A kernel security update has been released for Oracle Linux 6.

El-errata: ELSA-2022-9781 Important: Oracle Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support (ELS) kernel security update

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2022-9781

  http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-9781.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support (ELS) have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

kernel-2.6.32-754.35.1.0.6.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.35.1.0.6.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.35.1.0.6.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.35.1.0.6.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-754.35.1.0.6.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-754.35.1.0.6.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.35.1.0.6.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-754.35.1.0.6.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.35.1.0.6.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-754.35.1.0.6.el6.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-754.35.1.0.6.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.35.1.0.6.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.35.1.0.6.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.35.1.0.6.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.35.1.0.6.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-754.35.1.0.6.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-754.35.1.0.6.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.35.1.0.6.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-754.35.1.0.6.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.35.1.0.6.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-754.35.1.0.6.el6.noarch.rpm


Related CVEs:

CVE-2020-0466
CVE-2021-0920
CVE-2021-4155
CVE-2022-0492



Description of changes:

[2.6.32-754.35.1.0.6.el6.OL6]
[[:digit]o_epoll_ctl(): clean the failure exits up a bit (Marc Zyngier) {CVE-2020-0466} [Orabug: 34086960]
- epoll: Keep a reference on files added to the check list (Al Viro) {CVE-2020-0466} [Orabug: 34086960]
- fix regression in "epoll: Keep a reference on files added to the check list (Al Viro) {CVE-2021-1048} [Orabug: 34086960]
- net: split out functions related to registering inflight socket files (Jens Axboe) [Orabug: 34086960]
- af_unix: fix garbage collect vs MSG_PEEK (Miklos Szeredi) {CVE-2021-0920} [Orabug: 34086960]
- xfs: map unwritten blocks in XFS_IOC_{ALLOC,FREE}SP just like fallocate (Darrick J. Wong) {CVE-2021-4155} [Orabug: 34086960]
- cgroup-v1: Require capabilities to set release_agent (Waiman Long) {CVE-2022-0492} [Orabug: 34086960]

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