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Oracle Linux 8 ELSA-2025-20320: Important Kernel Security Update

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Calendar Grey May 13, 2025
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 undergoes critical kernel enhancements to resolve vulnerabilities associated with certain RPM packages and system settings.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek] - net: bridge: IP defragmentation failing for jumboframes (Venkat Venkatsubra) [Orabug: 37847171] - uek-rpm: remove .el9 from shim version (Samasth Norway Ananda) [Orabug: 37834731] - RDS: avoid using offlined CPU during reconnect (Arumugam Kolappan) [Orabug: 37783021] - net/mlx5e: Rely on reqid in IPsec tunnel mode (Leon Romanovsky) [Orabug: 37710815] - net/mlx5e: Fix inversion dependency warning while enabling IPsec tunnel (Leon Romanovsky) [Orabug: 37710815] - net/mlx5: Clear port select structure when fail to create (Mark Zhang) [Orabug: 37710815] - net/mlx5: SF, Fix add port error handling (Chris Mi) [Orabug: 37710815] - net/mlx5: Fix variable not being completed when function returns (Chenguang Zhao) [Orabug: 37710815] - net/mlx5e: Keep netdev when leave switchdev for devlink set legacy only (Jianbo Liu) [Orabug: 37710815] - net/mlx5e: Skip restore TC rules for vport rep without loaded flag (Jianbo Liu) [Orabug: 37710815] - net/mlx5e: macse...

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SRPMs

http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates//kernel-uek-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.src.rpm

x86_64

bpftool-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-core-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-core-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-modules-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-devel-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-doc-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-modules-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-modules-extra-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-container-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-container-debug-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.x86_64.rpm

aarch64

bpftool-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-core-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-core-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-modules-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-devel-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-doc-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-modules-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-modules-extra-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-container-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-container-debug-5.15.0-308.179.6.el8uek.aarch64.rpm

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Related CVEs: CVE-2024-25742 CVE-2024-25743 CVE-2024-25744 CVE-2024-56583

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