[El-errata] ELSA-2026-73512 Moderate: Oracle Linux 9 gawk security update

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-73512

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-73512.html

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

x86_64:
gawk-5.1.0-6.el9_8.1.x86_64.rpm
gawk-all-langpacks-5.1.0-6.el9_8.1.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
gawk-5.1.0-6.el9_8.1.aarch64.rpm
gawk-all-langpacks-5.1.0-6.el9_8.1.aarch64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol9/SRPMS-updates/gawk-5.1.0-6.el9_8.1.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2026-40467
CVE-2026-40468
CVE-2026-40553




Description of changes:

[5.1.0-6.1]
- Fix use after free in io.c
- Fix buffer overflow in extensions/readdir.c
- Fix integer overflow in buildin.c
Resolves: CVE-2026-40467
Resolves: CVE-2026-40468
Resolves: CVE-2026-40553