ELSA-2015-2636

ELSA-2015-2636 - kernel security and bug fix update

Type:	SECURITY
Severity:	IMPORTANT
Release Date:	2015-12-15

Description

[2.6.32-573.12.1]
- Revert: [netdrv] igb: add support for 1512 PHY (Stefan Assmann) [1278275 1238551]

[2.6.32-573.11.1]
- [kvm] svm: unconditionally intercept DB (Paolo Bonzini) [1279467 1279468] {CVE-2015-8104}
- [x86] virt: guest to host DoS by triggering an infinite loop in microcode (Paolo Bonzini) [1277557 1277559] {CVE-2015-5307}

[2.6.32-573.10.1]
- [sound] Fix USB audio issues (wrong URB_ISO_ASAP semantics) (Jaroslav Kysela) [1273916 1255071]
- [security] keys: Don't permit request_key() to construct a new keyring (David Howells) [1275927 1273463] {CVE-2015-7872}
- [security] keys: Fix crash when attempt to garbage collect an uninstantiated keyring (David Howells) [1275927 1273463] {CVE-2015-7872}
- [security] keys: Fix race between key destruction and finding a keyring by name (David Howells) [1275927 1273463] {CVE-2015-7872}
- [ipc] Initialize msg/shm IPC objects before doing ipc_addid() (Stanislav Kozina) [1271504 1271505] {CVE-2015-7613}
- [fs] vfs: Test for and handle paths that are unreachable from their mnt_root (Eric W. Biederman) [1209368 1209369] {CVE-2015-2925}
- [fs] dcache: Handle escaped paths in prepend_path (Eric W. Biederman) [1209368 1209369] {CVE-2015-2925}
- [netdrv] igb: add support for 1512 PHY (Stefan Assmann) [1278275 1238551]
- [hid] fix unused rsize usage (Don Zickus) [1268203 1256568]
- [hid] fix data access in implement() (Don Zickus) [1268203 1256568]
- [fs] NFS: Hold i_lock in nfs_wb_page_cancel() while locking a request (Benjamin Coddington) [1273721 1135601]

[2.6.32-573.9.1]
- [mm] hugetlb: fix race in region tracking (Herton R. Krzesinski) [1274599 1260755]
- [mm] hugetlb: improve, cleanup resv_map parameters (Herton R. Krzesinski) [1274599 1260755]
- [mm] hugetlb: unify region structure handling (Herton R. Krzesinski) [1274599 1260755]
- [mm] hugetlb: change variable name reservations to resv (Herton R. Krzesinski) [1274599 1260755]
- [fs] dcache: Log ELOOP rather than creating a loop (Benjamin Coddington) [1272858 1254020]
- [fs] dcache: Fix loop checks in d_materialise_unique (Benjamin Coddington) [1272858 1254020]

Related CVEs

CVE-2015-2925

CVE-2015-7613

CVE-2015-5307

CVE-2015-8104

CVE-2015-7872

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	MD5sum	Superseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 6 (i386)	kernel-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.src.rpm	9c6975eecb9c3e4768683068d5493d4f	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.i686.rpm	f4a32de1bdada56c11d6922c2f0bcaee	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.noarch.rpm	5c9e0d45cdf141a38d8a23e1dc28215e	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-debug-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.i686.rpm	caaf76b62f784ee69efb040bf683fadc	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.i686.rpm	4bef55d297b9e5aba4d896f4509b1a1b	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-devel-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.i686.rpm	0e3a0c5dd062197c640ac8ead7734d75	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-doc-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.noarch.rpm	2fad5600def2928de15cf6d8ed119627	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-firmware-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.noarch.rpm	3f53c398c6f8a58b3db27d9b0bd56cc5	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-headers-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.i686.rpm	24892f069e32ca65fae1383191c3872d	ELSA-2021-9212
	perf-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.i686.rpm	c6b577f25a09b696f9a7172e6b6fd669	ELSA-2021-9212
	python-perf-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.i686.rpm	408301ba4add94741e068cbba3691ec0	ELSA-2021-9212
Oracle Linux 6 (x86_64)	kernel-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.src.rpm	9c6975eecb9c3e4768683068d5493d4f	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	f2541d0383eafe1ab4a825c96a2ad798	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.noarch.rpm	5c9e0d45cdf141a38d8a23e1dc28215e	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-debug-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	67c084f9255d9275b11e275d8cbfca37	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.i686.rpm	4bef55d297b9e5aba4d896f4509b1a1b	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	aa0ed182a705e4399dba794343a6fa8c	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-devel-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	9e5162536c9ae142f827353e7238ad2b	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-doc-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.noarch.rpm	2fad5600def2928de15cf6d8ed119627	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-firmware-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.noarch.rpm	3f53c398c6f8a58b3db27d9b0bd56cc5	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-headers-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	e80404344d165df26e450e5c00a9ddc6	ELSA-2021-9212
	perf-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	1bbbd0e64cd2628a9553e80a434f80d7	ELSA-2021-9212
	python-perf-2.6.32-573.12.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	0bcfadf4c853ea017c9b020d743d2609	ELSA-2021-9212

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