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Oracle Linux 7 ELSA-2022-9787 Critical: Kernel Security Update

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Calendar Grey September 16, 2022
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Oracle Linux Security Announcement ELSA-2022-9788 outlines essential kernel improvements to bolster system defenses.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[4.14.35-2047.517.3.el7uek] - KVM: x86: use raw clock values consistently (Paolo Bonzini) [Orabug: 34575637] - KVM: x86: reorganize pvclock_gtod_data members (Paolo Bonzini) [Orabug: 34575637] - KVM: x86: switch KVMCLOCK base to monotonic raw clock (Marcelo Tosatti) [Orabug: 34575637] [4.14.35-2047.517.2.el7uek] - kernfs: Replace global kernfs_open_file_mutex with hashed mutexes. (Imran Khan) [Orabug: 34476942] - kernfs: Introduce interface to access global kernfs_open_file_mutex. (Imran Khan) [Orabug: 34476942] - kernfs: make ->attr.open RCU protected. (Imran Khan) [Orabug: 34476942] - kernfs: Rename kernfs_put_open_node to kernfs_unlink_open_file. (Imran Khan) [Orabug: 34476942] - kernfs: Remove reference counting for kernfs_open_node. (Imran Khan) [Orabug: 34476942] - rds/ib: handle posted ACK during connection shutdown (Rohit Nair) [Orabug: 34465810] - rds/ib: reap tx completions during connection shutdown (Rohit Nair) [Orabug: 34465810] - scsi: target: Fix WRITE_...

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SRPMs

https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol7/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-4.14.35-2047.517.3.el7uek.src.rpm

x86_64

kernel-uek-4.14.35-2047.517.3.el7uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-4.14.35-2047.517.3.el7uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-4.14.35-2047.517.3.el7uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-devel-4.14.35-2047.517.3.el7uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-tools-4.14.35-2047.517.3.el7uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-doc-4.14.35-2047.517.3.el7uek.noarch.rpm

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Related CVEs: CVE-2022-21385 CVE-2022-21546 CVE-2022-2588

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