Oracle alert ELSA-2026-500137 (kernel)
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| Subject: | [El-errata] ELSA-2026-500137 Important: Oracle Linux 8 Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update | |
| Date: | Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:54:01 -0700 | |
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Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-500137 http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-500137.html The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network: x86_64: bpftool-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-core-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-core-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-modules-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-devel-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-doc-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-modules-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-modules-extra-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-container-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-container-debug-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.x86_64.rpm aarch64: bpftool-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-core-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-core-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-modules-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-devel-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-doc-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-modules-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-modules-extra-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-container-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.aarch64.rpm kernel-uek-container-debug-5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5.el8uek.aarch64.rpm SRPMS: http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-5.15.0... Related CVEs: CVE-2026-64531 CVE-2026-64561 CVE-2026-68480 Description of changes: [5.15.0-322.203.3.4.5] - KVM: x86/mmu: Stop needlessly making MMU pages available for TDP MMU faults (David Matlack) [Orabug: 39832946] - KVM: x86: Check for invalid/obsolete root *after* making MMU pages available (Sean Christopherson) [Orabug: 39832946] {CVE-2026-64561} - KVM: x86/mmu: Rename __direct_map() to direct_map() (David Matlack) [Orabug: 39832946] - KVM: x86/mmu: Split out TDP MMU page fault handling (David Matlack) [Orabug: 39832946] - KVM: Rename mmu_notifier_* to mmu_invalidate_* (Chao Peng) [Orabug: 39832946] - KVM: x86/mmu: Document the "rules" for using host_pfn_mapping_level() (Sean Christopherson) [Orabug: 39832946] - KVM: x86/mmu: Rename pte_list_{destroy,remove}() to show they zap SPTEs (Sean Christopherson) [Orabug: 39832946] - KVM: x86/mmu: Directly "destroy" PTE list when recycling rmaps (Sean Christopherson) [Orabug: 39832946] - x86/bugs: Make Safe-RET robust against interrupt injection (Borislav Petkov (AMD)) [Orabug: 39784615] {CVE-2026-68480} - x86/alternatives: Disable interrupts and sync when optimizing NOPs in place (Thomas Gleixner) [Orabug: 39784615] - x86/alternative: Support relocations in alternatives (Peter Zijlstra) [Orabug: 39784615] - x86/alternative: Make debug-alternative selective (Peter Zijlstra) [Orabug: 39784615] - x86/alternatives: Add alt_instr.flags (Borislav Petkov (AMD)) [Orabug: 39784615] - x86/asm: Provide ALTERNATIVE_3 (Peter Zijlstra) [Orabug: 39784615] - net: tap: set skb->dev before parsing virtio net header in tap_get_user_xdp() (Dongli Zhang) [Orabug: 39819205] - net: openvswitch: reject oversized nested action attrs (Asim Viladi Oglu Manizada) [Orabug: 39819143] {CVE-2026-64531} _______________________________________________ El-errata mailing list El-errata@oss.oracle.com https://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/el-errata