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Oracle Linux 8: ELSA-2022-9595 Critical: Grub2 Security Update

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Calendar Grey July 14, 2022
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The Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2022-9596 highlights important enhancements to the kernel packages aimed at improving system performance and safeguarding against vulnerabilities.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8] - Enable back btrfs module by default [Orabug: 34377188] [2.02-123.0.6.el8_6.8] - Backport upstream SNP protocol fixes [Orabug: 34195100] [2.02-123.0.5.el8_6.8] - Rebase Fix EFI loader kernel image allocation patch, adapt it to new NX code [Orabug: 34352232] [2.02-123.0.4.el8_6.8] - enable multiboot2 [Orabug: 34285558] - backport arm64: Fix EFI loader kernel image allocation [Orabug: 33702462] - backport Arm: check for the PE magic for the compiled arch [Orabug: 33702462] - Backport some better script logic for BTRFS support [Orabug: 32448171] - Do not add shim and grub certificate deps for aarch64 packages [Orabug: 32670033] - Update Oracle SBAT data [Orabug: 32670033] - Use new signing certificate [Orabug: 32670033] - Fix various coverity issues [Orabug: 32530657] - Set proper blsdir if /boot is on btrfs rootfs [Orabug: 32063327] - Add CVE-2020-15706, CVE-2020-15707 to the list [Orabug: 31225072] - honor /etc/sysconfig/kernel DEFAULTKERNEL setting for BL...

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security advisory critical patch threat mitigation system security Oracle Linux grub2 update

SRPMs

https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol8/SRPMS-updates/grub2-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.src.rpm

x86_64

grub2-common-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.noarch.rpm grub2-efi-aa64-modules-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.noarch.rpm grub2-efi-ia32-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.x86_64.rpm grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.x86_64.rpm grub2-efi-ia32-modules-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.noarch.rpm grub2-efi-x64-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.x86_64.rpm grub2-efi-x64-cdboot-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.x86_64.rpm grub2-efi-x64-modules-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.noarch.rpm grub2-pc-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.x86_64.rpm grub2-pc-modules-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.noarch.rpm grub2-tools-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.x86_64.rpm grub2-tools-efi-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.x86_64.rpm grub2-tools-extra-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.x86_64.rpm grub2-tools-minimal-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.x86_64.rpm

aarch64

grub2-common-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.noarch.rpm grub2-efi-aa64-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.aarch64.rpm grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.aarch64.rpm grub2-efi-aa64-modules-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.noarch.rpm grub2-efi-ia32-modules-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.noarch.rpm grub2-efi-x64-modules-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.noarch.rpm grub2-pc-modules-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.noarch.rpm grub2-tools-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.aarch64.rpm grub2-tools-extra-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.aarch64.rpm grub2-tools-minimal-2.02-123.0.7.el8_6.8.aarch64.rpm

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Related CVEs: CVE-2022-28737 CVE-2021-3696 CVE-2022-28734 CVE-2021-3695 CVE-2021-3697 CVE-2022-28733 CVE-2022-28735 CVE-2022-28736

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