kcarectl --auto-update

[2webmaster]

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]

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

[2webmaster]

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

[iseletsk]

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

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