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Oracle Linux 8: Kernel Important ELSA-2025-28068 Remote Access Fix

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Calendar Grey December 24, 2025
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Oracle Linux 8 kernel advisory ELSA-2025-28068 addresses important security issues, including remote access threats.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[5.4.17-2136.350.3.2] - fs/proc: fix uaf in proc_readdir_de() (Wei Yang) [Orabug: 38786776] {CVE-2025-40271} [5.4.17-2136.350.3.1] - Reapply 'cpuidle: menu: Avoid discarding useful information' (Harshvardhan Jha) [Orabug: 38744458] - fbcon: fix integer overflow in font allocation (Samasth Norway Ananda) [Orabug: 38744453] [5.4.17-2136.350.3] - net/rds: Fix rs_recv_pending counting issue (Gerd Rausch) [Orabug: 38506370] [5.4.17-2136.350.2] - LTS tag: v5.4.301 (Alok Tiwari) - net: rtnetlink: fix module reference count leak issue in rtnetlink_rcv_msg (Zhengchao Shao) - media: s5p-mfc: remove an unused/uninitialized variable (Arnd Bergmann) - NFSD: Fix last write offset handling in layoutcommit (Sergey Bashirov) - NFSD: Minor cleanup in layoutcommit processing (Sergey Bashirov) - padata: Reset next CPU when reorder sequence wraps around (Xiao Liang) - KEYS: trusted_tpm1: Compare HMAC values in constant time (Eric Biggers) - NFSD: Define a proc_layoutcommit for the FlexFiles layout t...

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SRPMs

http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-5.4.17-2136.350.3.2.el8uek.src.rpm

x86_64

kernel-uek-5.4.17-2136.350.3.2.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-container-5.4.17-2136.350.3.2.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-container-debug-5.4.17-2136.350.3.2.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-5.4.17-2136.350.3.2.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-5.4.17-2136.350.3.2.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-devel-5.4.17-2136.350.3.2.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-doc-5.4.17-2136.350.3.2.el8uek.noarch.rpm

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Related CVEs: CVE-2025-40271

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