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High ELSA-2025-13960 4 CVEs

Important: kernel security update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published Aug 18, 2025 · Updated Aug 18, 2025

Summary

[4.18.0-553.70.1_10.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 <= 15.3-1.0.3
- Remove upstream reference during boot (Kevin Lyons) [Orabug: 34750652]
- Add new Oracle Linux Driver Signing (key 1) certificate [Orabug: 37985772]

[4.18.0-553.70.1_10]
- i2c/designware: Fix an initialization issue (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-106617] {CVE-2025-38380}
- Bluetooth: hci_core: Fix use-after-free in vhci_flush() (David Marlin) [RHEL-103246] {CVE-2025-38250}
- net_sched: ets: Fix double list add in class with netem as child qdisc (Xin Long) [RHEL-104717] {CVE-2025-37914}
- sch_ets: make est_qlen_notify() idempotent (Xin Long) [RHEL-104717]
- drm/vkms: Fix use after free and double free on init error (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-99402] {CVE-2025-22097}
- s390/pci: Do not try re-enabling load/store if device is disabled (Mete Durlu) [RHEL-105600]
- s390/pci: Fix stale function handles in error handling (Mete Durlu) [RHEL-105600]

Fixed packages 20

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 bpftool 0:4.18.0-553.70.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel 0:4.18.0-553.70.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-abi-stablelists 0:4.18.0-553.70.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-core 0:4.18.0-553.70.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-cross-headers 0:4.18.0-553.70.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug 0:4.18.0-553.70.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-core 0:4.18.0-553.70.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-devel 0:4.18.0-553.70.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-modules 0:4.18.0-553.70.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-553.70.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-devel 0:4.18.0-553.70.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-doc 0:4.18.0-553.70.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-headers 0:4.18.0-553.70.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-modules 0:4.18.0-553.70.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-553.70.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools 0:4.18.0-553.70.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools-libs 0:4.18.0-553.70.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools-libs-devel 0:4.18.0-553.70.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 perf 0:4.18.0-553.70.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 python3-perf 0:4.18.0-553.70.1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 4

  • High 7.8

    drm/vkms: Fix use after free and double free on init error

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vkms: Fix use after free and double free on init error If the driver initialization fails, the vkms_exit() function might access an uninitialized or freed default_config pointer and it mi…

  • High 7.8

    net_sched: ets: Fix double list add in class with netem as child qdisc

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net_sched: ets: Fix double list add in class with netem as child qdisc As described in Gerrard's report [1], there are use cases where a netem child qdisc will make the parent qdisc's enqueue…

  • High 7.8

    Bluetooth: hci_core: Fix use-after-free in vhci_flush()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_core: Fix use-after-free in vhci_flush() syzbot reported use-after-free in vhci_flush() without repro. [0] From the splat, a thread close()d a vhci file descriptor while its de…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2025-38380 Rejected

    This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority.