El-errata: New Ksplice updates for UEKR2 2.6.39 on OL5 and OL6 (2.6.39-400.328.1)
Synopsis: 2.6.39-400.328.1 can now be patched using Ksplice CVEs: CVE-2020-10769
Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch against the latest Oracle kernel update, 2.6.39-400.328.1.
INSTALLING THE UPDATES
We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running UEKR2 2.6.39 on OL5 and OL6 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-2020-10769: Out-of-bounds memory access in authenticated encryption key parsing.
A logic error when reading unaligned keys for authenticated encryption can lead
to an integer underflow and result in a out-of-bounds memory access, leading to
a kernel crash. A local user could use this flaw to cause a denial-of-service.
Orabug: 31535531
SUPPORT
Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww@oracle.com.
New Ksplice updates for UEKR2 2.6.39 on Oracle Linux 5 and 6 are available.
