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Oracle Linux 8 Kernel Important Security Update ELSA-2026-50100

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Calendar Grey February 9, 2026
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Oracle Linux 8 kernel update addresses important security issues. Stay protected with this advisory.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[5.4.17-2136.352.5] - crypto: af_alg - Fix incorrect boolean values in af_alg_ctx (Eric Biggers) [Orabug: 38879907] {CVE-2025-40022} [5.4.17-2136.352.4] - arm64: pensando: Must boot Ortano kernel with spin-table (Rob Gardner) [Orabug: 38821197] [5.4.17-2136.352.3] - net/sched: adjust device watchdog timer to detect stopped queue at right time (Praveen Kumar Kannoju) [Orabug: 38340278] - net/mlx5: Mark the mellanox graceful_period fix as out-of-tree change (Praveen Kumar Kannoju) [Orabug: 38252416] - infiniband/xsigo: Replace BUG_ON with WARN_ON_ONCE. (Siddh Raman Pant) [Orabug: 38418469] - infiniband/xsigo: xsvnic_main: Remove unused functions (Siddh Raman Pant) [Orabug: 38418469] - infiniband/xsigo: xve_cm: Fix mixed code warning (Siddh Raman Pant) [Orabug: 38418469] - infiniband/xsigo: xve_ethtool: Remove unused variable 'priv' (Siddh Raman Pant) [Orabug: 38418469] - infiniband/xsigo: xve_ib: Fix misleading indentation (Siddh Raman Pant) [Orabug: 38418469] - infiniban...

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SRPMs

http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-5.4.17-2136.352.5.el8uek.src.rpm

x86_64

aarch64

kernel-uek-5.4.17-2136.352.5.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-5.4.17-2136.352.5.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-5.4.17-2136.352.5.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-devel-5.4.17-2136.352.5.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-doc-5.4.17-2136.352.5.el8uek.noarch.rpm

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Related CVEs: CVE-2025-39964 CVE-2025-40022 CVE-2025-40083 CVE-2025-40211 CVE-2025-40248 CVE-2025-40254 CVE-2025-40259 CVE-2025-40263 CVE-2025-40264 CVE-2025-40271 CVE-2025-40275 CVE-2025-40277 CVE-2025-40280 CVE-2025-40281 CVE-2025-40283 CVE-2025-40304 CVE-2025-40308 CVE-2025-40309 CVE-2025-40321 CVE-2025-40322 CVE-2025-40331 CVE-2025-40363 CVE-2025-68185 CVE-2025-68192 CVE-2025-68194 CVE-2025-68229 CVE-2025-68241 CVE-2025-68245 CVE-2025-68312 CVE-2025-68734

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