[El-errata] ELSA-2026-73511 Moderate: Oracle Linux 8 gawk security update

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-73511

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-73511.html

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

x86_64:
gawk-4.2.1-5.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
gawk-4.2.1-5.el8_10.aarch64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/gawk-4.2.1-5.el8_10.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2026-40467
CVE-2026-40468




Description of changes:

[4.2.1-5]
- Fix use-after-free in do_getline_redir() (CVE-2026-40467)
Resolves: RHEL-222601

[4.2.1-4.1]
- Fix integer overflow in do_sub() and parse_escape() (CVE-2026-40468)
Resolves: RHEL-222771