El-errata: New Ksplice update for UEKR7 5.15.0 on OL8 and OL9 (CVE-2022-4378)
Synopsis: CVE-2022-4378 can now be patched using Ksplice
Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch against CVE-2022-4378.
INSTALLING THE UPDATES
We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running UEKR7 5.15.0 on OL8 and OL9 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-2022-4378: Privilege escalation in the proc filesystem.
Incorrect bounds checking and an integer overflow in the proc filesystem could lead to out-of-bounds memory writes. An unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial-of-service or elevate privileges.
SUPPORT
Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww@oracle.com.
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New Ksplice update for UEKR7 5.15.0 on Oracle Linux 8 and 9 has been released.
