[El-errata] New Ksplice updates for UEKR8 6.12.0 on OL9 and OL10 (ELSA-2025-28066)

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Synopsis: ELSA-2025-28066 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2025-40215 CVE-2025-40271

Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2025-28066.
More information about this errata can be found at
https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-28066.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-2025-40215: Race condition in XFRM subsystem.

* CVE-2025-40271: Use-after-free in /proc filesystem driver.

SUPPORT

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