RHSA-2016:1395Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Published
July 12, 2016
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2015-4170 →

📋 Description

CVE-2015-4170 — kernel: pty layer race condition on tty ldisc shutdown.

🎯 Affected products124

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.1)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.1)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.ael7b.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.ael7b.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-abi-whitelists-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.ael7b.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-abi-whitelists-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-abi-whitelists-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-bootwrapper-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.ael7b.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-bootwrapper-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.ael7b.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.ael7b.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.ael7b.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.1)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-229.38.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.1)
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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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