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Oracle Linux 8: cloud-init Important Security Advisory ELSA-2025-11324

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Calendar Grey July 22, 2025
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The latest updates for Oracle Linux 8 enhance cloud-init functionality. Ensure your system remains secure with these essential patches.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[23.4-7.0.2.el8_10.10] - Fixes regression in cloud-init with module cc_write_files_deferred [Orabug: 37382965] - Update IPv6 IMDS endpoint to ULA and drop NIC identifier [Orabug: 35965980] - Enable IPv6 [Orabug: 36502414] - Added missing services in rhel/systemd/cloud-init.service [Orabug: 32183938] - Increase retry value and add timeout for OCI [Orabug: 35329883] - Fix log file permissions [Orabug: 35302985] - Update detection logic for OL distros in config template [Orabug: 34845400] - Added missing services in cloud-init.service.tmpl for sshd [Orabug: 32183938] - Forward port applicable cloud-init 18.4-2.0.3 changes to cloud-init-18-5 [Orabug: 30435672] - limit permissions [Orabug: 31352433] - Changes to ignore all enslaved interfaces [Orabug: 30092148] - Fix swap file size allocation logic to allocate maxsize [Orabug: 29952349] - Make Oracle datasource detect dracut based config files [Orabug: 29956753] - add modified version of enable-ec2_utils-to-stop-retrying-to-get-ec2-meta...

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SRPMs

http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/cloud-init-23.4-7.0.2.el8_10.10.src.rpm

x86_64

cloud-init-23.4-7.0.2.el8_10.10.noarch.rpm

aarch64

cloud-init-23.4-7.0.2.el8_10.10.noarch.rpm

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Related CVEs: CVE-2024-6174

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