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High ELSA-2026-0759 5 CVEs

Important: kernel security update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published Jan 19, 2026 · Updated Jan 19, 2026

Summary

[4.18.0-553.94.1]
- 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]

[4.18.0-553.94.1]
- net: atlantic: fix fragment overflow handling in RX path (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-139482] {CVE-2025-68301}
- smb: client: let recv_done verify data_offset, data_length and remaining_data_length (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-131387] {CVE-2025-39933}
- smb: client: Fix use-after-free in cifs_fill_dirent (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-134369] {CVE-2025-38051}

[4.18.0-553.93.1]
- mm: compaction: update the COMPACT[STALL|FAIL] events properly (Lucas Oakley) [RHEL-132449]
- drm/sched: Fix potential double free in drm_sched_job_add_resv_dependencies (Mika Penttila) [RHEL-125456] {CVE-2025-40096}
- drm/i915: mark requests for GuC virtual engines to avoid use-after-free (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-124682] {CVE-2023-53552}

Fixed packages 20

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 bpftool 0:4.18.0-553.94.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel 0:4.18.0-553.94.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-abi-stablelists 0:4.18.0-553.94.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-core 0:4.18.0-553.94.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-cross-headers 0:4.18.0-553.94.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug 0:4.18.0-553.94.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-core 0:4.18.0-553.94.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-devel 0:4.18.0-553.94.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-modules 0:4.18.0-553.94.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-553.94.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-devel 0:4.18.0-553.94.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-doc 0:4.18.0-553.94.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-headers 0:4.18.0-553.94.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-modules 0:4.18.0-553.94.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-553.94.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools 0:4.18.0-553.94.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools-libs 0:4.18.0-553.94.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools-libs-devel 0:4.18.0-553.94.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 perf 0:4.18.0-553.94.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 python3-perf 0:4.18.0-553.94.1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 5

  • Critical 9.8

    net: atlantic: fix fragment overflow handling in RX path

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: atlantic: fix fragment overflow handling in RX path The atlantic driver can receive packets with more than MAX_SKB_FRAGS (17) fragments when handling large multi-descriptor packets. This…

  • Critical 9.4

    smb: client: let recv_done verify data_offset, data_length and remaining_data_length

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: let recv_done verify data_offset, data_length and remaining_data_length This is inspired by the related server fixes.

  • High 7.8

    drm/i915: mark requests for GuC virtual engines to avoid use-after-free

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915: mark requests for GuC virtual engines to avoid use-after-free References to i915_requests may be trapped by userspace inside a sync_file or dmabuf (dma-resv) and held indefinitely a…

  • High 7.8

    smb: client: Fix use-after-free in cifs_fill_dirent

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: Fix use-after-free in cifs_fill_dirent There is a race condition in the readdir concurrency process, which may access the rsp buffer after it has been released, triggering the fo…

  • High 7.8

    drm/sched: Fix potential double free in drm_sched_job_add_resv_dependencies

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/sched: Fix potential double free in drm_sched_job_add_resv_dependencies When adding dependencies with drm_sched_job_add_dependency(), that function consumes the fence reference both on su…