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Oracle Linux 8 ELSA-2021-9565 Critical: Kernel Security Issue

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Calendar Grey November 26, 2021
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CentOS Linux Security Notice CESN-2021-2157 delivers essential kernel enhancements tackling identified vulnerabilities. Maintain your protection!
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unb= reakable Linux Network:

Summary

[5.4.17-2136.301.1.2.el8] - Revert "net/rds: Allocate pages on HCA NUMA nodeid" (Gerd Rausch) [Orabug: 33561324] - Revert "net/rds: Allocate rds_ib_{incoming,frag}_slab on HCA NUMA nodeid" (Gerd Rausch) [Orabug: 33561324] - Revert "net/rds: Use the same vector for send & receive" (Gerd Rausch) [Orabug: 33561324] - Revert "net/rds: Get rid of tasklets" (Gerd Rausch) [Orabug: 33561324] - Revert "net/rds: Put more CPU cores to work" (Gerd Rausch) [Orabug: 33561324] - Revert "net/rds: Make workers use the designated CPU" (Gerd Rausch) [Orabug: 33561324] - Revert "net/rds: Use the preferred_cpu in rds_queue_{,delayed}_work" (Gerd Rausch) [Orabug: 33561324] - Revert "net/mlx5: Add new verb "ib_get_vector_irqn"" (Gerd Rausch) [Orabug: 33561324] - Revert "net/rds: Add "preferred_cpu" option to "rds_rdma.ko"" (Gerd Rausch) [Orabug: 33561324] - Revert "net/rds: Follow the observed CQ CPU affinity" (Gerd Rausch) [Orabug: 33561324] - Revert "net/rds: Throttle check for CQ CPU aff...

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SRPMs

https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol8/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-container-5.4.17-2136.301.1.2.el8.src.rpm

x86_64

kernel-uek-container-5.4.17-2136.301.1.2.el8.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-container-debug-5.4.17-2136.301.1.2.el8.x86_64.rpm

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Related CVEs: CVE-2021-3653 CVE-2021-3656 CVE-2021-3744

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