Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2016-3553

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-3553.html

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

i386:
kernel-uek-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.i686.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.i686.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-devel-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.i686.rpm
kernel-uek-devel-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.i686.rpm
kernel-uek-doc-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.noarch.rpm
kernel-uek-firmware-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.noarch.rpm
ofa-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek-1.5.1-4.0.58.i686.rpm
ofa-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uekdebug-1.5.1-4.0.58.i686.rpm
mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek-1.5.7-2.i686.rpm
mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uekdebug-1.5.7-2.i686.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-uek-firmware-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.noarch.rpm
kernel-uek-doc-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.noarch.rpm
kernel-uek-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-devel-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-devel-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.x86_64.rpm
ofa-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek-1.5.1-4.0.58.x86_64.rpm
ofa-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uekdebug-1.5.1-4.0.58.x86_64.rpm
mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek-1.5.7-2.x86_64.rpm
mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uekdebug-1.5.7-2.x86_64.rpm



SRPMS:
https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol5/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.src.rpm
https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol5/SRPMS-updates/ofa-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek-1.5.1-4.0.58.src.rpm
https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol5/SRPMS-updates/mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek-1.5.7-2.src.rpm



Description of changes:

kernel-uek
[2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek]
- sctp: Prevent soft lockup when sctp_accept() is called during a 
timeout event (Karl Heiss)  [Orabug: 23222781]  {CVE-2015-8767}

Oracle5: ELSA-2016-3553: kernel Moderate Security Update

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

Summary

kernel-uek [2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek] - sctp: Prevent soft lockup when sctp_accept() is called during a timeout event (Karl Heiss) [Orabug: 23222781] {CVE-2015-8767}

SRPMs

https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol5/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.src.rpm https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol5/SRPMS-updates/ofa-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek-1.5.1-4.0.58.src.rpm https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol5/SRPMS-updates/mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek-1.5.7-2.src.rpm

x86_64

kernel-uek-firmware-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-doc-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-devel-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.x86_64.rpm ofa-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek-1.5.1-4.0.58.x86_64.rpm ofa-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uekdebug-1.5.1-4.0.58.x86_64.rpm mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek-1.5.7-2.x86_64.rpm mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uekdebug-1.5.7-2.x86_64.rpm

aarch64

i386

kernel-uek-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.i686.rpm kernel-uek-debug-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.i686.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.i686.rpm kernel-uek-devel-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.i686.rpm kernel-uek-doc-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-firmware-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek.noarch.rpm ofa-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek-1.5.1-4.0.58.i686.rpm ofa-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uekdebug-1.5.1-4.0.58.i686.rpm mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uek-1.5.7-2.i686.rpm mlnx_en-2.6.32-400.37.16.el5uekdebug-1.5.7-2.i686.rpm

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