[LU-8758] kernel update [RHEL6.8 2.6.32-642.6.2.el6]

• Type: Bug
• Resolution: Fixed
• Priority: Minor
• Severity: 3
• Assignee: Bob Glossman (Inactive)
• Reporter: Bob Glossman (Inactive)

Description

Security Fix(es):

• A race condition was found in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem
  handled the copy-on-write (COW) breakage of private read-only memory mappings.
  An unprivileged, local user could use this flaw to gain write access to
  otherwise read-only memory mappings and thus increase their privileges on the
  system. (CVE-2016-5195, Important)

Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1384344 - CVE-2016-5195 kernel: mm: privilege escalation via MAP_PRIVATE COW breakage

Issue Links

• is related to: LU-8751 kernel update [RHEL7.2 3.10.0-327.36.3.el7]