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High ELSA-2026-0444 3 CVEs

Important: kernel security update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published Jan 12, 2026 · Updated Jan 12, 2026

Summary

[4.18.0-553.92.1]
- 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]

[4.18.0-553.92.1]
- libceph: fix potential use-after-free in have_mon_and_osd_map() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-137395] {CVE-2025-68285}
- media: rc: fix races with imon_disconnect() (Kate Hsuan) [RHEL-124396] {CVE-2025-39993}
- media: imon: fix a race condition in send_packet() (Kate Hsuan) [RHEL-124396]
- media: imon: reorganize serialization (Kate Hsuan) [RHEL-124396]
- media: imon: drop references only after device is no longer used (Kate Hsuan) [RHEL-124396]
- media: rc: Add support for another iMON 0xffdc device (Kate Hsuan) [RHEL-124396]

[4.18.0-553.91.1]
- gfs2: Do not cancel internal demote requests (Andreas Gruenbacher) [RHEL-135355]
- gfs2: run_queue cleanup (Andreas Gruenbacher) [RHEL-135355]
- gfs2: simplify finish_xmote (Andreas Gruenbacher) [RHEL-135355]
- gfs2: Get rid of unnecessary test_and_set_bit (Andreas Gruenbacher) [RHEL-135355]
- gfs2: Retries missing in gfs2_{rename,exchange} (Andreas Gruenbacher) [RHEL-135355]
- gfs2: glock cancelation flag fix (Andreas Gruenbacher) [RHEL-135355]
- gfs2: Minor do_xmote cancelation fix (Andreas Gruenbacher) [RHEL-135355]
- sctp: avoid NULL dereference when chunk data buffer is missing (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-133999] {CVE-2025-40240}
- redhat: introduce RELEASE_LOCALVERSION variable (Jan Stancek)
- cifs: fix automount with passwords that contain commas (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-125963]
- perf/x86/intel/ds: Fix the conversion from TSC to perf time (Anubhav Shelat) [RHEL-127171]
- perf/x86/intel/pebs: Fix PEBS timestamps overwritten (Anubhav Shelat) [RHEL-127171]
- ceph: fix client race condition where r_parent becomes stale before sending message (Alex Markuze) [RHEL-120226]
- ceph: fix client race condition validating r_parent before applying state (Alex Markuze) [RHEL-120226]
- blk-mq: setup queue ->tag_set before initializing hctx (Ming Lei) [RHEL-30744]
- blk-mq: add helper for checking if one CPU is mapped to specified hctx (Ming Lei) [RHEL-30744]
- blk-mq: don't schedule block kworker on isolated CPUs (Ming Lei) [RHEL-30744]
- sched/isolation: add cpu_is_isolated() API (Ming Lei) [RHEL-30744]

[4.18.0-553.90.1]
- NFSv4: xattr handlers should check for absent nfs filehandles (Scott Mayhew) [RHEL-129945]

Fixed packages 20

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 bpftool 0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel 0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-abi-stablelists 0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-core 0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-cross-headers 0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug 0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-core 0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-devel 0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-modules 0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-devel 0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-doc 0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-headers 0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-modules 0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools 0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools-libs 0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools-libs-devel 0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 perf 0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 python3-perf 0:4.18.0-553.92.1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 3

  • Critical 9.8

    libceph: fix potential use-after-free in have_mon_and_osd_map()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: fix potential use-after-free in have_mon_and_osd_map() The wait loop in __ceph_open_session() can race with the client receiving a new monmap or osdmap shortly after the initial map …

  • High 7.8

    media: rc: fix races with imon_disconnect()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: rc: fix races with imon_disconnect() Syzbot reports a KASAN issue as below: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __create_pipe include/linux/usb.h:1945 [inline] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in …

  • High 7.5

    sctp: avoid NULL dereference when chunk data buffer is missing

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: avoid NULL dereference when chunk data buffer is missing chunk->skb pointer is dereferenced in the if-block where it's supposed to be NULL only. chunk->skb can only be NULL if chunk->he…