.5.1-4.0.58.x86_64.rpm ofa-2.6.32-400.37.16.el6uekdebug-1.5.1-4.0.58.x86_64.rpm mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.16.el6uek-1.5.7-0.1.x86_64.rpm mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.16.el6uekdebug-1.5.7-0.1.x86_64.rpm

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security advisory kernel update moderate threat security patch Oracle Linux

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