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Oracle Linux 8 ELSA-2021-9621: Critical Kernel Security Update

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Calendar Grey December 20, 2021
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CentOS Linux 8 recently released a significant patch addressing critical vulnerabilities with recommended actions to enhance system protection. Check the official site for full advisory.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network

Summary

[5.4.17-2136.302.6.1.el8uek] - rds/ib: Use both iova and key in free_mr socket call (aru kolappan) [Orabug: 33667276] [5.4.17-2136.302.6.el8uek] - Revert "fs: align IOCB_* flags with RWF_* flags" (Prasad Singamsetty) [Orabug: 33627551] [5.4.17-2136.302.5.el8uek] - Revert "drm: Initialize struct drm_crtc_state.no_vblank from device settings" (Somasundaram Krishnasamy) [Orabug: 33611832] - Revert "drm/atomic-helper: reset vblank on crtc reset" (Somasundaram Krishnasamy) [Orabug: 33611832] - net/mlx5: E-Switch, Support flow source for local vport (Hamdan Igbaria) [Orabug: 29444833] - net/mlx5e: E-Switch, Specify flow_source for rule with no in_port (Jianbo Liu) [Orabug: 29444833] - net/mlx5e: E-Switch, Add misc bit when misc fields changed for mirroring (Jianbo Liu) [Orabug: 29444833] - uek-rpm: configs: disable CONFIG_READ_ONLY_THP_FOR_FS (Todd Vierling) [Orabug: 33538583] - uek-rpm: Remove CONFIG_CC_HAS_WARN_MAYBE_UNINITIALIZED=y and CONFIG_CC_DISABLE_WARN_MA...

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SRPMs

https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol8/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-5.4.17-2136.302.6.1.el8uek.src.rpm

x86_64

kernel-uek-5.4.17-2136.302.6.1.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-5.4.17-2136.302.6.1.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-5.4.17-2136.302.6.1.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-devel-5.4.17-2136.302.6.1.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-doc-5.4.17-2136.302.6.1.el8uek.noarch.rpm

aarch64

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Related CVEs: CVE-2021-41864

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