Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2022-9012

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-9012.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unb=
reakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
kernel-uek-5.4.17-2136.302.7.2.el8uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-5.4.17-2136.302.7.2.el8uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-debug-devel-5.4.17-2136.302.7.2.el8uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-devel-5.4.17-2136.302.7.2.el8uek.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uek-doc-5.4.17-2136.302.7.2.el8uek.noarch.rpm


SRPMS:
https://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-5.4.17-2136.302.7.2.el8u=
ek.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2021-0920
CVE-2021-4155




Description of changes:

[5.4.17-2136.302.7.2.el8uek]
- xfs: map unwritten blocks in XFS_IOC_{ALLOC,FREE}SP just like fallocate (=
Darrick J. Wong)  [Orabug: 33699625]  {CVE-2021-4155}

[5.4.17-2136.302.7.1.el8uek] =

- fget: check that the fd still exists after getting a ref to it (Linus Tor=
valds)  [Orabug: 33691332]  {CVE-2021-0920}

[5.4.17-2136.302.7.el8uek]
- rds: ib: Reduce the contention caused by the asynchronous workers to flus=
h the mr pool (Praveen Kumar Kannoju)  [Orabug: 33671425]
- rds: ib: Ack seq not always received in monotonic increasing order (H=E5k=
on Bugge)  [Orabug: 33671414]
- net/rds: Don't pummel the subnet-manager (Gerd Rausch)  [Orabug: 33671407]
- EDAC/i10nm: Add detection of memory levels for ICX/SPR servers (Qiuxu Zhu=
o)  [Orabug: 33601775]
- EDAC/skx_common: Add new ADXL components for 2-level memory (Qiuxu Zhuo) =
 [Orabug: 33601775]
- EDAC, skx_common: Refactor so that we initialize "dev" in result of adxl =
decode. (Tony Luck)  [Orabug: 33601775]
- uek-rpm: Add ktime_get_coarse_ts64 to KABI (John Donnelly)  [Orabug: 3367=
1383]
- cpufreq: intel_pstate: Add Icelake servers support in no-HWP mode (Giovan=
ni Gherdovich)  [Orabug: 33671378]
- net: ipv6: Discard next-hop MTU less than minimum link MTU (Georg Kohmann=
)  [Orabug: 33671371] =

- ocfs2: fix race between searching chunks and release journal_head from bu=
ffer_head (Gautham Ananthakrishna)  [Orabug: 33671363]
- rds/ib: Use both iova and key in free_mr socket call (aru kolappan)  [Ora=
bug: 33671236]

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