Synopsis: Important: kernel security and bug fix update Advisory ID: SLSA-2016:2962-1 Issue Date: 2016-12-20 CVE Numbers: CVE-2016-7117 -- Security Fix(es): * A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the kernels socket recvmmsg subsystem. This may allows remote attackers to corrupt memory and may allow execution of arbitrary code. This corruption takes place during the error handling routines within __sys_recvmmsg() function. (CVE-2016-7117, Important) Bug Fix(es): * Previously, guest virtual machines (VMs) on a Hyper-V server cluster got in some cases rebooted during the graceful node failover test, because the host kept sending heartbeat packets independently of guests responding to them. This update fixes the bug by properly responding to all the heartbeat messages in the queue, even if they are pending. As a result, guest VMs no longer get rebooted under the described circumstances. -- SL5 x86_64 kernel-2.6.18-417.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-417.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-417.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-417.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-417.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-417.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-417.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-417.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-417.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-417.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-417.el5.x86_64.rpm i386 kernel-2.6.18-417.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-2.6.18-417.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-debuginfo-2.6.18-417.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-417.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-417.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-417.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-417.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-417.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-417.el5.i686.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-417.el5.i686.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-417.el5.i386.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-417.el5.i686.rpm kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-417.el5.i686.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-417.el5.i686.rpm noarch kernel-doc-2.6.18-417.el5.noarch.rpm - Scientific Linux Development Team