[El-errata] ELSA-2026-53844 Important: Oracle Linux 9 iscsi-initiator-utils security, bug fix, and enhancement update

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-53844

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-53844.html

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

x86_64:
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.0.1.el9_8.2.x86_64.rpm
iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio-6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.0.1.el9_8.2.x86_64.rpm
python3-iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.0.1.el9_8.2.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.0.1.el9_8.2.aarch64.rpm
iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio-6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.0.1.el9_8.2.aarch64.rpm
python3-iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.0.1.el9_8.2.aarch64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol9/SRPMS-updates/iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.0.1.el9_8.2.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2026-44943
CVE-2026-44944




Description of changes:

[6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.0.1.el9_8.2]
- iscsi validate interface IP against target address family [Orabug: 39491394]
- iscsi delay reconnect until interface has valid IP [Orabug: 38441836]
- Correct the typos in email addresses in changelog in OL9.5 [Orabug: 37910459]
- Change the order of restart iscsi services in spec file [Orabug: 37749406]
- Rate limit session reopen and initial connect log messages [Orabug: 37681887]
- Change the log_level of log_debug message in actor_delete()
- Remove incorrect keyword from install section in iscsi-init [Orabug: 37544462]
- Add python3-rpm-macros to BuildRequires
- Allow systemd-remount-fs complete before iscsi-init.service [Orabug: 34325406]
- Allow iscsi-init.service to start after local-fs.target [Orabug: 33930979]
- Rename 0008-use-red-hat-name.patch to 0008-use-oracle-for-name.patch
  and use com.oracle in prefix
- Complete the following tasks to address [Orabug: 29311709]
  The following patches address [Orabug: 29128380] (Jianchao Wang)
  Add 0032-Add-Requires-iscsid.service-in-iscsi.service.patch
  The following patch addresses [Orabug: 29306329]
  Add 0033-Update-systemd-to-always-restart-iscsid-service.patch
- Print vital iscsid messages on console using rsyslog facility. This
  is particularly useful when using iscsi boot and there is a connection
  or session issue. [Orabug: 29503805]
- Modify iscsi-mark-root-nodes script to only update node.startup to onboot
  for iscsi sessions that are active during boot. [Orabug: 29653342]
- Modify iscsi-mark-root nodes script to not mark nodes when iscsi.service
  is restarted. [Orabug: 29851447]
- Modify patches 0007 and 0032-0035 to apply cleanly
- Tune TimeoutSec of iscsid service to 10 minutes [Orabug: 29869817]

[6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.2]
- fix CVE-2026-44943: path traversal via IQN names in discovery
- fix CVE-2026-44944: iscsiuio socket credential verification bypass

[6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853.1]
- fix CVE-2026-44943: path traversal via IQN names in discovery
- fix CVE-2026-44944: iscsiuio socket credential verification bypass

[6.2.1.11-1.git4b3e853]
- fix regression in fw and static node records