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A kernel security update has been released for Oracle Linux 6.



El-errata: ELSA-2020-1524 Important: Oracle Linux 6 kernel security update


Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2020-1524

  http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-1524.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 6 have been uploaded to the
Unbreakable Linux Network:

i386:
kernel-2.6.32-754.29.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-754.29.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.29.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.29.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.29.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-754.29.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-754.29.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.29.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-754.29.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.29.1.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-754.29.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-754.29.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.29.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.29.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.29.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.29.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-754.29.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-754.29.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.29.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-754.29.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.29.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

SRPMS:
  http://oss.oracle.com/ol6/SRPMS-updates/kernel-2.6.32-754.29.1.el6.src.rpm


Description of changes:

[2.6.32-754.29.1.el6.OL6]
- Update genkey [bug 25599697]

[2.6.32-754.29.1.el6]
- [wireless] rtlwifi: Fix potential overflow on P2P code (Jarod Wilson)
[1775226] {CVE-2019-17666}
- [x86] mm: revert x86_64 and arm64 ELF_ET_DYN_BASE base changes (Denys
Vlasenko) [1485759]
- [powerpc] powerpc: move ELF_ET_DYN_BASE to 4GB / 4MB (Denys Vlasenko)
[1485759]
- binfmt_elf: use ELF_ET_DYN_BASE only for PIE (Denys Vlasenko) [1485759]
- [powerpc] powerpc: Use generic PIE randomization (Denys Vlasenko)
[1485759]