kcarectl --auto-update

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  • 2webmaster
    Senior Member
    Forum ExplorerTechnical AssociateSolutions Developer
    • Mar 2021
    • 101

    #1

    kcarectl --auto-update

    Hi,

    At this point in time when the kernel is updated the message we receive is:

    Downloading updates
    Patch Level 9 applied
    In the future do you plan on having the update message a bit more specific like Ksplice does?

    Thanks
    Frank
  • iseletsk
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2017
    • 1199

    #2
    As someone who doesn have ksplice license, as it is not being sold to new customers -- what would you like to see up there?

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    • 2webmaster
      Senior Member
      Forum ExplorerTechnical AssociateSolutions Developer
      • Mar 2021
      • 101

      #3
      Basically:
      Synopsis
      Installing
      Description

      Example:

      > Synopsis: RHSA-2013:1348 can now be patched using Ksplice
      > CVEs: CVE-2012-4398
      >
      > Systems running RHCK on Oracle Linux 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, CentOS 5, Scientific Linux 5, and CentOSPlus 5 can now use Ksplice to patch against the latest Red Hat Security Advisory, RHSA-2013:1348.
      >
      > INSTALLING THE UPDATES
      >
      > We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on OL5, RHEL 5, CentOS 5, Scientific Linux 5, and CentOSPlus 5 install these updates.
      >
      > On systems that have "autoinstall = yes" in /etc/uptrack/uptrack.conf, these updates will be installed automatically and you do not need to take any action.
      >
      > Alternatively, you can install these updates by running:
      >
      > # /usr/sbin/uptrack-upgrade -y
      >
      > DESCRIPTION
      >
      > * CVE-2012-4398: Denial-of-service in kernel module loading.
      >
      > A deadlock could occur in the Out of Memory (OOM) killer. A process could trigger this deadlock by consuming a large amount of memory, and then causing request_module() to be called. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of

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      • iseletsk
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2017
        • 1199

        #4
        you can get the info of changes using kcarectl --patch-info

        We will also work to provide such shorter description on each update.

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