El-errata: New Ksplice updates for Oracle Enhanced RHCK 7 (ELBA-2021-1397-1)
Synopsis: ELBA-2021-1397-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2021-20261
Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Bug Fix Advisory, ELBA-2021-1397-1.
More information about this errata can be found at
https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELBA-2021-1397-1.html
INSTALLING THE UPDATES
We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running Oracle Enhanced
RHCK 7 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-2021-20261: Denial-of-service in Floppy Disk Drive Controller driver.
A missing error handling in the Floppy Disk Drive Controller driver
could lead to a race condition and memory corruption. A local,
privileged user could use this flaw for a denial-of-service.
SUPPORT
Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww@oracle.com.
New Ksplice updates are available for Oracle Enhanced RHCK 7.
