Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2013-1166-1

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1166.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 5 have been uploaded to the 
Unbreakable Linux Network:

i386:
kernel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-PAE-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.i386.rpm
kernel-xen-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xen-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm

ia64:
kernel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm
kernel-xen-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm


SRPMS:
https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol5/SRPMS-updates/kernel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.src.rpm

The following packages were rebuilt to be in sync with the updated 
kernel version (no changes other than updating the version number):

i386:
oracleasm-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5PAE-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5xen-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5debug-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5-1.4.10-1.el5.i686.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5PAE-1.4.10-1.el5.i686.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5xen-1.4.10-1.el5.i686.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5debug-1.4.10-1.el5.i686.rpm

x86_64:
oracleasm-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5xen-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5debug-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5-1.4.10-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5xen-1.4.10-1.el5.x86_64.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5debug-1.4.10-1.el5.x86_64.rpm

ia64:
oracleasm-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.ia64.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5xen-2.0.5-1.el5.ia64.rpm
oracleasm-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5debug-2.0.5-1.el5.ia64.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5-1.4.10-1.el5.ia64.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5xen-1.4.10-1.el5.ia64.rpm
ocfs2-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5debug-1.4.10-1.el5.ia64.rpm


SRPMS:
https://oss.oracle.com:443/el5/SRPMS-updates/oracleasm-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.src.rpm
https://oss.oracle.com:443/el5/SRPMS-updates/ocfs2-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5-1.4.10-1.el5.src.rpm


Description of changes:

kernel
[2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5]
- [oprofile] x86, mm: Add __get_user_pages_fast() [orabug 14277030]
- [oprofile] export __get_user_pages_fast() function [orabug 14277030]
- [oprofile] oprofile, x86: Fix nmi-unsafe callgraph support [orabug 
14277030]
- [oprofile] oprofile: use KM_NMI slot for kmap_atomic [orabug 14277030]
- [oprofile] oprofile: i386 add get_user_pages_fast support [orabug 
14277030]
- [kernel] Initialize the local uninitialized variable stats. [orabug 
14051367]
- [fs] JBD:make jbd support 512B blocks correctly for ocfs2. [orabug 
13477763]
- [x86 ] fix fpu context corrupt when preempt in signal context [orabug 
14038272]
- [mm] fix hugetlb page leak (Dave McCracken) [orabug 12375075]
- fix ia64 build error due to add-support-above-32-vcpus.patch(Zhenzhong 
Duan)
- [x86] use dynamic vcpu_info remap to support more than 32 vcpus 
(Zhenzhong Duan)
- [x86] Fix lvt0 reset when hvm boot up with noapic param
- [scsi] remove printk's when doing I/O to a dead device (John Sobecki, 
Chris Mason)
   [orabug 12342275]
- [char] ipmi: Fix IPMI errors due to timing problems (Joe Jin) [orabug 
12561346]
- [scsi] Fix race when removing SCSI devices (Joe Jin) [orabug 12404566]
- [net] net: Redo the broken redhat netconsole over bonding (Tina Yang) 
[orabug 12740042]
- [fs] nfs: Fix __put_nfs_open_context() NULL pointer panic (Joe Jin) 
[orabug 12687646]
- fix filp_close() race (Joe Jin) [orabug 10335998]
- make xenkbd.abs_pointer=1 by default [orabug 67188919]
- [xen] check to see if hypervisor supports memory reservation change
   (Chuck Anderson) [orabug 7556514]
- [net] Enable entropy for bnx2,bnx2x,e1000e,igb,ixgb,ixgbe,ixgbevf 
(John Sobecki)
   [orabug 10315433]
- [NET] Add xen pv netconsole support (Tina Yang) [orabug 6993043] [bz 7258]
- [mm] Patch shrink_zone to yield during severe mempressure events, avoiding
   hangs and evictions (John Sobecki,Chris Mason) [orabug 6086839]
- [mm] Enhance shrink_zone patch allow full swap utilization, and also be
   NUMA-aware (John Sobecki,Chris Mason,Herbert van den Bergh) [orabug 
9245919]
- fix aacraid not to reset during kexec (Joe Jin) [orabug 8516042]
- [xen] PVHVM guest with PoD crashes under memory pressure (Chuck Anderson)
   [orabug 9107465]
- [xen] PV guest with FC HBA hangs during shutdown (Chuck Anderson)
   [orabug 9764220]
- Support 256GB+ memory for pv guest (Mukesh Rathor) [orabug 9450615]
- fix overcommit memory to use percpu_counter for el5 (KOSAKI Motohiro,
   Guru Anbalagane) [orabug 6124033]
- [ipmi] make configurable timeouts for kcs of ipmi [orabug 9752208]
- [ib] fix memory corruption (Andy Grover) [orabug 9972346]
- [usb] USB: fix __must_check warnings in drivers/usb/core/ (Junxiao Bi) 
[orabug 14795203]
- [usb] usbcore: fix endpoint device creation (Junxiao Bi) [orabug 14795203]
- [usb] usbcore: fix refcount bug in endpoint removal (Junxiao Bi) 
[orabug 14795203]

Oracle5: ELSA-2013-1166-1: kernel Important Security Update

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 5 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

kernel [2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5] - [oprofile] x86, mm: Add __get_user_pages_fast() [orabug 14277030] - [oprofile] export __get_user_pages_fast() function [orabug 14277030] - [oprofile] oprofile, x86: Fix nmi-unsafe callgraph support [orabug 14277030] - [oprofile] oprofile: use KM_NMI slot for kmap_atomic [orabug 14277030] - [oprofile] oprofile: i386 add get_user_pages_fast support [orabug 14277030] - [kernel] Initialize the local uninitialized variable stats. [orabug 14051367] - [fs] JBD:make jbd support 512B blocks correctly for ocfs2. [orabug 13477763] - [x86 ] fix fpu context corrupt when preempt in signal context [orabug 14038272] - [mm] fix hugetlb page leak (Dave McCracken) [orabug 12375075] - fix ia64 build error due to add-support-above-32-vcpus.patch(Zhenzhong Duan) - [x86] use dynamic vcpu_info remap to support more than 32 vcpus (Zhenzhong Duan) - [x86] Fix lvt0 reset when hvm boot up with noapic param - [scsi] remove printk's when doing I/O to a dead device (John...

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SRPMs

https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol5/SRPMS-updates/kernel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.src.rpm The following packages were rebuilt to be in sync with the updated kernel version (no changes other than updating the version number): SRPMS: https://oss.oracle.com:443/el5/SRPMS-updates/oracleasm-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.src.rpm https://oss.oracle.com:443/el5/SRPMS-updates/ocfs2-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5-1.4.10-1.el5.src.rpm

x86_64

kernel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.noarch.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm ia64: kernel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.noarch.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.ia64.rpm x86_64: oracleasm-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm oracleasm-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5xen-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm oracleasm-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5debug-2.0.5-1.el5.x86_64.rpm ocfs2-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5-1.4.10-1.el5....

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aarch64

i386

kernel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.noarch.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.i386.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5.i686.rpm i386: oracleasm-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm oracleasm-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5PAE-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm oracleasm-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5xen-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm oracleasm-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5debug-2.0.5-1.el5.i686.rpm ocfs2-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5-1.4.10-1.el5.i686.rpm ocfs2-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5PAE-1.4.10-1.el5.i686.rpm ocfs2-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5xen-1.4.10-1.el5.i686.rpm ocfs2-2.6.18-348.16.1.0.1.el5debug-1.4.10-1.el5.i686.rpm

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