[El-errata] ELSA-2026-0793 Important: Oracle Linux 9 kernel security update

Thu Jan 22 11:40:10 UTC 2026

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-0793

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-0793.html

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

x86_64:
kernel-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-abi-stablelists-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.noarch.rpm
kernel-core-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-core-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-uki-virt-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-matched-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-core-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uki-virt-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-uki-virt-addons-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
libperf-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
perf-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
rtla-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm
rv-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
kernel-cross-headers-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-headers-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
libperf-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
perf-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
rtla-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm
rv-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm

SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol9/SRPMS-updates/kernel-5.14.0-611.24.1.el9_7.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2025-38703
CVE-2025-39933
CVE-2025-40277
CVE-2025-68285
CVE-2025-68287

Description of changes:

[5.14.0-611.24.1]
- Disable UKI signing [Orabug: 36571828]
- Update Oracle Linux certificates (Kevin Lyons)
- Disable signing for aarch64 (Ilya Okomin)
- Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was added to the kernel trusted keys list (olkmod_signing_key.pem) [Orabug: 29539237]
- Update x509.genkey [Orabug: 24817676]
- Conflict with shim-ia32 and shim-x64 <= 15.3-1.0.5]
- Remove upstream reference during boot (Kevin Lyons) [Orabug: 34729535]
- Add Oracle Linux IMA certificates
- Add new Oracle Linux Driver Signing (key 1) certificate [Orabug: 37985764]

[5.14.0-611.24.1]
- gitlab-ci: use rhel9.7 builder image (Michael Hofmann)
- smb: client: let recv_done verify data_offset, data_length and remaining_data_length (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-131388] {CVE-2025-39933}
- tty: n_tty: Fix buffer offsets when lookahead is used (Radostin Stoyanov) [RHEL-130039]

[5.14.0-611.23.1]
- book3s64/hash: Remove kfence support temporarily (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-135574]
- xfs: rework datasync tracking and execution (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-135714]
- xfs: rearrange code in xfs_inode_item_precommit (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-135714]
- inetpeer: do not get a refcount in inet_getpeer() (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-116121]
- inetpeer: update inetpeer timestamp in inet_getpeer() (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-116121]
- inetpeer: remove create argument of inet_getpeer() (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-116121]
- inetpeer: remove create argument of inet_getpeer_v[46]() (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-116121]
- ipv4/route: avoid unused-but-set-variable warning (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-116121]
- arm64: errata: Expand speculative SSBS workaround for Cortex-A720AE (Waiman Long) [RHEL-130734]
- arm64: cputype: Add Cortex-A720AE definitions (Waiman Long) [RHEL-130734]
- arm64: errata: Add missing sentinels to Spectre-BHB MIDR arrays (Waiman Long) [RHEL-130734]
- arm64: Add support for HIP09 Spectre-BHB mitigation (Waiman Long) [RHEL-130734]
- arm64: errata: Add newer ARM cores to the spectre_bhb_loop_affected() lists (Waiman Long) [RHEL-130734]
- arm64: cputype: Add MIDR_CORTEX_A76AE (Waiman Long) [RHEL-130734]
- arm64: errata: Add KRYO 2XX/3XX/4XX silver cores to Spectre BHB safe list (Waiman Long) [RHEL-130734]
- arm64: Subscribe Microsoft Azure Cobalt 100 to erratum 3194386 (Waiman Long) [RHEL-130734]
- arm64: errata: Expand speculative SSBS workaround once more (Waiman Long) [RHEL-130734]
- arm64: errata: Expand speculative SSBS workaround (again) (Waiman Long) [RHEL-130734]
- tools headers arm64: Sync arm64's cputype.h with the kernel sources (Waiman Long) [RHEL-130734]
- arm64: cputype: Add Neoverse-N3 definitions (Waiman Long) [RHEL-130734]
- arm64: cputype: Add Cortex-A725 definitions (Waiman Long) [RHEL-130734]
- arm64: cputype: Add Cortex-X1C definitions (Waiman Long) [RHEL-130734]
- drm/xe: Make dma-fences compliant with the safe access rules (Mika Penttilä) [RHEL-122263] {CVE-2025-38703}

[5.14.0-611.22.1]
- libceph: fix potential use-after-free in have_mon_and_osd_map() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-137400] {CVE-2025-68285}

[5.14.0-611.21.1]
- usb: dwc3: Fix race condition between concurrent dwc3_remove_requests() call paths (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-137147] {CVE-2025-68287}
- redhat: conflict with unsupported shim on x86/aarch64 (9.7.z) (Li Tian) [RHEL-135775]
- drm/vmwgfx: Validate command header size against SVGA_CMD_MAX_DATASIZE (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-134428] {CVE-2025-40277}
- perf tools: Don't set attr.exclude_guest by default (Michael Petlan) [RHEL-131726]
- smb: client: fix refcount leak in smb2_set_path_attr (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-127422]
- smb: client: fix potential UAF in smb2_close_cached_fid() (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-127422]
- smb: client: fix potential cfid UAF in smb2_query_info_compound (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-127422]
- smb: client: Fix refcount leak for cifs_sb_tlink (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-127422]
- cifs: parse_dfs_referrals: prevent oob on malformed input (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-127422]
- smb: client: remove cfids_invalidation_worker (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-127422]
- smb client: fix bug with newly created file in cached dir (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-127422]
- smb: client: short-circuit negative lookups when parent dir is fully cached (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-127422]
- smb: client: short-circuit in open_cached_dir_by_dentry() if !dentry (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-127422]
- smb: client: remove pointless cfid->has_lease check (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-127422]
- smb: client: remove unused fid_lock (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-127422]
- smb: client: update cfid->last_access_time in open_cached_dir_by_dentry() (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-127422]
- smb: client: ensure open_cached_dir_by_dentry() only returns valid cfid (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-127422]
- smb: client: account smb directory cache usage and per-tcon totals (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-127422]
- smb: client: add drop_dir_cache module parameter to invalidate cached dirents (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-127422]
- smb: client: show lease state as R/H/W (or NONE) in open_files (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-127422]
- smb: client: show negotiated cipher in DebugData (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-127422]
- smb: client: add new tracepoint to trace lease break notification (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-127422]
- smb: client: Fix NULL pointer dereference in cifs_debug_dirs_proc_show() (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-127422]