[El-errata] ELSA-2026-49525 Important: Oracle Linux 9 perl-Archive-Tar security update

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-49525

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-49525.html

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

x86_64:
perl-Archive-Tar-2.38-6.el9_8.2.noarch.rpm

aarch64:
perl-Archive-Tar-2.38-6.el9_8.2.noarch.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol9/SRPMS-updates/perl-Archive-Tar-2.38-6.el9_8.2.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2026-9538




Description of changes:

[2.38-6.2]
- Fix CVE-2026-9538: add $MAX_FILE_SIZE cap for tar entry size during
  read to prevent memory allocation DoS
- Resolves: RHEL-191917