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Oracle Linux 8: ELSA-2025-21917 Kernel Moderate Update DoS Risks

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Calendar Grey November 25, 2025
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Oracle Linux 8 addresses kernel security threats with RPM updates, including crucial performance fixes and enhancements.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[4.18.0-553.85.1] - Update Oracle Linux certificates (Kevin Lyons) - Disable signing for aarch64 (Ilya Okomin) - Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was added to the kernel trusted keys list (olkmod_signing_key.pem) [Orabug: 29539237] - Update x509.genkey [Orabug: 24817676] - Conflict with shim-ia32 and shim-x64 <= 15.3-1.0.3 - Remove upstream reference during boot (Kevin Lyons) [Orabug: 34750652] - Add new Oracle Linux Driver Signing (key 1) certificate [Orabug: 37985772] [4.18.0-553.85.1] - i40e: add mask to apply valid bits for itr_idx (Michal Schmidt) [RHEL-123799] - i40e: add max boundary check for VF filters (Michal Schmidt) [RHEL-123799] {CVE-2025-39968} - i40e: fix validation of VF state in get resources (Michal Schmidt) [RHEL-123799] {CVE-2025-39969} - i40e: fix input validation logic for action_meta (Michal Schmidt) [RHEL-123799] {CVE-2025-39970} - i40e: Fix filter input checks to prevent config with invalid values (Michal Schmidt) [RHEL-123799] - i40e: fix idx validation in config q...

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SRPMs

http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/kernel-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.src.rpm

x86_64

bpftool-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm kernel-core-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-doc-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm kernel-headers-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-modules-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm perf-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm python3-perf-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

aarch64

bpftool-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm kernel-headers-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm perf-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm python3-perf-4.18.0-553.85.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

Related CVEs: CVE-2025-39697 CVE-2025-39971

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