[El-errata] New Ksplice updates for UEKR6 5.4.17 on OL7 and OL8 (ELSA-2025-20632)

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Synopsis: ELSA-2025-20632 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2025-38494 CVE-2025-38495 CVE-2025-38499 CVE-2025-38618

Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2025-20632.
More information about this errata can be found at
https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-20632.html

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running UEKR6 5.4.17 on
OL7 and OL8 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-2025-38494, CVE-2025-38495: Out-of-bounds memory access in HID bus driver.

* CVE-2025-38499: Overly permissive privilege checks in Virtual File System.

Orabug: 38453918


* CVE-2025-38618: Use-after-free in Virtual Socket protocol driver.

Orabug: 38453914


SUPPORT

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