Oracle alert ELSA-2025-17797 (kernel)

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[El-errata] ELSA-2025-17797 Moderate: Oracle Linux 8 kernel security update
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Thu, 16 Oct 2025 04:56:55 -0700
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Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2025-17797

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-17797.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
bpftool-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
bpftool-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/kernel-4.18.0-553...

Related CVEs:

CVE-2022-50228
CVE-2023-53305




Description of changes:

[4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10.OL8]
- 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]

[4.18.0-553.79.1.el8_10]
- Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-116277] {CVE-2023-53305}
- KVM: SVM: Don't BUG if userspace injects an interrupt with GIF=0 (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-109748]
{CVE-2022-50228}


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