The following Ksplice updates has been released for Oracle Linux:

New Ksplice updates for UEKR2 2.6.39 on OL5 and OL6 (ELSA-2018-4234)
New Ksplice updates for UEKR4 4.1.12 on OL6 and OL7 (ELBA-2018-4236)

New Ksplice updates for UEKR2 2.6.39 on OL5 and OL6 (ELSA-2018-4234)

Synopsis: ELSA-2018-4234 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2018-14634

Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2018-4234.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running UEKR2 2.6.39 on
OL5 and OL6 install these updates.

On systems that have "autoinstall = yes" in /etc/uptrack/uptrack.conf,
these updates will be installed automatically and you do not need to
take any action.

Alternatively, you can install these updates by running:

# /usr/sbin/uptrack-upgrade -y


DESCRIPTION

* CVE-2018-14634: Privilege escalation in ELF executables.

An integer overflow in the argument setup for a new ELF executable could
result in attacker controlled corruption of the user stack when
executing a SUID binary. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw
to gain superuser privileges.

Orabug: 28710024

SUPPORT

Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww@oracle.com.

New Ksplice updates for UEKR4 4.1.12 on OL6 and OL7 (ELBA-2018-4236)

Synopsis: ELBA-2018-4236 can now be patched using Ksplice

Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Bug Fix Advisory, ELBA-2018-4236.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running UEKR4 4.1.12 on
OL6 and OL7 install these updates.

On systems that have "autoinstall = yes" in /etc/uptrack/uptrack.conf,
these updates will be installed automatically and you do not need to
take any action.

Alternatively, you can install these updates by running:

# /usr/sbin/uptrack-upgrade -y


DESCRIPTION

* RDS RDMA cancellation failure with IPv6 addresses.

A logic error when processing a cancellation request for an RDS socket
could incorrectly handle the address family resulting in failing to
cancel the request. This could be triggered by the userspace and cause
application logic errors.

Orabug: 28720071

SUPPORT

Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww@oracle.com.