[El-errata] ELSA-2025-13962 Important: Oracle Linux 9 kernel security update

Thu Aug 21 13:08:05 UTC 2025

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2025-13962

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-13962.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 9 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
kernel-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-abi-stablelists-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.noarch.rpm
kernel-core-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-core-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-uki-virt-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-matched-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-core-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uki-virt-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uki-virt-addons-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
libperf-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
perf-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
rtla-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm
rv-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
kernel-cross-headers-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-headers-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.aarch64.rpm
perf-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.aarch64.rpm
rtla-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.aarch64.rpm
rv-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.aarch64.rpm

SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol9/SRPMS-updates/kernel-5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2024-28956
CVE-2025-21867
CVE-2025-38084
CVE-2025-38085
CVE-2025-38124
CVE-2025-38159
CVE-2025-38250
CVE-2025-38380
CVE-2025-38471

Description of changes:

[5.14.0-570.35.1.0.1.el9_6.OL9]
- nvme-pci: remove two deallocate zeroes quirks [Orabug: 37756650]
- Disable UKI signing [Orabug: 36571828]
- 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 <= 15.3-1.0.5]
- Remove upstream reference during boot (Kevin Lyons) [Orabug: 34729535]
- Add Oracle Linux IMA certificates
- Add new Oracle Linux Driver Signing (key 1) certificate [Orabug: 37985764]

[5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6]
- s390/dasd: Remove DMA alignment (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-91593]
- s390/cpumf: Update CPU Measurement facility extended counter set support (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-103066]
- s390/topology: Improve topology detection (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-92100]
- s390/pai: export number of sysfs attribute files (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-87178]
- s390/pai: fix attr_event_free upper limit for pai device drivers (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-87178]
- powerpc/64s/radix/kfence: map __kfence_pool at page granularity (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-92081]
- wifi: rtw88: fix the 'para' buffer size to avoid reading out of bounds (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-103151] {CVE-2025-38159}
- redhat: Mark kernel incompatible with xdp-tools<1.5.4 (Felix Maurer) [RHEL-101008]
- bpf, test_run: Fix use-after-free issue in eth_skb_pkt_type() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-101008] {CVE-2025-21867}
- arm64: proton-pack: Add new CPUs 'k' values for branch mitigation (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- arm64: bpf: Only mitigate cBPF programs loaded by unprivileged users (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603] {CVE-2025-37963}
- arm64: bpf: Add BHB mitigation to the epilogue for cBPF programs (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603] {CVE-2025-37948}
- arm64: proton-pack: Expose whether the branchy loop k value (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- arm64: proton-pack: Expose whether the platform is mitigated by firmware (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- arm64: insn: Add support for encoding DSB (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- redhat/configs: Enable CONFIG_MITIGATION_ITS for x86 (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- selftest/x86/bugs: Add selftests for ITS (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603 RHEL-92182] {CVE-2024-28956}
- x86/ibt: Keep IBT disabled during alternative patching (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603 RHEL-92182] {CVE-2024-28956}
- x86/its: Align RETs in BHB clear sequence to avoid thunking (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603 RHEL-92182] {CVE-2024-28956}
- x86/its: Add support for RSB stuffing mitigation (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603 RHEL-92182] {CVE-2024-28956}
- x86/its: Add "vmexit" option to skip mitigation on some CPUs (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603 RHEL-92182] {CVE-2024-28956}
- x86/its: Enable Indirect Target Selection mitigation (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603 RHEL-92182] {CVE-2024-28956}
- x86/its: Add support for ITS-safe return thunk (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603 RHEL-92182] {CVE-2024-28956}
- x86/its: Add support for ITS-safe indirect thunk (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603 RHEL-92182] {CVE-2024-28956}
- x86/its: Enumerate Indirect Target Selection (ITS) bug (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603 RHEL-92182] {CVE-2024-28956}
- Documentation: x86/bugs/its: Add ITS documentation (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603 RHEL-92182] {CVE-2024-28956}
- x86/bhi: Do not set BHI_DIS_S in 32-bit mode (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- x86/bpf: Add IBHF call at end of classic BPF (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- x86/bpf: Call branch history clearing sequence on exit (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- arm64: errata: Assume that unknown CPUs _are_ vulnerable to Spectre BHB (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- arm64: errata: Add QCOM_KRYO_4XX_GOLD to the spectre_bhb_k24_list (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- x86/rfds: Exclude P-only parts from the RFDS affected list (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- x86/cpu: Update x86_match_cpu() to also use cpu-type (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- x86/cpu: Add cpu_type to struct x86_cpu_id (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- x86/cpu: Shorten CPU matching macro (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- x86/cpu: Fix the description of X86_MATCH_VFM_STEPS() (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- selftests: Warn about skipped tests in result summary (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- x86/cpu: Fix typo in x86_match_cpu()'s doc (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- x86/cpu: Expose only stepping min/max interface (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- x86/cpu: Add CPU type to struct cpuinfo_topology (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- x86/cpufeatures: Add X86_FEATURE_AMD_HETEROGENEOUS_CORES (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- x86/cpufeatures: Rename X86_FEATURE_FAST_CPPC to have AMD prefix (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- tools/include: Sync x86 headers with the kernel sources (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- selftests: ksft: Fix finished() helper exit code on skipped tests (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- kselftest: Move ksft helper module to common directory (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- platform/x86/intel/ifs: Switch to new Intel CPU model defines (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- x86/platform/atom: Switch to new Intel CPU model defines (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- cpufreq: Switch to new Intel CPU model defines (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- x86/bugs: Add 'spectre_bhi=vmexit' cmdline option (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- EDAC/skx: Switch to new Intel CPU model defines (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- EDAC/i10nm: Switch to new Intel CPU model defines (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- x86/cpu: Fix x86_match_cpu() to match just X86_VENDOR_INTEL (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- x86/aperfmperf: Switch to new Intel CPU model defines (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- x86/apic: Switch to new Intel CPU model defines (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- x86/bugs: Switch to new Intel CPU model defines (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- EDAC/i10nm: Add Intel Grand Ridge micro-server support (Waiman Long) [RHEL-100603]
- Revert "sch_htb: make htb_qlen_notify() idempotent" (Patrick Talbert) [RHEL-108138]
- Revert "sch_drr: make drr_qlen_notify() idempotent" (Patrick Talbert) [RHEL-108138]
- Revert "sch_qfq: make qfq_qlen_notify() idempotent" (Patrick Talbert) [RHEL-108138]
- Revert "codel: remove sch->q.qlen check before qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog()" (Patrick Talbert) [RHEL-108138]
- Revert "sch_htb: make htb_deactivate() idempotent" (Patrick Talbert) [RHEL-108138]
- Revert "net/sched: Always pass notifications when child class becomes empty" (Patrick Talbert) [RHEL-108138]

[5.14.0-570.34.1.el9_6]
- i2c/designware: Fix an initialization issue (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-106625] {CVE-2025-38380}
- tls: always refresh the queue when reading sock (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-106081] {CVE-2025-38471}
- net: fix udp gso skb_segment after pull from frag_list (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-103028] {CVE-2025-38124}
- mm/hugetlb: fix huge_pmd_unshare() vs GUP-fast race (Rafael Aquini) [RHEL-101246] {CVE-2025-38085}
- mm/hugetlb: unshare page tables during VMA split, not before (Rafael Aquini) [RHEL-101282] {CVE-2025-38084}
- mm: fix copy_vma() error handling for hugetlb mappings (Rafael Aquini) [RHEL-101282]
- Bluetooth: hci_core: Fix use-after-free in vhci_flush() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-103256] {CVE-2025-38250}