[El-errata] ELSA-2026-67265-0 Moderate: Oracle Linux 9 libkcapi security, bug fix, and enhancement update

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-67265-0

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-67265-0.html

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

x86_64:
libkcapi-1.4.0-3.0.1.el9_8.i686.rpm
libkcapi-1.4.0-3.0.1.el9_8.x86_64.rpm
libkcapi-hmaccalc-1.4.0-3.0.1.el9_8.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
libkcapi-1.4.0-3.0.1.el9_8.aarch64.rpm
libkcapi-hmaccalc-1.4.0-3.0.1.el9_8.aarch64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol9/SRPMS-updates/libkcapi-1.4.0-3.0.1.el9_8.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2026-71225
CVE-2026-71226
CVE-2026-71227




Description of changes:

[1.4.0-3.0.1]
- Change distroname_ext in spec file to oracle

[1.4.0-3]
- Remove ansi_cprng test as new kernels don't support it
  Resolves: RHEL-242707
- Add tag processing in AEAD decryption without ciphertext
  Resolves: RHEL-242667
- CVE-2026-71226: Fix memory corruption via uncanceled AIO requests
  on error in libkcapi's one-shot AIO path
  Resolves: RHEL-224815
- CVE-2026-71227: Fix infinite loop denial of service in libkcapi
  _kcapi_aio_read_all() due to unhandled io_getevents() timeout return
  Resolves: RHEL-224976
- CVE-2026-71225: Fix IV reuse in libkcapi one-shot symmetric cipher chunking
  Resolves: RHEL-224704