New Ksplice updates for UEKR5 4.14.35 on Oracle Linux 7 are available.
Synopsis: ELSA-2020-5540 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2020-2732
Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2020-5540.
More information about this errata can be found at
https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-5540.html
INSTALLING THE UPDATES
We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running UEKR5 4.14.35
on OL7 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-2020-2732: Privilege escalation in Intel KVM nested emulation.
Incorrect handling of emulated instructions and IO bitmaps could allow
an unprivileged user in a nested KVM guest instance to crash the system
or potentially, escalate privileges.
Orabug: 30847136
SUPPORT
Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww@oracle.com.
