[El-errata] New Ksplice updates for UEKR8 6.12.0 on OL9 and OL10 (ELSA-2025-20719)

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Synopsis: ELSA-2025-20719 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2025-39698 CVE-2025-39866 CVE-2025-39881 CVE-2025-39946 CVE-2025-39963 CVE-2025-39964 CVE-2025-39973 CVE-2025-39977 CVE-2025-40022

Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2025-20719.
More information about this errata can be found at
https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-20719.html

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running UEKR8 6.12.0 on
OL9 and OL10 install these updates.

On systems that have "autoinstall = yes" in /etc/uptrack/uptrack.conf,
these updates will be installed automatically and you do not need to
take any action.

Alternatively, you can install these updates by running:

# /usr/sbin/uptrack-upgrade -y


DESCRIPTION

* CVE-2025-39698: Use-after-free in io_uring futex driver.

Orabug: 38572958


* CVE-2025-39866: Use-after-free in writeback filesystem logic.

Orabug: 38572953


* CVE-2025-39881: Use-after-free in kernfs driver.

Orabug: 38572951


* CVE-2025-39946: Out-of-bounds memory access in Transport Layer Security driver.

Orabug: 38572944


* CVE-2025-39963: Reference counting error in IO uring driver.

Orabug: 38572947


* CVE-2025-39973: Out-of-bounds memory access in Intel(R) Ethernet Controller XL710 Family driver.

Orabug: 38572941


* CVE-2025-39977: Use-after-free in futex driver.

Orabug: 38572943


* CVE-2025-40022, CVE-2025-39964: Improper handling of concurrent input in crypto subsystem.

Orabug: 38572948


SUPPORT

Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.