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New Ksplice updates for UEKR5 4.14.35 on OL7 (ELSA-2022-9728) has been released.



El-errata: New Ksplice updates for UEKR5 4.14.35 on OL7 (ELSA-2022-9728)


Synopsis: ELSA-2022-9728 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2022-21385

Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2022-9728.
More information about this errata can be found at
  https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-9728.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-2022-21385: Denial-of-service when processing RDS messages.

A logic error when processing RDS message data provided from userspace
can cause the kernel to crash in multiple ways. A malicious local user
could exploit this flaw to cause a denial-of-service.

Orabug: 33981856

SUPPORT

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

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