RHBA-2019:1226 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated kmod-oracleasm packages that fix one bug and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

Oracle ASM (Automated Storage Management) is a data volume manager for Oracle databases. ASMLib is an optional utility that can be used on Linux systems to manage Oracle ASM devices. ASMLib consists of the following components: - kmod-oracleasm (open-source (GPL) kernel module package) - oracleasm-support (open-source (GPL) utilities package) - oracleasmlib (proprietary library package) ASM features and functionality are available without ASMLib. In addition, the use of ASMLib does not affect database performance.

This update fixes a memory corruption issue. (BZ#1673777)

Users of kmod-oracleasm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

Solution

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

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1673777 - [RHEL 6] Uplift kmod-oracleasm to version 2.0.8-22.0.5 for memory corruption correction

CVEs

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References

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