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Oracle Linux 6 ELSA-2021-9473 Critical: Important Kernel Updates

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Calendar Grey October 8, 2021
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Red Hat Linux Security Announcement ELSA-2021-8472 outlines essential upgrades and fixes for improved system protection.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support (ELS) have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network

Summary

[4.1.12-124.56.1.el6uek] - ocfs2: subsystem.su_mutex is required while accessing the item->ci_parent (alex chen) [Orabug: 29184589] {CVE-2017-18216} - bcache: fix potential deadlock problem in btree_gc_coalesce (Zhiqiang Liu) {CVE-2020-12771} - filldir[64]: remove WARN_ON_ONCE() for bad directory entries (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 31351271] {CVE-2019-10220} - Make filldir[64]() verify the directory entry filename is valid (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 31351271] {CVE-2019-10220} - ath9k: release allocated buffer if timed out (Navid Emamdoost) [Orabug: 31351559] {CVE-2019-19074} - scsi: bfa: release allocated memory in case of error (Navid Emamdoost) [Orabug: 31351615] {CVE-2019-19066} - rtlwifi: prevent memory leak in rtl_usb_probe (Navid Emamdoost) [Orabug: 31351626] {CVE-2019-19063} - perf/core: Fix perf_event_open() vs. execve() race (Peter Zijlstra) [Orabug: 31351766] {CVE-2019-3901} - l2tp: pass tunnel pointer to ->session_create() (Guillaume Nault) ...

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security advisory kernel patch critical update vulnerability system security Oracle Linux extended lifecycle

SRPMs

x86_64

kernel-uek-doc-4.1.12-124.56.1.el6uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-firmware-4.1.12-124.56.1.el6uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-4.1.12-124.56.1.el6uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-devel-4.1.12-124.56.1.el6uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-4.1.12-124.56.1.el6uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-4.1.12-124.56.1.el6uek.x86_64.rpm

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Related CVEs: CVE-2017-18216 CVE-2018-9517 CVE-2019-10220 CVE-2019-19063 CVE-2019-19066 CVE-2019-19074 CVE-2019-3901 CVE-2020-12771

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security advisory kernel patch critical update vulnerability system security Oracle Linux extended lifecycle

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