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Oracle has released a kernel update for Oracle Linux 6



Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2019-4777

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-4777.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 6 have been uploaded to the
Unbreakable Linux Network:

i386:
kernel-uek-2.6.39-400.314.1.el6uek.i686.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-2.6.39-400.314.1.el6uek.i686.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-devel-2.6.39-400.314.1.el6uek.i686.rpm
kernel-uek-devel-2.6.39-400.314.1.el6uek.i686.rpm
kernel-uek-doc-2.6.39-400.314.1.el6uek.noarch.rpm
kernel-uek-firmware-2.6.39-400.314.1.el6uek.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-uek-firmware-2.6.39-400.314.1.el6uek.noarch.rpm
kernel-uek-doc-2.6.39-400.314.1.el6uek.noarch.rpm
kernel-uek-2.6.39-400.314.1.el6uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-devel-2.6.39-400.314.1.el6uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-devel-2.6.39-400.314.1.el6uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-2.6.39-400.314.1.el6uek.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-2.6.39-400.314.1.el6uek.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[2.6.39-400.314.1.el6uek]
- x86/speculation: Exclude ATOMs from speculation through SWAPGS (Thomas
Gleixner) [Orabug: 30165287] {CVE-2019-1125}
- x86/speculation: Enable Spectre v1 swapgs mitigations (Josh Poimboeuf)
[Orabug: 30165287] {CVE-2019-1125}
- x86/speculation: Prepare entry code for Spectre v1 swapgs mitigations
(Josh Poimboeuf) [Orabug: 30165287] {CVE-2019-1125}
  Unbreakable Enterprise kernel Security Update for Oracle Linux 6