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New Ksplice updates for RHCK 8 has been released.



El-errata: New Ksplice updates for RHCK 8 (ELSA-2020-1372)


Synopsis: ELSA-2020-1372 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2019-19527

Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2020-1372.
More information about this errata can be found at
  https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-1372.html

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running RHCK 8 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-2019-19527: Denial-of-service in USB HID device open.

A race condition when opening a USB HID device could result in a
use-after-free and kernel crash.

SUPPORT

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