ELSA-2015-1623

ELSA-2015-1623 - kernel security and bug fix update

Type:	SECURITY
Severity:	IMPORTANT
Release Date:	2015-08-13

Description

[2.6.32-573.3.1]
- [md] Revert 'dm: don't schedule delayed run of the queue if nothing to do' (Mike Snitzer) [1246095 1240767]
- [md] Revert 'dm: only run the queue on completion if congested or no requests pending' (Mike Snitzer) [1246095 1240767]

[2.6.32-573.2.1]
- [net] udp: fix behavior of wrong checksums (Denys Vlasenko) [1240758 1240759] {CVE-2015-5364 CVE-2015-5366}
- [fs] vfs: Unhash and evict unused children dentries after rmdir (Lukas Czerner) [1243400 1241030]
- [fs] vfs: Prevent syncing frozen file system (Lukas Czerner) [1243404 1241791]
- [fs] vfs: Prevent freeing unlinked file to be indefinitely delayed (Lukas Czerner) [1243406 1236736]
- [fs] vmcore: continue vmcore initialization if PT_NOTE is found empty (Baoquan He) [1245195 1236437]
- [fs] vmcore: prevent PT_NOTE p_memsz overflow during header update (Baoquan He) [1245195 1236437]
- [kernel] audit/fix non-modular users of module_init in core code (Baoquan He) [1245195 1236437]

Related CVEs

CVE-2015-5364

CVE-2015-5366

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	MD5sum	Superseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 6 (i386)	kernel-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.src.rpm	d8e9ace97ff5a00dc3777a3bc3d7c878	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.i686.rpm	5881a9743cb4b4446f8d7e1a9e6a1e05	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.noarch.rpm	cfb8ce9f013cb627a717bcf6cbacfd84	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-debug-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.i686.rpm	e513dc988b8391bf9db970fede6fb7d3	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.i686.rpm	363371b8672a2fb322db8a459d155eff	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-devel-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.i686.rpm	f6bec54b9eaad20a0cd67bec4822b1f8	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-doc-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.noarch.rpm	7e55f12b48a7185a25bd282d0815ea68	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-firmware-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.noarch.rpm	cde1c77fe69af8721edf3fb37deec8ca	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-headers-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.i686.rpm	4181e6d8730a3c4bdfe21d1d95074713	ELSA-2021-9212
	perf-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.i686.rpm	a1c5d956181b9d102b2ceb9553e8592d	ELSA-2021-9212
	python-perf-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.i686.rpm	c5a1b2e5b422b73104a1bdf094a15413	ELSA-2021-9212
Oracle Linux 6 (x86_64)	kernel-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.src.rpm	d8e9ace97ff5a00dc3777a3bc3d7c878	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	a6e858b4e0f4a9f9a93eb1523c8f77c7	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.noarch.rpm	cfb8ce9f013cb627a717bcf6cbacfd84	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-debug-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	ce1d97c19adf21e8070700dbad0e6253	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.i686.rpm	363371b8672a2fb322db8a459d155eff	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	889cc2a4e7a373ebc9a65c983fd3d07e	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-devel-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	ad701dd88b392042a5260082c775ab60	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-doc-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.noarch.rpm	7e55f12b48a7185a25bd282d0815ea68	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-firmware-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.noarch.rpm	cde1c77fe69af8721edf3fb37deec8ca	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-headers-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	6afc8069ecf62c34975c1ab2dac5f016	ELSA-2021-9212
	perf-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	0508e950ed598caa9877a6bb4b788f8e	ELSA-2021-9212
	python-perf-2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	2a8e8dae4f9c186f1dc40c7fea0afb62	ELSA-2021-9212

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