Description: | Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel, ocfs2-2.6.18-238.12.1.0.1.el5, oracleasm-2.6.18-238.12.1.0.1.el5' package(s) announced via the ELSA-2011-0833 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight: [2.6.18-238.12.1.0.1.el5] - [scsi] fix scsi hotplug and rescan race [orabug 10260172] - fix filp_close() race (Joe Jin) [orabug 10335998] - fix missing aio_complete() in end_io (Joel Becker) [orabug 10365195] - 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] shrink_zone patch (John Sobecki,Chris Mason) [orabug 6086839] - fix aacraid not to reset during kexec (Joe Jin) [orabug 8516042] - [rds] Patch rds to 1.4.2-20 (Andy Grover) [orabug 9471572, 9344105] RDS: Fix BUG_ONs to not fire when in a tasklet ipoib: Fix lockup of the tx queue RDS: Do not call set_page_dirty() with irqs off (Sherman Pun) RDS: Properly unmap when getting a remote access error (Tina Yang) RDS: Fix locking in rds_send_drop_to() - [qla] fix qla not to query hccr (Guru Anbalagane) [Orabug 8746702] - [nfs] too many getattr and access calls after direct I/O [orabug 9348191] - [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] - [aio] patch removes limit on number of retries (Srinivas Eeda) [orabug 10044782] - [loop] Do not call loop_unplug for not configured loop device (orabug 10314497)
[2.6.18-238.12.1.el5] - [x86_64] Ignore spurious IPIs left over from crash kernel (Myron Stowe) [699610 692921] - [i386] Ignore spurious IPIs left over from crash kernel (Myron Stowe) [699610 692921] - [xen] fix MAX_EVTCHNS definition (Laszlo Ersek) [701242 701240] - [net] ixgbe: fix for link failure on SFP+ DA cables (Don Howard) [696181 653236] - [net] netxen: limit skb frags for non tso packet (Phillip Lougher) [699609 672368] - [block] cciss: fix lost command problem (Phillip Lougher) [696503 696153] - [fs] gfs2: fix filesystem hang caused by incorrect lock order (Robert S Peterson) [688855 656032] - [fs] gfs2: restructure reclaim of unlinked dinodes (Phillip Lougher) [688855 656032] - [fs] gfs2: unlock on gfs2_trans_begin error (Robert S Peterson) [688855 656032] - [scsi] mpt2sas: prevent heap overflows and unchecked access (Tomas Henzl) [694526 694527] {CVE-2011-1495 CVE-2011-1494} - [net] bridge/netfilter: fix ebtables information leak (Don Howard) [681325 681326] {CVE-2011-1080} - [net] bluetooth: fix sco information leak to userspace (Don Howard) [681310 681311] {CVE-2011-1078} - [fs] fix ... [Please see the references for more information on the vulnerabilities]
Affected Software/OS: 'kernel, ocfs2-2.6.18-238.12.1.0.1.el5, oracleasm-2.6.18-238.12.1.0.1.el5' package(s) on Oracle Linux 5.
Solution: Please install the updated package(s).
CVSS Score: 7.8
CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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