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Oracle Linux 8 Kernel Important Security Advisory ELSA-2026-39179

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Calendar Grey July 20, 2026
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Stay informed on the Oracle Linux kernel updates addressing important security issues in the latest advisory.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[4.18.0-553.144.1] - 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] [4.18.0-553.144.1] - xfrm: defensively unhash xfrm_state lists in __xfrm_state_delete (Sabrina Dubroca) [RHEL-180170] {CVE-2026-46116} - xfs: resample the data fork mapping after cycling ILOCK (Carlos Maiolino) [RHEL-193938] - net: bridge: use a stable FDB dst snapshot in RCU readers (Mohammad Heib) [RHEL-179325] {CVE-2026-46086}

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SRPMs

http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/kernel-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.src.rpm

x86_64

bpftool-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm kernel-core-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-doc-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm kernel-headers-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-modules-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm perf-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm python3-perf-4.18.0-553.144....

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aarch64

bpftool-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm kernel-headers-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm perf-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm python3-perf-4.18.0-553.144.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

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Related CVEs: CVE-2026-46086 CVE-2026-46116

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