RHSA-2016:0715Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published
May 4, 2016
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2015-5157 →CVE-2015-8767 →

📋 Description

CVE-2015-5157 — kernel: x86-64: IRET faults during NMIs processing CVE-2015-8767 — kernel: SCTP denial of service during timeout

🎯 Affected products188

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kernel-0:2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • kernel-abi-whitelists-0:2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • kernel-abi-whitelists-0:2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • kernel-abi-whitelists-0:2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kernel-abi-whitelists-0:2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • kernel-bootwrapper-0:2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • kernel-debug-0:2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

🔗 References (5)