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Critical Kernel Update for Oracle Linux 7: ELSA-2021-9485 Overview

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Calendar Grey October 14, 2021
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Oracle Linux Security Notice ELSA-2021-9485 outlines significant kernel issues alongside remediation steps aimed at bolstering system resilience.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network

Summary

[4.14.35-2047.508.3.el7uek] - fuse: fix live lock in fuse_iget() (Amir Goldstein) [Orabug: 33396682] {CVE-2021-28950} - block: workaround to avoid self-deadlock in del_gendisk (Junxiao Bi) [Orabug: 33392821] - net: bonding: add new option arp_allslaves for arp_ip_target (Venkat Venkatsubra) [Orabug: 33352735] [4.14.35-2047.508.2.el7uek] - KVM: x86: Check kvm_rebooting in kvm_spurious_fault() (Sean Christopherson) [Orabug: 33360245] - Revert "uek-rpm: mark /etc/ld.so.conf.d/ files as %config" (aloktiw) [Orabug: 33359680] - net/mlx5: Rate limit errors in command interface (Leon Romanovsky) [Orabug: 33305503] - Bluetooth: defer cleanup of resources in hci_unregister_dev() (Tetsuo Handa) [Orabug: 33292634] {CVE-2021-3573} - Bluetooth: use correct lock to prevent UAF of hdev object (Lin Ma) [Orabug: 33292634] - Bluetooth: fix the erroneous flush_work() order (Lin Ma) [Orabug: 33292634] {CVE-2021-3564} - IB/core: Read subnet_prefix in ib_query_port via cache. (A...

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SRPMs

https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol7/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-4.14.35-2047.508.3.el7uek.src.rpm

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kernel-uek-4.14.35-2047.508.3.el7uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-4.14.35-2047.508.3.el7uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-4.14.35-2047.508.3.el7uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-devel-4.14.35-2047.508.3.el7uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-tools-4.14.35-2047.508.3.el7uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-doc-4.14.35-2047.508.3.el7uek.noarch.rpm

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Related CVEs: CVE-2020-36322 CVE-2021-28950 CVE-2021-3564 CVE-2021-3573 CVE-2021-3655 CVE-2021-3679 CVE-2021-38160 CVE-2021-40490

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