Updated Unbreakable Enterprise kernel packages has been released for Oracle Linux 5 to address security issues on some Intel CPUs

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2019-4839

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-4839.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 5 Extended Lifecycle Support
(ELS) have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

i386:
kernel-uek-2.6.39-400.315.1.1.el5uek.i686.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-2.6.39-400.315.1.1.el5uek.i686.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-devel-2.6.39-400.315.1.1.el5uek.i686.rpm
kernel-uek-devel-2.6.39-400.315.1.1.el5uek.i686.rpm
kernel-uek-doc-2.6.39-400.315.1.1.el5uek.noarch.rpm
kernel-uek-firmware-2.6.39-400.315.1.1.el5uek.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-uek-firmware-2.6.39-400.315.1.1.el5uek.noarch.rpm
kernel-uek-doc-2.6.39-400.315.1.1.el5uek.noarch.rpm
kernel-uek-2.6.39-400.315.1.1.el5uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-devel-2.6.39-400.315.1.1.el5uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-devel-2.6.39-400.315.1.1.el5uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-2.6.39-400.315.1.1.el5uek.x86_64.rpm



Description of changes:

[2.6.39-400.315.1.1.el5uek]
- x86/tsx: Add config options to set tsx=on|off|auto (Michal Hocko)
[Orabug: 30419231] {CVE-2019-11135}
- x86/speculation/taa: Add documentation for TSX Async Abort (Pawan
Gupta) [Orabug: 30419231] {CVE-2019-11135}
- x86/tsx: Add "auto" option to TSX cmdline parameter (Pawan Gupta)
[Orabug: 30419231] {CVE-2019-11135}
- x86/speculation/taa: Add sysfs reporting for TSX Async Abort (Pawan
Gupta) [Orabug: 30419231] {CVE-2019-11135}
- x86/speculation/taa: Add mitigation for TSX Async Abort (Pawan Gupta)
[Orabug: 30419231] {CVE-2019-11135}
- x86/tsx: Add TSX cmdline option with TSX disabled by default (Pawan
Gupta) [Orabug: 30419231] {CVE-2019-11135}
- x86: Add helper function x86_read_arch_cap_msr() (Pawan Gupta)
[Orabug: 30419231] {CVE-2019-11135}
- x86/tsx: Add enumeration support for IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR (Pawan Gupta)
[Orabug: 30419231] {CVE-2019-11135}