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Oracle Linux 8 ELSA-2025-20521 Kernel Important Security Update

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Calendar Grey August 12, 2025
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 kernel upgrade resolves critical vulnerabilities, incorporating numerous CVE rectifications and system improvements.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[5.4.17-2136.346.6.el8uek] - net/mlx5: Add poll-eq API to be used by ULP's (Praveen Kumar Kannoju) [Orabug: 38109070] - net/rds: poll eq during user-reset (Praveen Kumar Kannoju) [Orabug: 38189315] [5.4.17-2136.346.5.el8uek] - perf: Fix perf_event_validate_size() lockdep splat (Mark Rutland) [Orabug: 36261486] {CVE-2023-6931} - perf: Fix perf_event_validate_size() (Peter Zijlstra) [Orabug: 36261486] {CVE-2023-6931} - net/mlx5: set graceful_period to 0 to allow multiple transmission queue recovery (Praveen Kumar Kannoju) [Orabug: 38182891] [5.4.17-2136.346.4.el8uek] - pwm: mediatek: Ensure to disable clocks in error path (Uwe Kleine-König) - Revert "mmc: sdhci: Disable SD card clock before changing parameters" (Ulf Hansson) - net/sched: Always pass notifications when child class becomes empty (Lion Ackermann) [5.4.17-2136.346.3.el8uek] - x86/bpf: Classic BPF program can fail when BHB barrier is used (Alexandre Chartre) [Orabug: 38151403] - Add Zen34 clients (Borislav Pe...

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SRPMs

http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-5.4.17-2136.346.6.el8uek.src.rpm

x86_64

aarch64

kernel-uek-5.4.17-2136.346.6.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-5.4.17-2136.346.6.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-5.4.17-2136.346.6.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-devel-5.4.17-2136.346.6.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-doc-5.4.17-2136.346.6.el8uek.noarch.rpm

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Related CVEs: CVE-2023-6931 CVE-2024-36350 CVE-2024-36357 CVE-2024-38541 CVE-2024-56655 CVE-2025-37819 CVE-2025-37890 CVE-2025-37909 CVE-2025-37913 CVE-2025-37915 CVE-2025-37923 CVE-2025-37927 CVE-2025-37932 CVE-2025-37949 CVE-2025-37953 CVE-2025-37969 CVE-2025-37970 CVE-2025-37990 CVE-2025-37991 CVE-2025-37994 CVE-2025-37995 CVE-2025-37997 CVE-2025-37998 CVE-2025-38000 CVE-2025-38001 CVE-2025-38003 CVE-2025-38004 CVE-2025-38023 CVE-2025-38024 CVE-2025-38034 CVE-2025-38035 CVE-2025-38037 CVE-2025-38044 CVE-2025-38051 CVE-2025-38058 CVE-2025-38061 CVE-2025-38065 CVE-2025-38066 CVE-2025-38072 CVE-2025-38075 CVE-2025-38078 CVE-2025-38079

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