OVMSA-2016-0149

OVMSA-2016-0149 - Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

Type:	SECURITY
Severity:	IMPORTANT
Release Date:	2016-10-22

Description

[4.1.12-61.1.16]
- mm: remove gup_flags FOLL_WRITE games from __get_user_pages() (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 24927306] {CVE-2016-5195}

[4.1.12-61.1.15]
- drivers/nvme: provide a module parameter for setting number of I/O queues (Shan Hai) [Orabug: 24914956]
- blk-mq: improve warning for running a queue on the wrong CPU (Jens Axboe) [Orabug: 24914956]
- blk-mq: fix freeze queue race (Shan Hai) [Orabug: 24914956]

Related CVEs

CVE-2016-5195

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	MD5sum	Superseded By Advisory
Oracle VM 3.4 (x86_64)	kernel-uek-4.1.12-61.1.16.el6uek.src.rpm	0dd04d72c5b2f95b670f7e0642e2ac6e	OVMSA-2021-0016
	kernel-uek-4.1.12-61.1.16.el6uek.x86_64.rpm	5250275c1498eec87d4c5ee2b24371e2	OVMSA-2021-0016
	kernel-uek-firmware-4.1.12-61.1.16.el6uek.noarch.rpm	8b54e1a663a028131a6bc73e1f77669d	OVMSA-2021-0016

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