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Oracle Linux 8 ELSA-2025-20066 Critical: Kernel Updates for Security Fixes

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Calendar Grey January 29, 2025
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Vital security patches for Oracle Linux address significant kernel vulnerabilities, improving overall system robustness and safeguarding data integrity.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek] - NFSD: Limit the number of concurrent async COPY operations (Chuck Lever) [Orabug: 37516381] {CVE-2024-49974} - NFSD: Async COPY result needs to return a write verifier (Chuck Lever) [Orabug: 37516381] {CVE-2024-49974} - security/keys: fix slab-out-of-bounds in key_task_permission (Chen Ridong) [Orabug: 37516370] {CVE-2024-50301} - macsec: Fix use-after-free while sending the offloading packet (Jianbo Liu) [Orabug: 37516375] {CVE-2024-50261} [5.15.0-304.171.4.2.el8uek] - PCI: Fix pci_enable_acs() support for the ACS quirks (Jason Gunthorpe) [Orabug: 37492139] - PCI: Clear Secondary Status errors after enumeration (Vidya Sagar) [Orabug: 37492139] - PCI/AER: Configure ECRC only if AER is native (Vidya Sagar) [Orabug: 37492139] - PCI: Extend ACS configurability (Vidya Sagar) [Orabug: 37492139]

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security advisory critical issue kernel update remote code execution security fix important advisory Oracle Linux

SRPMs

http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates//kernel-uek-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.src.rpm

x86_64

bpftool-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-core-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-core-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-modules-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-devel-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-doc-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-modules-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-modules-extra-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-container-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-container-debug-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.x86_64.rpm

aarch64

bpftool-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-core-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-core-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-modules-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-devel-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-doc-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-modules-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-modules-extra-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-container-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-container-debug-5.15.0-304.171.4.3.el8uek.aarch64.rpm

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Related CVEs: CVE-2024-49974 CVE-2024-50261 CVE-2024-50301

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security advisory critical issue kernel update remote code execution security fix important advisory Oracle Linux

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