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Oracle Linux 9: ELSA-2026-50007 Kernel Important Update

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Calendar Grey January 14, 2026
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Oracle Linux 9 has updated rpms addressing important kernel issues, requiring immediate attention for system safety.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 9 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[5.15.0-316.196.4.1] - tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_mon_reinit_self(). (Kuniyuki Iwashima) [Orabug: 38788585] {CVE-2025-40280} - fs/proc: fix uaf in proc_readdir_de() (Wei Yang) [Orabug: 38788587] {CVE-2025-40271} - vsock: Ignore signal/timeout on connect() if already established (Michal Luczaj) [Orabug: 38788594] {CVE-2025-40248} [5.15.0-316.196.4] - vhost_scsi: Sync up cmd completion locking with upstream (Mike Christie) [Orabug: 38545946] - vhost_scsi: add support for worker ioctls (Mike Christie) [Orabug: 38545946] - vhost: Limit access to vhost worker ioctls (Mike Christie) [Orabug: 38545946] - vhost: allow userspace to create workers (Mike Christie) [Orabug: 38545946] - vhost: replace single worker pointer with xarray (Mike Christie) [Orabug: 38545946] - vhost: add helper to parse userspace vring state/file (Mike Christie) [Orabug: 38545946] - vhost: remove vhost_work_queue (Mike Christie) [Orabug: 38545946] - vhost_scsi: flush IO vqs then send TMF rsp (Mike...

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SRPMs

http://oss.oracle.com/ol9/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-5.15.0-316.196.4.1.el9uek.src.rpm

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aarch64

bpftool-5.15.0-316.196.4.1.el9uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-5.15.0-316.196.4.1.el9uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-container-5.15.0-316.196.4.1.el9uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-container-debug-5.15.0-316.196.4.1.el9uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-core-5.15.0-316.196.4.1.el9uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-5.15.0-316.196.4.1.el9uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-core-5.15.0-316.196.4.1.el9uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-5.15.0-316.196.4.1.el9uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-modules-5.15.0-316.196.4.1.el9uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra-5.15.0-316.196.4.1.el9uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-devel-5.15.0-316.196.4.1.el9uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-doc-5.15.0-316.196.4.1.el9uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-modules-5.15.0-316.196.4.1.el9uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-modules-extra-5.15.0-316.196.4.1.el9uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek64k-5.15.0-316.196.4.1.el9uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek64k-core-5.15.0-316.196.4.1.el9uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek64k-devel-5.15.0-316.196.4.1.el9uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek64k-modules-5.15.0-316.196.4.1.el9uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek64k-modules-extra-5.15.0-316.196.4.1.el9uek.aarch64.rpm

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Related CVEs: CVE-2025-38085 CVE-2025-38678 CVE-2025-39810 CVE-2025-40248 CVE-2025-40250 CVE-2025-40271 CVE-2025-40280

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