Summary
[4.18.0-305.12.1_4.OL8]
- Update Oracle Linux certificates (Kevin Lyons)
- Disable signing for aarch64 (Ilya Okomin)
- Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was added to the kernel trusted keys list (olkmod_signing_key.pem) [Orabug: 29539237]
- Update x509.genkey [Orabug: 24817676]
- Conflict with shim-ia32 and shim-x64 <= 15-11.0.5
[4.18.0-305.12.1_4]
- Revert 'nvme-pci: remove last_sq_tail' (Gopal Tiwari) [1965415 1921591]
- tc-testing: add test for ct DNAT tuple collision (Marcelo Ricardo Leitner) [1982494 1964578]
- tc-testing: add support for sending various scapy packets (Marcelo Ricardo Leitner) [1982494 1964578]
- tc-testing: fix list handling (Marcelo Ricardo Leitner) [1982494 1964578]
- net/sched: act_ct: handle DNAT tuple collision (Marcelo Ricardo Leitner) [1982494 1964578]
- mm/memcg: Relocate tcpmem to below memory in struct mem_cgroup (Waiman Long) [1980314 1959772]
- mm/memcg: optimize user context object stock access (Waiman Long) [1980314 1959772]
- mm/memcg: improve refill_obj_stock() performance (Waiman Long) [1980314 1959772]
- mm/memcg: cache vmstat data in percpu memcg_stock_pcp (Waiman Long) [1980314 1959772]
- mm/memcg: move mod_objcg_state() to memcontrol.c (Waiman Long) [1980314 1959772]
- mm: memcontrol: use obj_cgroup APIs to charge kmem pages (Waiman Long) [1980314 1959772]
- mm: memcontrol: change ug->dummy_page only if memcg changed (Waiman Long) [1980314 1959772]
- mm: memcontrol: directly access page->memcg_data in mm/page_alloc.c (Waiman Long) [1980314 1959772]
- mm: memcontrol: introduce obj_cgroup_{un}charge_pages (Waiman Long) [1980314 1959772]
- mm: memcontrol: slab: fix obtain a reference to a freeing memcg (Waiman Long) [1980314 1959772]
- mm: move lruvec stats update functions to vmstat.h (Waiman Long) [1980314 1959772]
- mm: memcg/slab: rename *_lruvec_slab_state to *_lruvec_kmem_state (Waiman Long) [1980314 1959772]
- mm: Convert page kmemcg type to a page memcg flag (Waiman Long) [1980314 1959772]
- mm: Introduce page memcg flags (Waiman Long) [1980314 1959772]
- mm: memcontrol/slab: Use helpers to access slab page's memcg_data (Waiman Long) [1980314 1959772]
- mm: memcontrol: Use helpers to read page's memcg data (Waiman Long) [1980314 1959772]
- mm/page_alloc.c: extract check_[new|free]_page_bad() common part to page_bad_reason() (Waiman Long) [1980314 1959772]
- mm/page_alloc.c: rename free_pages_check() to check_free_page() (Waiman Long) [1980314 1959772]
- mm/page_alloc.c: rename free_pages_check_bad() to check_free_page_bad() (Waiman Long) [1980314 1959772]
- mm/page_alloc.c: bad_flags is not necessary for bad_page() (Waiman Long) [1980314 1959772]
- mm/page_alloc.c: bad_[reason|flags] is not necessary when PageHWPoison (Waiman Long) [1980314 1959772]
[4.18.0-305.11.1_4]
- SUNRPC: Handle major timeout in xprt_adjust_timeout() (Scott Mayhew) [1980613 1979070]
- net/mlx5e: Disable TLS device offload in kdump mode (Alaa Hleihel) [1969909 1946647]
- net/mlx5e: Disable TX MPWQE in kdump mode (Alaa Hleihel) [1969909 1946647]
- drm/i915: Add an encoder hook to sanitize its state during init/resume (Imre Deak) [1981250 1961122]
- netfilter: x_tables: fix compat match/target pad out-of-bound write (Florian Westphal) [1980500 1980501] {CVE-2021-22555}
- Bluetooth: btusb: Fix the autosuspend enable and disable (Gopal Tiwari) [1972564 1927375]
- cifs: handle empty list of targets in cifs_reconnect() (Ronnie Sahlberg) [1973637 1952263]
- tick/nohz: Update idle_exittime on actual idle exit (Phil Auld) [1978710 1962632]
- tick/nohz: Remove superflous check for CONFIG_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_NATIVE (Phil Auld) [1978710 1962632]
- tick/nohz: Conditionally restart tick on idle exit (Phil Auld) [1978710 1962632]
- can: bcm: delay release of struct bcm_op after synchronize_rcu() (Hangbin Liu) [1975058 1975059]
- redhat/configs: Re-enable dptf_power module (Prarit Bhargava) [1968381 1962349]
- KVM: do not allow mapping valid but non-reference-counted pages (Jon Maloy) [1975514 1975515] {CVE-2021-22543}
- seq_file: Disallow extremely large seq buffer allocations (Ian Kent) [1975181 1975182] {CVE-2021-33909}
Fixed packages 20
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux · 8 | bpftool | 0:4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4 |
| Oracle Linux · 8 | kernel | 0:4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4 |
| Oracle Linux · 8 | kernel-abi-stablelists | 0:4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4 |
| Oracle Linux · 8 | kernel-core | 0:4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4 |
| Oracle Linux · 8 | kernel-cross-headers | 0:4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4 |
| Oracle Linux · 8 | kernel-debug | 0:4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4 |
| Oracle Linux · 8 | kernel-debug-core | 0:4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4 |
| Oracle Linux · 8 | kernel-debug-devel | 0:4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4 |
| Oracle Linux · 8 | kernel-debug-modules | 0:4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4 |
| Oracle Linux · 8 | kernel-debug-modules-extra | 0:4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4 |
| Oracle Linux · 8 | kernel-devel | 0:4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4 |
| Oracle Linux · 8 | kernel-doc | 0:4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4 |
| Oracle Linux · 8 | kernel-headers | 0:4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4 |
| Oracle Linux · 8 | kernel-modules | 0:4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4 |
| Oracle Linux · 8 | kernel-modules-extra | 0:4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4 |
| Oracle Linux · 8 | kernel-tools | 0:4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4 |
| Oracle Linux · 8 | kernel-tools-libs | 0:4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4 |
| Oracle Linux · 8 | kernel-tools-libs-devel | 0:4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4 |
| Oracle Linux · 8 | perf | 0:4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4 |
| Oracle Linux · 8 | python3-perf | 0:4.18.0-305.12.1.el8_4 |
Vulnerabilities 3
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High 8.3
Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE
A heap out-of-bounds write affecting Linux since v2.6.19-rc1 was discovered in net/netfilter/x_tables.c. This allows an attacker to gain privileges or cause a DoS (via heap memory corruption) through user name space
KEV Oct 6, 2025 -
High 8.7
Improper memory handling in Linux KVM
An issue was discovered in Linux: KVM through Improper handling of VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP vmas in KVM can bypass RO checks and can lead to pages being freed while still accessible by the VMM and guest. This allows users with the ability to start and control a VM to …
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Unscored —
.A flaw was found in the CAN BCM networking protocol in the Linux kernel, where a local attacker can abuse a flaw in th…