[El-errata] ELBA-2026-5584 Oracle Linux 8 autofs bug fix and enhancement update

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Wed Mar 25 05:52:03 UTC 2026


Oracle Linux Bug Fix Advisory ELBA-2026-5584

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELBA-2026-5584.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
autofs-5.1.4-114.0.1.el8_10.8.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
autofs-5.1.4-114.0.1.el8_10.8.aarch64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/autofs-5.1.4-114.0.1.el8_10.8.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[5.1.4-114.0.1.el8_10.8]
- Add autofs-5.0.5-lookup-mounts.patch [Orabug:12658280]

[5.1.4-114.el8_10.8]
- RHEL-97546 - hung tasks after autofs reload
  - quiet possibly noisy log message.
  - fix devid update on reload.
  - fix cache writelock must be taken in update_map_cache().
  - fix skip valid map entries on expire cleanup.
  - remove unnecessary call to set_direct_mount_tree_catatonic().
  - remove unnecessary assignment in umount_multi().
  - fix direct mount trigger umount failure case.
  - refactor do_umount_autofs_direct().
  - fix stale direct mount trigger not umounted on expire.
  - add function table_lookup_ino().
  - improve handling of missing map entry for mount request.
- Resolves: RHEL-97546

[5.1.4-114.el8_10.7]
- RHEL-46409 - RFE: autofs: add handling for AMD 'nounmount' option
  - fix amd cache options not copied.
  - seperate amd mount and entry flags.
  - make iocl ops ->timeout() handle per-dentry expire.
  - refactor amd mount options handling.
  - add some unimplemented amd map options.
  - fix lookup search type in umount_subtree_mounts().
  - fix remount_active_mount() not remounting symlinks.
  - log when setting amd per-mount timeout.
  - update per-mount expire timeout on readmap.
  - clear per-mount timeout if not set.
  - fix incorrect flags update in update_with_defaults().
  - skip expire check for amd nounmount mounts.
- Resolves: RHEL-46409




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