We will be scheduling an important kernel security update this weekend.
This would take place as far as possible during the off-peak hours. A reboot is required to complete the upgrade. The downtime should not exceed 30 minutes and it will be minimize as much as possible. We will track each server till it returns to service after the upgrade and reboot.
This upgrade is scheduled as follows:
Date: 13 October 2012 (Saturday) to 15 October 2012 (Monday)
Time: Between 2AM and 8AM EST
Details of security fix update
* A flaw was found in the way socket buffers (skb) requiring TSO (TCP segment offloading) were handled by the sfc driver. If the skb did not fit within the minimum-size of the transmission queue, the network card could repeatedly reset itself. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-3412, Important)
* A use-after-free flaw was found in the xacct_add_tsk() function in the Linux kernel's taskstats subsystem. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause an information leak or a denial of service. (CVE-2012-3510, Moderate)
* A buffer overflow flaw was found in the hfs_bnode_read() function in the HFS Plus (HFS+) file system implementation in the Linux kernel. A local user able to mount a specially-crafted HFS+ file system image could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges.
(CVE-2012-2319, Low)
* A flaw was found in the way the msg_namelen variable in the rds_recvmsg() function of the Linux kernel's Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation was initialized. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to leak kernel stack memory to user-space. (CVE-2012-3430, Low)
Red Hat would like to thank Ben Hutchings of Solarflare (tm) for reporting CVE-2012-3412, and Alexander Peslyak for reporting CVE-2012-3510. The CVE-2012-3430 issue was discovered by the Red Hat InfiniBand team.
Details of bug fixes update
* The cpuid_whitelist() function, masking the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep (EST) flag from all guests, prevented the "cpuspeed" service from working in the privileged Xen domain (dom0). CPU scaling was therefore not possible. With this update, cpuid_whitelist() is aware whether the domain executing CPUID is privileged or not, and enables the EST flag for dom0. (BZ#846125)
* If a delayed-allocation write was performed before quota was enabled, the kernel displayed the following warning message:
WARNING: at fs/quota/dquot.c:988 dquot_claim_space+0x77/0x112()
This was because information about the delayed allocation was not recorded in the quota structure. With this update, writes prior to enabling quota are properly accounted for, and the message is not displayed. (BZ#847326)
* In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9, the DSCP (Differentiated Services Code Point) netfilter module now supports mangling of the DSCP field. (BZ#847327)
* Some subsystems clear the TIF_SIGPENDING flag during error handling in fork() paths. Previously, if the flag was cleared, the ERESTARTNOINTR error code could be returned. The underlying source code has been modified so that the error code is no longer returned. (BZ#847359)
* An unnecessary check for the RXCW.CW bit could cause the Intel e1000e NIC (Network Interface Controller) to not work
Pazartesi, Ekim 8, 2012
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