[El-errata] ELSA-2026-21700 Important: Oracle Linux 8 cockpit security update

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-21700

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-21700.html

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

x86_64:
cockpit-310.8-1.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
cockpit-bridge-310.8-1.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
cockpit-doc-310.8-1.0.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm
cockpit-system-310.8-1.0.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm
cockpit-ws-310.8-1.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
cockpit-310.8-1.0.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
cockpit-bridge-310.8-1.0.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
cockpit-doc-310.8-1.0.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm
cockpit-system-310.8-1.0.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm
cockpit-ws-310.8-1.0.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/cockpit-310.8-1.0.1.el8_10.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2026-4802




Description of changes:

[310.8-1.0.1]
- Fixed cockpit_ws_t selinux issue for tmpfs [Orabug: 36013589]
- Move update-motd out of cockpit_ws_t context [Orabug: 36013589]
- Update documentation links [Orabug: 34706402]
- Drop subscription-manager-cockpit requirement for ol [Orabug: 34681110]
- Remove duplicate reference to server in cockpit [Orabug: 33862832]
- Update documentation links [Orabug: 32795691]
- Make documentation links point to Oracle Linux information [Orabug: 30271413] [Orabug: 32013095]
- Fix rendering of hwinfo page on systems with some empty memory slots [Orabug: 32826970]

[310.8]
- Remove recommends on subscription-manager-cockpit if applicable

[310.8-1]
- ws: fix uninitialized read in tls-sniffing code
- ws: tighten up branding path construction
- pkg/systemd: robustify argument quoting [CVE-2026-4802] (RHEL-161386)

[310.7-1]
- shell: Determine session idle time and countdown from clock time (RHEL-171011)