El-errata: New Ksplice updates for UEKR5 4.14.35 on OL7 (ELBA-2022-9859)
Synopsis: ELBA-2022-9859 can now be patched using Ksplice
Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Bug Fix Advisory, ELBA-2022-9859.
More information about this errata can be found at
https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELBA-2022-9859.html
INSTALLING THE UPDATES
We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running UEKR5 4.14.35
on OL7 install these updates.
On systems that have "autoinstall = yes" in /etc/uptrack/uptrack.conf,
these updates will be installed automatically and you do not need to
take any action.
Alternatively, you can install these updates by running:
# /usr/sbin/uptrack-upgrade -y
DESCRIPTION
* Filesystem corruption in XFS writeback path.
A race condition in the XFS writeback path can cause some filesystem
pages to not be properly flushed to disk. This can lead to stale data
being stored on disk, and can potentially cause filesystem corruption.
Orabug: 34655509
* Live fix for XFS writeback corruptions.
This update provides a live repair for filesystems potentially corrupted
by a race condition in the XFS writeback path.
SUPPORT
Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww@oracle.com.
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New Ksplice updates for UEKR5 4.14.35 on Oracle Linux 7.
