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Oracle Linux 8: ELSA-2025-20663 Kernel Important Update

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Calendar Grey October 14, 2025
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Important kernel updates for Oracle Linux 8 address various issues and enhance system security. Immediate attention recommended.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[5.4.17-2136.348.3.el8uek] - hugetlbfs: take read_lock on i_mmap for PMD sharing (Waiman Long) [Orabug: 38459576] - kallsyms: add module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol_locked (Julian Pidancet) [Orabug: 37629344] [Orabug: 38418686] - kallsyms: export module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol (Julian Pidancet) [Orabug: 37629344] [Orabug: 38418686] [5.4.17-2136.348.2.el8uek] - uek-rpm: Move ifb module to nano modules (Harshit Mogalapalli) [Orabug: 38443798] - clone_private_mnt(): make sure that caller has CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the right userns (Al Viro) [Orabug: 38310007] {CVE-2025-38499} - x86/vmscape: Warn when STIBP is disabled with SMT (Pawan Gupta) [Orabug: 38424094] - x86/bugs: Move cpu_bugs_smt_update() down (Pawan Gupta) [Orabug: 38424094] - x86/vmscape: Enable the mitigation (Pawan Gupta) [Orabug: 38424094] - x86/vmscape: Add conditional IBPB mitigation (Pawan Gupta) [Orabug: 38424094] - x86/vmscape: Add old Intel CPUs to affected list (Pawan Gupta) [Orabug: 38424094] - x86/vmscape: Enumerate V...

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SRPMs

http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-5.4.17-2136.348.3.el8uek.src.rpm

x86_64

aarch64

kernel-uek-5.4.17-2136.348.3.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-5.4.17-2136.348.3.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-5.4.17-2136.348.3.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-devel-5.4.17-2136.348.3.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-doc-5.4.17-2136.348.3.el8uek.noarch.rpm

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