MGASA-2016-0387 Updated dracut packages fix security vulnerability

A local information disclosure issue was found in dracut when generating initramfs images with world-readable permissions when "early cpio" is used, such as when including microcode updates. Local attacker can use this to obtain sensitive information from these files, such as encryption keys or...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20160712)

Security Fix : - A flaw was found in the way certain interfaces of the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem used write as bi-directional ioctl replacement, which could lead to insufficient memory security checks when being invoked using the the splice system call. A local unprivileged user on a...