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Oracle Linux 7: ELSA-2026-50061 Kernel Important Remote Access Risks

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Calendar Grey January 19, 2026
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Oracle Linux 7 key kernel updates for significant threats and system stability are crucial for safeguarding operations.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[5.4.17-2136.351.3.2] - tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_mon_reinit_self(). (Kuniyuki Iwashima) [Orabug: 38855323] {CVE-2025-40280} - tipc: simplify the finalize work queue (Xin Long) [Orabug: 38855323] - vsock: Ignore signal/timeout on connect() if already established (Michal Luczaj) [Orabug: 38855319] {CVE-2025-40248} - crypto: af_alg - Disallow concurrent writes in af_alg_sendmsg (Herbert Xu) [Orabug: 38855313] {CVE-2025-39964} [5.4.17-2136.351.3.1] - fs/proc: fix uaf in proc_readdir_de() (Wei Yang) [Orabug: 38787139] {CVE-2025-40271} [5.4.17-2136.351.3] - Reapply "cpuidle: menu: Avoid discarding useful information" (Harshvardhan Jha) [Orabug: 38715366] - fbcon: fix integer overflow in font allocation (Samasth Norway Ananda) [Orabug: 38702507] - uek-rpm: Replace check-kabi tool with kabi (Yifei Liu) [Orabug: 38673382] - uek-rpm: Introduce check function for uek-rpm/tools/kabi (Yifei Liu) [Orabug: 38673382] [5.4.17-2136.351.2] - uek-rpm: kabi: Remove the kabi prot...

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SRPMs

http://oss.oracle.com/ol7/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-5.4.17-2136.351.3.2.el7uek.src.rpm

x86_64

kernel-uek-5.4.17-2136.351.3.2.el7uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-container-5.4.17-2136.351.3.2.el7uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-container-debug-5.4.17-2136.351.3.2.el7uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-5.4.17-2136.351.3.2.el7uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-5.4.17-2136.351.3.2.el7uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-devel-5.4.17-2136.351.3.2.el7uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-doc-5.4.17-2136.351.3.2.el7uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-tools-5.4.17-2136.351.3.2.el7uek.x86_64.rpm

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Related CVEs: CVE-2025-39964 CVE-2025-40248 CVE-2025-40280

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