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Oracle Linux 8 Kernel Important Security Update ELSA-2026-50374

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Calendar Grey July 6, 2026
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Updated RPMS for Oracle Linux 8 to address important kernel issues, ensuring system stability and security.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[5.4.17-2136.357.3.1] - KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected role (Paolo Bonzini) [Orabug: 39673892] - KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN (Sean Christopherson) [Orabug: 39673892] - KVM: x86/MMU: Recursively zap nested TDP SPs when zapping last/only parent (Ben Gardon) [Orabug: 39673892] - KVM: x86/mmu: Move flush logic from mmu_page_zap_pte() to FNAME(invlpg) (Sean Christopherson) [Orabug: 39673892] - KVM: x86/mmu: pull call to drop_large_spte() into __link_shadow_page() (Paolo Bonzini) [Orabug: 39673892] - KVM: x86/mmu: Passing up the error state of mmu_alloc_shadow_roots() (Like Xu) [Orabug: 39673892] - KVM: MMU: load PDPTRs outside mmu_lock (Paolo Bonzini) [Orabug: 39673892] - KVM: x86/mmu: Check PDPTRs before allocating PAE roots (Sean Christopherson) [Orabug: 39673892] - KVM: x86/mmu: Always pass 0 for @quadrant when gptes are 8 bytes (David Matlack) [Orabug: 39673892] - KVM: x86/mmu: Derive shadow MMU page role fr...

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SRPMs

http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-5.4.17-2136.357.3.1.el8uek.src.rpm

x86_64

kernel-uek-5.4.17-2136.357.3.1.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-container-5.4.17-2136.357.3.1.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-container-debug-5.4.17-2136.357.3.1.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-5.4.17-2136.357.3.1.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-5.4.17-2136.357.3.1.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-devel-5.4.17-2136.357.3.1.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-doc-5.4.17-2136.357.3.1.el8uek.noarch.rpm

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Related CVEs: CVE-2022-50073 CVE-2025-10263 CVE-2026-31504 CVE-2026-31657 CVE-2026-43037 CVE-2026-46331 CVE-2026-52943 CVE-2026-53359

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