OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0168)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - nvme: Drop nvmeq-qlock before dmapoolalloc, so as to prevent hard lockups Aruna Ramakrishna Orabug: 25409587 - nvme: Handle PM1725 HIL reset Martin K. Petersen Orabug: 26277600 - char: lp: fix possibl...

OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0167)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - Revert 'drivers/char/mem.c: deny access in open operation when securelevel is set' Brian Maly Orabug: 27037811 - xfs: use dedicated log worker wq to avoid deadlock with cil wq Brian Foster Orabug:...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

kernel-uek 3.8.13-118.19.12 - nvme: Drop nvmeq-qlock before dmapoolalloc, so as to prevent hard lockups Aruna Ramakrishna Orabug: 25409587 3.8.13-118.19.11 - nvme: Handle PM1725 HIL reset Martin K. Petersen Orabug: 26277600 - char: lp: fix possible integer overflow in lpsetup Willy Tarreau Orabug...

October 17, 2017—KB4041688 (OS Build 14393.1794)

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Security update for the Linux Kernel (important)

The openSUSE Leap 42.3 kernel was updated to 4.4.87 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-1000251: The native Bluetooth stack in the Linux Kernel BlueZ was vulnerable to a stack overflow vulnerability in the processing of L2CAP configuration...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

kernel-uek 4.1.12-94.5.7 - Revert 'net/rds: Revert 'RDS: add reconnect retry scheme for stalled connections'' Ajaykumar Hotchandani Orabug: 26444722 - Revert 'net/rds: use different workqueue for baseconn' Ajaykumar Hotchandani Orabug: 26444722 - Revert 'net/rds: determine active/passive connecti...

OracleVM 3.2 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0121)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - nfsd: check for oversized NFSv2/v3 arguments J. Bruce Fields Orabug: 26366024 CVE-2017-7645 - dm mpath: allow ioctls to trigger pg init Mikulas Patocka Orabug: 25645229 - xen/manage: Always freeze/tha...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

2.6.39-400.297.3 - nfsd: check for oversized NFSv2/v3 arguments J. Bruce Fields Orabug: 26366024 CVE-2017-7645 2.6.39-400.297.2 - dm mpath: allow ioctls to trigger pg init Mikulas Patocka Orabug: 25645229 - xen/manage: Always freeze/thaw processes when suspend/resuming Ross Lagerwall Orabug:...

OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0104)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - ipv6: catch a null skb before using it in a DTRACE Shannon Nelson - sparc64: Do not retain old VMSPARCADI flag when protection changes on page Khalid Aziz Orabug: 26038830 - nfsd: stricter decoding of...

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

2.6.32-696.OL6 - Update genkey bug 25599697 2.6.32-696 - net dccp: fix freeing skb too early for IPV6RECVPKTINFO Hannes Frederic Sowa 1424628 CVE-2017-6074 2.6.32-695 - block nvme: Dont poll device being removed David Milburn 1422521 2.6.32-694 - fs posixacl: Clear SGID bit when setting file...

March 14, 2017—KB4013429 (OS Build 14393.953)

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RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2017:0217)

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

OracleVM 3.2 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0006)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - nvme: Limit command retries Ashok Vairavan Orabug: 25342947 - tcp: fix use after free in tcpxmitretransmitqueue Eric Dumazet Orabug: 25374376 CVE-2016-6828 - ALSA: pcm : Call killfasync in stream lock...

OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0005)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - net: avoid signed overflows for SOSND|RCVBUFFORCE Eric Dumazet Orabug: 25203623 CVE-2016-9793 - nvme: Limit command retries Ashok Vairavan Orabug: 25374794 - tcp: fix use after free in...

OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0004)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - KEYS: Fix short sprintf buffer in /proc/keys show function David Howells Orabug: 25306361 CVE-2016-7042 - nvme: Limit command retries Keith Busch Orabug: 25374751 - fs/proc/taskmmu.c: fix mmaccess mod...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

kernel-uek 3.8.13-118.16.2 - net: avoid signed overflows for SOSND|RCVBUFFORCE Eric Dumazet Orabug: 25203623 CVE-2016-9793 3.8.13-118.16.1 - nvme: Limit command retries Ashok Vairavan Orabug: 25374794 - tcp: fix use after free in tcpxmitretransmitqueue Eric Dumazet Orabug: 25374371 CVE-2016-6828 ...

OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2016-0174)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - ocfs2: fix trans extend while free cached blocks Junxiao Bi - ocfs2: fix trans extend while flush truncate log Junxiao Bi - ocfs2: extend enough credits for freeing one truncate record while replaying...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

kernel-uek 4.1.12-61.1.22 - ocfs2: fix trans extend while free cached blocks Junxiao Bi Orabug: 25136991 - ocfs2: fix trans extend while flush truncate log Junxiao Bi Orabug: 25136991 - ocfs2: extend enough credits for freeing one truncate record while replaying truncate records Xue jiufei Orabug...

openSUSE Security Update : virtualbox (openSUSE-2016-1366)

This update for virtualbox fixes the following issues : - Fixes CVE-2016-5501,CVE-2016-5538,CVE-2016-5605,CVE-2016-5608, CVE-2016-5610,CVE-2016-5611,CVE-2016-5613 bsc1005621 - Add patch to limit number of simultaneous make jobs. - Version bump to 5.1.8 released 2016-10-18 by Oracle This is a...

Oracle Linux 7 : systemd (ELSA-2016-2610)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2016-2610 advisory. 219-30.0.1.3 - set 'RemoveIPC=no' in logind.conf as default for OL7.2 22224874 - allow dm remove ioctl to co-operate with UEK3 Vaughan Cao Orabug: 18467469 - ad...