ELSA-2015-3004

ELSA-2015-3004 - Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security and bugfix update

Type:	SECURITY
Severity:	IMPORTANT
Release Date:	2015-01-29

Description

[2.6.39-400.246.2]
- net: sctp: fix NULL pointer dereference in af->from_addr_param on malformed packet (Daniel Borkmann) [Orabug: 20425333] {CVE-2014-7841}

[2.6.39-400.246.1]
- sched: Fix possible divide by zero in avg_atom() calculation (Mateusz Guzik) [Orabug: 20148169]
- include/linux/math64.h: add div64_ul() (Alex Shi)
- deadlock when two nodes are converting same lock from PR to EX and idletimeout closes conn (Tariq Saeed) [Orabug: 18639535]
- bonding: Bond master should reflect slave's features. (Ashish Samant) [Orabug: 20231825]
- x86, fpu: remove the logic of non-eager fpu mem allocation at the first usage (Annie Li) [Orabug: 20239143]
- x86, fpu: remove cpu_has_xmm check in the fx_finit() (Suresh Siddha) [Orabug: 20239143]
- x86, fpu: make eagerfpu= boot param tri-state (Suresh Siddha) [Orabug: 20239143]
- x86, fpu: enable eagerfpu by default for xsaveopt (Suresh Siddha) [Orabug: 20239143]
- x86, fpu: decouple non-lazy/eager fpu restore from xsave (Suresh Siddha) [Orabug: 20239143]
- x86, fpu: use non-lazy fpu restore for processors supporting xsave (Suresh Siddha) [Orabug: 20239143]
- lguest, x86: handle guest TS bit for lazy/non-lazy fpu host models (Suresh Siddha) [Orabug: 20239143]
- x86, fpu: always use kernel_fpu_begin/end() for in-kernel FPU usage (Suresh Siddha) [Orabug: 20239143]
- x86, kvm: use kernel_fpu_begin/end() in kvm_load/put_guest_fpu() (Suresh Siddha) [Orabug: 20239143]
- x86, fpu: remove unnecessary user_fpu_end() in save_xstate_sig() (Suresh Siddha) [Orabug: 20239143]
- raid5: add AVX optimized RAID5 checksumming (Jim Kukunas) [Orabug: 20239143]
- x86, fpu: drop the fpu state during thread exit (Suresh Siddha) [Orabug: 20239143]
- x32: Add a thread flag for x32 processes (H. Peter Anvin) [Orabug: 20239143]
- x86, fpu: Unify signal handling code paths for x86 and x86_64 kernels (Suresh Siddha) [Orabug: 20239143]
- x86, fpu: Consolidate inline asm routines for saving/restoring fpu state (Suresh Siddha) [Orabug: 20239143]
- x86, signal: Cleanup ifdefs and is_ia32, is_x32 (Suresh Siddha) [Orabug: 20239143]
into exported and internal interfaces (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 20239143]
- i387: Uninline the generic FP helpers that we expose to kernel modules (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 20239143]
- i387: use 'restore_fpu_checking()' directly in task switching code (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 20239143]
- i387: fix up some fpu_counter confusion (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 20239143]

