Skip to content
OpenAdvisories
High ELSA-2016-3519 1 CVE

Important: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (Oracle Linux 7)

Published Feb 18, 2016 · Updated Feb 18, 2016

Summary

kernel-uek
[3.8.13-118.3.2]
- x86/nmi/64: Use DF to avoid userspace RSP confusing nested NMI detection (Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug: 22742507] {CVE-2015-5157}
- x86/nmi/64: Reorder nested NMI checks (Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug: 22742507] {CVE-2015-5157}
- x86/nmi/64: Improve nested NMI comments (Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug: 22742507] {CVE-2015-5157}
- x86/nmi/64: Switch stacks on userspace NMI entry (Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug: 22742507] {CVE-2015-5157}
- x86/paravirt: Replace the paravirt nop with a bona fide empty function (Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug: 22742507] {CVE-2015-5157}

Fixed packages 8

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 7 dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.3.2.el6uek 0:0.4.5-3.el6
Oracle Linux · 7 dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.3.2.el7uek 0:0.4.5-3.el7
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek 0:3.8.13-118.3.2.el7uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-debug 0:3.8.13-118.3.2.el7uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-debug-devel 0:3.8.13-118.3.2.el7uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-devel 0:3.8.13-118.3.2.el7uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-doc 0:3.8.13-118.3.2.el7uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-firmware 0:3.8.13-118.3.2.el7uek

Vulnerabilities 1