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High 1 exploited CVE ELSA-2026-13577 6 CVEs

Important: kernel security update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published May 5, 2026 · Updated May 5, 2026

Summary

[4.18.0-553.123.1]
- 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]

[4.18.0-553.123.1]
- crypto: algif_aead - snapshot IV for async AEAD requests (Herbert Xu) [RHEL-172187]
- crypto: algif_aead - Fix minimum RX size check for decryption (Herbert Xu) [RHEL-172187]
- crypto: authencesn - reject short ahash digests during instance creation (Herbert Xu) [RHEL-172187]
- crypto: authencesn - Fix src offset when decrypting in-place (Herbert Xu) [RHEL-172187]
- crypto: authencesn - Do not place hiseq at end of dst for out-of-place decryption (Herbert Xu) [RHEL-172187] {CVE-2026-31431}
- crypto: authencesn - reject too-short AAD (assoclen<8) to match ESP/ESN spec (Herbert Xu) [RHEL-172187] {CVE-2026-23060}
- crypto: af_alg - Fix page reassignment overflow in af_alg_pull_tsgl (Herbert Xu) [RHEL-172187]
- crypto: af_alg - limit RX SG extraction by receive buffer budget (Herbert Xu) [RHEL-172187] {CVE-2026-31677}
- crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place (Herbert Xu) [RHEL-172187] {CVE-2026-31431}
- crypto: af-alg - fix NULL pointer dereference in scatterwalk (Herbert Xu) [RHEL-172187]
- KVM: x86/mmu: Drop/zap existing present SPTE even when creating an MMIO SPTE (Paolo Bonzini) [RHEL-153727] {CVE-2026-23401}

[4.18.0-553.122.1]
- nvme: avoid double free special payload (Maurizio Lombardi) [RHEL-51303] {CVE-2024-41073}
- crypto: asymmetric_keys - prevent overflow in asymmetric_key_generate_id (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-166921] {CVE-2025-68724}
- net: qlogic/qede: fix potential out-of-bounds read in qede_tpa_cont() and qede_tpa_end() (Jay Shin) [RHEL-166155] {CVE-2025-40252}
- kernel.h: Move ARRAY_SIZE() to a separate header (Jay Shin) [RHEL-166155] {CVE-2025-40252}

[4.18.0-553.121.1]
- nfsd: fix heap overflow in NFSv4.0 LOCK replay cache (Scott Mayhew) [RHEL-167011] {CVE-2026-31402}

Fixed packages 20

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 bpftool 0:4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel 0:4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-abi-stablelists 0:4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-core 0:4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-cross-headers 0:4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug 0:4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-core 0:4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-devel 0:4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-modules 0:4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-devel 0:4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-doc 0:4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-headers 0:4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-modules 0:4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools 0:4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools-libs 0:4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools-libs-devel 0:4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 perf 0:4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 python3-perf 0:4.18.0-553.123.1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 6

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-31431 Exploited Public exploit EPSS 98%

    crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place This mostly reverts commit 72548b093ee3 except for the copying of the associated data. There is no benefit in operating in-place in algif…

    KEV May 1, 2026
  • Critical 9.8

    nvme: avoid double free special payload

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme: avoid double free special payload If a discard request needs to be retried, and that retry may fail before a new special payload is added, a double free will result. Clear the RQF_SPECI…

  • Critical 9.8

    net: qlogic/qede: fix potential out-of-bounds read in qede_tpa_cont() and qede_tpa_end()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: qlogic/qede: fix potential out-of-bounds read in qede_tpa_cont() and qede_tpa_end() The loops in 'qede_tpa_cont()' and 'qede_tpa_end()', iterate over 'cqe->len_list[]' using only a zero-…

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2026-31402 Public exploit

    nfsd: fix heap overflow in NFSv4.0 LOCK replay cache

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: fix heap overflow in NFSv4.0 LOCK replay cache The NFSv4.0 replay cache uses a fixed 112-byte inline buffer (rp_ibuf[NFSD4_REPLAY_ISIZE]) to store encoded operation responses. This size…

  • High 8.1

    KVM: x86/mmu: Drop/zap existing present SPTE even when creating an MMIO SPTE

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86/mmu: Drop/zap existing present SPTE even when creating an MMIO SPTE When installing an emulated MMIO SPTE, do so *after* dropping/zapping the existing SPTE (if it's shadow-present). …

  • High 7.8

    crypto: asymmetric_keys - prevent overflow in asymmetric_key_generate_id

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: asymmetric_keys - prevent overflow in asymmetric_key_generate_id Use check_add_overflow() to guard against potential integer overflows when adding the binary blob lengths and the size…