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Medium ELSA-2026-1662 10 CVEs

Moderate: kernel security update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published Feb 2, 2026 · Updated Feb 2, 2026

Summary

[4.18.0-553.100.1]
- 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]

[4.18.0-553.100.1]
- IB/hfi1: Fix sdma.h tx->num_descs off-by-one error (Kamal Heib) [RHEL-138396] {CVE-2024-26766}

[4.18.0-553.99.1]
- fbdev: bitblit: bound-check glyph index in bit_putcs* (Jocelyn Falempe) [RHEL-136937] {CVE-2025-40322}
- atm: clip: Fix infinite recursive call of clip_push(). (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-137591] {CVE-2025-38459}
- squashfs: fix memory leak in squashfs_fill_super (Abhi Das) [RHEL-138010] {CVE-2025-38415}
- Squashfs: check return result of sb_min_blocksize (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-138010] {CVE-2025-38415}
- usb: core: config: Prevent OOB read in SS endpoint companion parsing (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-137362] {CVE-2025-39760}
- RDMA/rxe: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in rxe_queue_cleanup bug (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-137058] {CVE-2025-38024}

[4.18.0-553.98.1]
- vfs: use READ_ONCE() to access ->i_link (Jay Shin) [RHEL-141790]
- fold generic_readlink() into its only caller (Jay Shin) [RHEL-141790]
- fs/proc: fix uaf in proc_readdir_de() (Pavel Reichl) [RHEL-137093] {CVE-2025-40271}
- Backport 'create an empty changelog file when changing its name' (Alexandra Hajkova)
- mptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work() (Paolo Abeni) [RHEL-134443] {CVE-2025-40258}
- mptcp: use mptcp_schedule_work instead of open-coding it (Paolo Abeni) [RHEL-134443]
- tcp: fix a signed-integer-overflow bug in tcp_add_backlog() (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-137976] {CVE-2022-50865}
- tcp: minor optimization in tcp_add_backlog() (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-137976] {CVE-2022-50865}
- RDMA/core: Fix 'KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in ib_register_device' problem (Kamal Heib) [RHEL-134347] {CVE-2025-38022}

Fixed packages 20

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 bpftool 0:4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel 0:4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-abi-stablelists 0:4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-core 0:4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-cross-headers 0:4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug 0:4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-core 0:4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-devel 0:4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-modules 0:4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-devel 0:4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-doc 0:4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-headers 0:4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-modules 0:4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools 0:4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools-libs 0:4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools-libs-devel 0:4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 perf 0:4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 python3-perf 0:4.18.0-553.100.1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 10

  • Critical 9.8

    mptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work() syzbot reported use-after-free in mptcp_schedule_work() [1] Issue here is that mptcp_schedule_work() schedules a work, then gets a refcount …

  • High 7.8

    IB/hfi1: Fix sdma.h tx->num_descs off-by-one error

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/hfi1: Fix sdma.h tx->num_descs off-by-one error Unfortunately the commit `fd8958efe877` introduced another error causing the `descs` array to overflow. This reults in further crashes easil…

  • High 7.8

    RDMA/core: Fix "KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in ib_register_device" problem

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/core: Fix "KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in ib_register_device" problem Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x116/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_addr…

  • High 7.8

    RDMA/rxe: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in rxe_queue_cleanup bug

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/rxe: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in rxe_queue_cleanup bug Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x7d/0xa0 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_descri…

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2025-40271 Public exploit

    fs/proc: fix uaf in proc_readdir_de()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/proc: fix uaf in proc_readdir_de() Pde is erased from subdir rbtree through rb_erase(), but not set the node to EMPTY, which may result in uaf access. We should use RB_CLEAR_NODE() set the…

  • High 7.5

    tcp: fix a signed-integer-overflow bug in tcp_add_backlog()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: fix a signed-integer-overflow bug in tcp_add_backlog() The type of sk_rcvbuf and sk_sndbuf in struct sock is int, and in tcp_add_backlog(), the variable limit is caculated by adding sk_r…

  • High 7.1

    fbdev: bitblit: bound-check glyph index in bit_putcs*

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: bitblit: bound-check glyph index in bit_putcs* bit_putcs_aligned()/unaligned() derived the glyph pointer from the character value masked by 0xff/0x1ff, which may exceed the actual font…

  • Unscored —

    Squashfs: check return result of sb_min_blocksize

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Squashfs: check return result of sb_min_blocksize Syzkaller reports an "UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in squashfs_bio_read" bug. Syzkaller forks multiple processes which after mounting the Squas…

  • Unscored —

    atm: clip: Fix infinite recursive call of clip_push().

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: atm: clip: Fix infinite recursive call of clip_push(). syzbot reported the splat below. [0] This happens if we call ioctl(ATMARP_MKIP) more than once. During the first call, clip_mkip() sets …

  • Unscored —

    usb: core: config: Prevent OOB read in SS endpoint companion parsing

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: core: config: Prevent OOB read in SS endpoint companion parsing usb_parse_ss_endpoint_companion() checks descriptor type before length, enabling a potentially odd read outside of the buf…