[El-errata] ELBA-2026-28249 Oracle Linux 9 cloud-init bug fix and enhancement update

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle Linux Bug Fix Advisory ELBA-2026-28249

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELBA-2026-28249.html

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

x86_64:
cloud-init-24.4-8.0.1.el9_8.1.noarch.rpm

aarch64:
cloud-init-24.4-8.0.1.el9_8.1.noarch.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol9/SRPMS-updates/cloud-init-24.4-8.0.1.el9_8.1.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[24.4-8.0.1.el9_8.1]
- Fix Oracle Datasource network and getdata methods for OCI OL [Orabug: 35950168]
- Fix log file permission [Orabug: 35302969]
- Update detection logic for OL distros in config template [Orabug: 34845400]
- Added missing services in rhel/systemd/cloud-init.service [Orabug: 32183938]
- Added missing services in cloud-init.service.tmpl for sshd [Orabug: 32183938]
- Forward port applicable cloud-init 18.4-2.0.3 changes to cloud-init-18-5 [Orabug: 30435672]
- limit permissions [Orabug: 31352433]
- Changes to ignore all enslaved interfaces [Orabug: 30092148]
- Make Oracle datasource detect dracut based config files [Orabug: 29956753]
- add modified version of enable-ec2_utils-to-stop-retrying-to-get-ec2-metadata.patch:
  1. Enable ec2_utils.py having a way to stop retrying to get ec2 metadata
  2. Apply stop retrying to get ec2 metadata to helper/openstack.py MetadataReader
  Resolves: Oracle-Bug:41660 (Bugzilla)
- added OL to list of known distros
Resolves: rhbz#1427280
Resolves: rhbz#1427280

[24.4-8.el9_8.1]
- ci-fix-Pass-interface-string-to-get_newest_lease-6648.patch [RHEL-159095]
- ci-fix-cloudstack-Improve-domain-name-DHCP-lease-lookup.patch [RHEL-159095]
- ci-downstream-fix-test_cloudstack.py-since-pytest-fixtu.patch [RHEL-159095]
- Resolves: RHEL-159095
  (CLONE - [GSS][Secure Support] [RHEL-9] cloud-init requests lease before DHCP can provide one [rhel-9.8.z])