CentOS 6 ELS kernel v.2.6.32-754.29.3 has been rolled out to 100%
CentOS 6 ELS kernel v.2.6.32-754.29.3.el6 has been rolled out to 100% and is now available for download from our production repository.
CentOS 6 ELS kernel v.2.6.32-754.29.3 has been scheduled for gradual rollout
CentOS 6 ELS kernel v.2.6.32-754.29.3.el6 has been scheduled for gradual rollout from our production repository.
Rollout slot: 2
Rolled out to: 1%
ETA for 100%: February, 16
Changelog
- CKSIX-268: futex: Handle faults correctly for PI futexes
- CKSIX-268: futex: Provide and use pi_state_update_owner()
- CKSIX-263: KEYS: allow reaching the keys quotas exactly
- CKSIX-263: KEYS: reaching the keys quotas correctly
- CKSIX-263: fix -ENOMEM result with invalid user space pointer in
sendto() syscall - CKSIX-263: CVE-2017-18344: posix-timer: Properly check sigevent->sigev_notify
- CKSIX-263: CVE-2018-6927: futex: Prevent overflow by strengthen
input validation - CKSIX-258: CVE-2017-6951: KEYS: Change the name of the dead type to
".dead" to prevent user access - CKSIX-258: CVE-2017-15299: KEYS: don't let add_key() update an
uninstantiated key - CKSIX-258: fix CVE-2016-9604
- CKSIX-258: KEYS: add missing permission check for request_key() destination
- CKSIX-258: KEYS: prevent KEYCTL_READ on negative key
- CKSIX-258: CVE-2017-10661: timerfd: Protect the might cancel mechanism proper
- CKSIX-258: fix CVE-2017-7472
- CKSIX-258: fix CVE-2017-15274
Update
yum update kernel*
Immediate update (via bypass)
yum update kernel* --enablerepo=ELS6-rollout-2-bypass
A new sudo package with the CVE-2021-3156 fix within CentOS 6 Extended Lifecycle Support has been rolled out to 100%
A new sudo package with the CVE-2021-3156 fix within CentOS 6 extended lifecycle support has been rolled out to 100% and is now available for download from our production repository.
A new sudo package with the CVE-2021-3156 fix within CentOS 6 Extended Lifecycle Support has been scheduled for gradual rollout
A new sudo package with the CVE-2021-3156 fix within CentOS 6 extended lifecycle support has been scheduled for gradual rollout from our production repository.
A new PHP package within CentOS 6 Extended Lifecycle Support has been scheduled for gradual rollout
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