New Ksplice updates for UEKR6 5.4.17 on Oracle Linux 7 and 8 is available.

El-errata: New Ksplice updates for UEKR6 5.4.17 on OL7 and OL8 (ELSA-2022-9442)

Synopsis: ELSA-2022-9442 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2022-1852

Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2022-9442.
More information about this errata can be found at
  https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-9442.html

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running UEKR6 5.4.17 on
OL7 and OL8 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-2022-1852: Denial-of-service in Kernel-based Virtual Machine.

A logic flaw in decoding instructions for emulation of Kernel-based
Virtual Machine could result in staling of emulation context. A local
user could use this flaw for denial-of-service.

Orabug: 34211496

SUPPORT

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


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