ELSA-2016-0715

ELSA-2016-0715 - kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Type:	SECURITY
Severity:	MODERATE
Release Date:	2016-05-03

Description

[2.6.32-573.26.1]
- [kernel] revert 'sched: core: Use hrtimer_start_expires' (Jiri Olsa) [1326043 1324318]
- [kernel] Revert 'Cleanup bandwidth timers' (Jiri Olsa) [1326043 1324318]
- [kernel] revert 'fair: Test list head instead of list entry in throttle_cfs_rq' (Jiri Olsa) [1326043 1324318]
- [kernel] revert 'sched, perf: Fix periodic timers' (Jiri Olsa) [1326043 1324318]
- [kernel] Revert 'fix KABI break' (Jiri Olsa) [1326043 1324318]

[2.6.32-573.25.1]
- [x86] nmi/64: Fix a paravirt stack-clobbering bug in the NMI code (Denys Vlasenko) [1259580 1259581] {CVE-2015-5157}
- [x86] nmi/64: Switch stacks on userspace NMI entry (Denys Vlasenko) [1259580 1259581] {CVE-2015-5157}
- [fs] anon_inodes implement dname (Aristeu Rozanski) [1322707 1296019]
- [fs] xfs: Avoid pathological backwards allocation (Bill O'Donnell) [1320031 1302777]
- [net] sctp: Prevent soft lockup when sctp_accept() is called during a timeout event (Jacob Tanenbaum) [1297421 1297422] {CVE-2015-8767}
- [net] udp: move logic out of udp[46]_ufo_send_check (Sabrina Dubroca) [1319276 1299975]
- [net] af_unix: Guard against other == sk in unix_dgram_sendmsg (Jakub Sitnicki) [1315696 1309241]
- [md] raid10: don't clear bitmap bit when bad-block-list write fails (Jes Sorensen) [1320863 1273546]
- [md] raid1: don't clear bitmap bit when bad-block-list write fails (Jes Sorensen) [1320863 1273546]
- [md] raid10: submit_bio_wait returns 0 on success (Jes Sorensen) [1320863 1273546]
- [md] raid1: submit_bio_wait() returns 0 on success (Jes Sorensen) [1320863 1273546]
- [md] crash in md-raid1 and md-raid10 due to incorrect list manipulation (Jes Sorensen) [1320863 1273546]
- [md] raid10: ensure device failure recorded before write request returns (Jes Sorensen) [1320863 1273546]
- [md] raid1: ensure device failure recorded before write request returns (Jes Sorensen) [1320863 1273546]

[2.6.32-573.24.1]
- [sched] fix KABI break (Seth Jennings) [1314878 1230310]
- [sched] fair: Test list head instead of list entry in throttle_cfs_rq (Seth Jennings) [1314878 1230310]
- [sched] sched,perf: Fix periodic timers (Seth Jennings) [1314878 1230310]
- [sched] sched: debug: Remove the cfs bandwidth timer_active printout (Seth Jennings) [1314878 1230310]
- [sched] Cleanup bandwidth timers (Seth Jennings) [1314878 1230310]
- [sched] sched: core: Use hrtimer_start_expires (Seth Jennings) [1314878 1230310]
- [sched] fair: Fix unlocked reads of some cfs_b->quota/period (Seth Jennings) [1314878 1230310]
- [sched] Fix potential near-infinite distribute_cfs_runtime loop (Seth Jennings) [1314878 1230310]
- [sched] fair: Fix tg_set_cfs_bandwidth deadlock on rq->lock (Seth Jennings) [1314878 1230310]
- [sched] Fix hrtimer_cancel/rq->lock deadlock (Seth Jennings) [1314878 1230310]
- [sched] Fix cfs_bandwidth misuse of hrtimer_expires_remaining (Seth Jennings) [1314878 1230310]
- [sched] Refine the code in unthrottle_cfs_rq (Seth Jennings) [1314878 1230310]
- [sched] Update rq clock earlier in unthrottle_cfs_rq (Seth Jennings) [1314878 1230310]
- [block] Fix q_suspended logic error for io submission (David Milburn) [1314209 1227342]
- [block] nvme: No lock while DMA mapping data (David Milburn) [1314209 1227342]
- [netdrv] ixgbe: finish ixgbe: Update ixgbe to use new vlan accleration (John Greene) [1315706 1249244]

[2.6.32-573.23.1]
- [x86] perf: Add more Broadwell model numbers (Jiri Olsa) [1320035 1242694]
- [perf] perf/x86/intel: Remove incorrect model number from Haswell perf (Jiri Olsa) [1320035 1242694]

Related CVEs

CVE-2015-5157

CVE-2015-8767

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	MD5sum	Superseded By Advisory
Oracle Linux 6 (i386)	kernel-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.src.rpm	115a65c61b1d585a181c4f382e97eadd	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.i686.rpm	f3c4a7ab66ae3d138f136e717f47ca05	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.noarch.rpm	610c4df5e895d9b6440ead9744aaaa07	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-debug-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.i686.rpm	a1998034df4f618df7c7be1abf08bc33	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.i686.rpm	c01af455702ba31e5e7ca83612587ab7	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-devel-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.i686.rpm	8ffe86be4670db157814d39fc6ef36ad	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-doc-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.noarch.rpm	b39fe1d8eeb649f336c89b554936b1ac	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-firmware-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.noarch.rpm	c62bf7f8e8549799243a2f6693683811	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-headers-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.i686.rpm	e2766e4c308ed9019d4ad0c415425f35	ELSA-2021-9212
	perf-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.i686.rpm	a982c35f55e8f8b47058e6e09cb51c92	ELSA-2021-9212
	python-perf-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.i686.rpm	8faa74fd8e11cf0a1b425c22fb9813f4	ELSA-2021-9212
Oracle Linux 6 (x86_64)	kernel-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.src.rpm	115a65c61b1d585a181c4f382e97eadd	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	3e0f0f4b04620f0d48c4a196e08069d0	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.noarch.rpm	610c4df5e895d9b6440ead9744aaaa07	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-debug-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	bb0e527e391c7ff6ca8c524c1996ebc1	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.i686.rpm	c01af455702ba31e5e7ca83612587ab7	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	cdda7e6889cf4d931df1bf639cc75b3a	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-devel-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	3b4ddcd96fb7933d6d8873ef5ace0657	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-doc-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.noarch.rpm	b39fe1d8eeb649f336c89b554936b1ac	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-firmware-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.noarch.rpm	c62bf7f8e8549799243a2f6693683811	ELSA-2021-9212
	kernel-headers-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	78bcfc6407a1659c9c830dcd0f5ac314	ELSA-2021-9212
	perf-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	ea8ffdfc6ea8205741efdf1aa8b90726	ELSA-2021-9212
	python-perf-2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.x86_64.rpm	5aa0023e55aa25e480acb36ac792ca1d	ELSA-2021-9212

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