Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3644)
High Nessus Plugin ID 95042
Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
Description
Description of changes:
kernel-uek [4.1.12-61.1.19.el7uek]
- acpi: Disable ACPI table override if securelevel is set (Linn Crosetto) [Orabug: 25058966] {CVE-2016-3699}
- aacraid: Check size values after double-fetch from user (Dave Carroll) [Orabug: 25060060] {CVE-2016-6480} {CVE-2016-6480}
- audit: fix a double fetch in audit_log_single_execve_arg() (Paul Moore) [Orabug: 25059969] {CVE-2016-6136}
- ecryptfs: don't allow mmap when the lower fs doesn't support it (Jeff Mahoney) [Orabug: 25023269] {CVE-2016-1583} {CVE-2016-1583}
- Revert 'ecryptfs: forbid opening files without mmap handler' (Chuck Anderson) [Orabug: 24971921] {CVE-2016-1583}
- percpu: fix synchronization between synchronous map extension and chunk destruction (Tejun Heo) [Orabug: 25060084] {CVE-2016-4794}
- percpu: fix synchronization between chunk->map_extend_work and chunk destruction (Tejun Heo) [Orabug: 25060084] {CVE-2016-4794}
- ALSA: timer: Fix leak in events via snd_timer_user_tinterrupt (Kangjie Lu) [Orabug: 25059898] {CVE-2016-4578}
- ALSA: timer: Fix leak in events via snd_timer_user_ccallback (Kangjie Lu) [Orabug: 25059898] {CVE-2016-4578}
- ALSA: timer: Fix leak in SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_PARAMS (Kangjie Lu) [Orabug: 25059752] {CVE-2016-4569}
- Bluetooth: Fix potential NULL dereference in RFCOMM bind callback (Jaganath Kanakkassery) [Orabug: 25058894] {CVE-2015-8956}
- ASN.1: Fix non-match detection failure on data overrun (David Howells) [Orabug: 25059037] {CVE-2016-2053}
- mm: migrate dirty page without clear_page_dirty_for_io etc (Hugh Dickins) [Orabug: 25059188] {CVE-2016-3070}
Solution
Update the affected unbreakable enterprise kernel packages.