[El-errata] New Ksplice updates for UEKR7 5.15.0 on OL8 and OL9 (ELSA-2026-50294)

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Synopsis: ELSA-2026-50294 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2026-23112 CVE-2026-31508 CVE-2026-46243

Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2026-50294.
More information about this errata can be found at
https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-50294.html

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running UEKR7 5.15.0 on
OL8 and OL9 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-2026-23112: Null pointer dereference in NVMe/TCP target subsystem.

* CVE-2026-31508: Kernel oops in Open vSwitch driver.

* CVE-2026-46243: Overly permissive privilege checks in Kerberos/SPNEGO driver.

Orabug: 39463672


* Memory leak in TUN/TAP device driver.

Orabug: 39429143


* Missing AMD PSFD feature in KVM.

Orabug: 35586248


SUPPORT

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