Related CVEs

CVE-2014-7841

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	MD5sum	Superseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 5 (i386)	kernel-uek-2.6.39-400.246.2.el5uek.src.rpm	bd27b61585bf4ad50b9e32f7a9c996fb	ELSA-2020-5936
	kernel-uek-2.6.39-400.246.2.el5uek.i686.rpm	6e1e78d8f25fe9cacf5fb064b98d672f	ELSA-2020-5936
	kernel-uek-debug-2.6.39-400.246.2.el5uek.i686.rpm	97756202de165d0a82528b2436d07210	ELSA-2020-5936
	kernel-uek-debug-devel-2.6.39-400.246.2.el5uek.i686.rpm	2d7b2bfc5fae42cb99fac9379c638325	ELSA-2020-5936
	kernel-uek-devel-2.6.39-400.246.2.el5uek.i686.rpm	f9745c6761f4f3c29f2d5cf963d8faf8	ELSA-2020-5936
	kernel-uek-doc-2.6.39-400.246.2.el5uek.noarch.rpm	f58eb753c3f17ecb4ecb9b4a7db622fe	ELSA-2020-5936
	kernel-uek-firmware-2.6.39-400.246.2.el5uek.noarch.rpm	e5cc8276346e6904819ccfd9e520c82b	ELSA-2020-5936
Oracle Linux 5 (x86_64)	kernel-uek-2.6.39-400.246.2.el5uek.src.rpm	bd27b61585bf4ad50b9e32f7a9c996fb	ELSA-2020-5936
	kernel-uek-2.6.39-400.246.2.el5uek.x86_64.rpm	8c7e29425117440bb889dcd7899389d8	ELSA-2020-5936
	kernel-uek-debug-2.6.39-400.246.2.el5uek.x86_64.rpm	eccd69d4e7e9bd3a414dfa0de3e0a6fb	ELSA-2020-5936
	kernel-uek-debug-devel-2.6.39-400.246.2.el5uek.x86_64.rpm	0ce3a4c92c8c856e2566464c118ae9e7	ELSA-2020-5936
	kernel-uek-devel-2.6.39-400.246.2.el5uek.x86_64.rpm	fb4e8d7a53aacf9262030beca40630db	ELSA-2020-5936
	kernel-uek-doc-2.6.39-400.246.2.el5uek.noarch.rpm	f58eb753c3f17ecb4ecb9b4a7db622fe	ELSA-2020-5936
	kernel-uek-firmware-2.6.39-400.246.2.el5uek.noarch.rpm	e5cc8276346e6904819ccfd9e520c82b	ELSA-2020-5936
Oracle Linux 6 (i386)	kernel-uek-2.6.39-400.246.2.el6uek.src.rpm	a5766dff8ef17d0e3cc82711e6530c7c	ELSA-2021-9215
	kernel-uek-2.6.39-400.246.2.el6uek.i686.rpm	4e6660aae8f0e28805038674efbad47c	ELSA-2021-9215
	kernel-uek-debug-2.6.39-400.246.2.el6uek.i686.rpm	2ac0ef44fb4bd837bf0700ecbf0babfa	ELSA-2021-9215
	kernel-uek-debug-devel-2.6.39-400.246.2.el6uek.i686.rpm	226fcfb83188b41be8e38715a8c52df4	ELSA-2021-9215
	kernel-uek-devel-2.6.39-400.246.2.el6uek.i686.rpm	77215e63547c2280434534c4cffcf80c	ELSA-2021-9215
	kernel-uek-doc-2.6.39-400.246.2.el6uek.noarch.rpm	d5f812eb25dbe9fb09268b82c9100738	ELSA-2021-9215
	kernel-uek-firmware-2.6.39-400.246.2.el6uek.noarch.rpm	481973a6cff345ade1e90b776d39bc79	ELSA-2021-9215
Oracle Linux 6 (x86_64)	kernel-uek-2.6.39-400.246.2.el6uek.src.rpm	a5766dff8ef17d0e3cc82711e6530c7c	ELSA-2021-9215
	kernel-uek-2.6.39-400.246.2.el6uek.x86_64.rpm	38b64c213575d94de1f37807ff64b1c3	ELSA-2021-9215
	kernel-uek-debug-2.6.39-400.246.2.el6uek.x86_64.rpm	522c851e56dc560ee0609a3fe5c8854b	ELSA-2021-9215
	kernel-uek-debug-devel-2.6.39-400.246.2.el6uek.x86_64.rpm	17816888f52c372b101f57ba6fb41a4c	ELSA-2021-9215
	kernel-uek-devel-2.6.39-400.246.2.el6uek.x86_64.rpm	cd2a142c1e3a7e3eb98fba802e60d28f	ELSA-2021-9215
	kernel-uek-doc-2.6.39-400.246.2.el6uek.noarch.rpm	d5f812eb25dbe9fb09268b82c9100738	ELSA-2021-9215
	kernel-uek-firmware-2.6.39-400.246.2.el6uek.noarch.rpm	481973a6cff345ade1e90b776d39bc79	ELSA-2021-9215

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