RHSA-2016:0024High

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Published
January 12, 2016
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2015-5307 →CVE-2015-8104 →

📋 Description

CVE-2015-5307 — virt: guest to host DoS by triggering an infinite loop in microcode via #AC exception CVE-2015-8104 — virt: guest to host DoS by triggering an infinite loop in microcode via #DB exception

🎯 Affected products108

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional EUS (v. 6.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-abi-whitelists-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-abi-whitelists-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-bootwrapper-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:2.6.32-504.40.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.6)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

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