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High ELSA-2026-21706 18 CVEs

Important: kernel security update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published May 28, 2026 · Updated May 28, 2026

Summary

[4.18.0-553.126.1]
- 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]

[4.18.0-553.126.1]
- crypto: af_alg - Work around empty control messages without MSG_MORE (Thomas Huth) [RHEL-175772]
- crypto: af_alg - Fix regression on empty requests (Thomas Huth) [RHEL-175772]
- crypto: af_alg - fix use-after-free in af_alg_accept() due to bh_lock_sock() (Thomas Huth) [RHEL-175772]
- crypto: af_alg - remove redundant initializations of sk_family (Thomas Huth) [RHEL-175772]
- crypto: af_alg - Use bh_lock_sock in sk_destruct (Thomas Huth) [RHEL-175772]
- crypto: algif_aead - fix uninitialized ctx->init (Thomas Huth) [RHEL-175772]
- crypto: algif_aead - Only wake up when ctx->more is zero (Thomas Huth) [RHEL-175772]
- crypto: algif_aead - Do not set MAY_BACKLOG on the async path (Thomas Huth) [RHEL-175772]
- crypto: null - Remove VLA usage of skcipher (Thomas Huth) [RHEL-175772]
- smb: client: validate dacloffset before building DACL pointers (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-172815]
- smb: client: use kzalloc to zero-initialize security descriptor buffer (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-172815]
- smb: client: scope end_of_dacl to CIFS_DEBUG2 use in parse_dacl (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-172815]
- smb: client: require a full NFS mode SID before reading mode bits (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-172815]
- smb: client: validate the whole DACL before rewriting it in cifsacl (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-172815] {CVE-2026-31709}
- smb: client: Return a status code only as a constant in sid_to_id() (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-172815]
- cifs: add validation check for the fields in smb_aces (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-172815]
- cifs: fix incorrect validation for num_aces field of smb_acl (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-172815]
- smb: common: change the data type of num_aces to le16 (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-172815]
- netfilter: xt_tcpmss: check remaining length before reading optlen (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-174212] {CVE-2026-43190}
- md/bitmap: fix GPF in write_page caused by resize race (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-174088] {CVE-2026-43163}
- xfs: fix freemap adjustments when adding xattrs to leaf blocks (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-174045] {CVE-2026-43158}
- xfs: delete attr leaf freemap entries when empty (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-174045] {CVE-2026-43158}
- can: raw: fix ro->uniq use-after-free in raw_rcv() (Davide Caratti) [RHEL-170753] {CVE-2026-31532}
- can: af_can: export can_sock_destruct() (Davide Caratti) [RHEL-170753] {CVE-2026-31532}
- HID: wacom: fix out-of-bounds read in wacom_intuos_bt_irq (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-172734] {CVE-2026-43051}
- netfilter: nf_conntrack_helper: pass helper to expect cleanup (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-172614] {CVE-2026-43027}
- Bluetooth: MGMT: validate LTK enc_size on load (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-172566] {CVE-2026-43020}
- Bluetooth: SCO: Fix use-after-free in sco_recv_frame() due to missing sock_hold (David Marlin) [RHEL-165057] {CVE-2026-31408}
- Bluetooth: SCO: Fix UAF on sco_sock_timeout (David Marlin) [RHEL-165057] {CVE-2026-31408}
- Bluetooth: Fix use-after-free bugs caused by sco_sock_timeout (David Marlin) [RHEL-165057] {CVE-2026-31408}
- Bluetooth: Init sk_peer_* on bt_sock_alloc (David Marlin) [RHEL-165057] {CVE-2026-31408}
- Bluetooth: Consolidate code around sk_alloc into a helper function (David Marlin) [RHEL-165057] {CVE-2026-31408}
- netfilter: ip6t_eui64: reject invalid MAC header for all packets (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-171149] {CVE-2026-31685}
- net: sched: act_csum: validate nested VLAN headers (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-171132] {CVE-2026-31684}
- smb: client: fix mid_q_entry memleak leak with per-mid locking (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-164032]
- smb: client: smb: client: eliminate mid_flags field (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-164032]
- smb: client: add mid_counter_lock to protect the mid counter counter (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-164032]
- smb: client: rename server mid_lock to mid_queue_lock (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-164032]
- smb3: fix lock ordering potential deadlock in cifs_sync_mid_result (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-164032]
- smb: client: remove redundant lstrp update in negotiate protocol (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-164032]
- smb: client: fix race condition in negotiate timeout by using more precise timing (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-164032]
- smb: client: fix first command failure during re-negotiation (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-164032]
- smb: client: fix hang in wait_for_response() for negproto (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-164032]
- ima: don't clear IMA_DIGSIG flag when setting or removing non-IMA xattr (Bruno Meneguele) [RHEL-166886] {CVE-2025-68183}
- selftests/bpf: Test outer map update operations in syscall program (Viktor Malik) [RHEL-152219]
- selftests/bpf: Add test cases for inner map (Viktor Malik) [RHEL-152219]
- bpf: prepare for more bpf syscall to be used from kernel and user space. (Viktor Malik) [RHEL-152219]
- bpf: Optimize the free of inner map (Viktor Malik) [RHEL-152219]
- bpf: Defer the free of inner map when necessary (Viktor Malik) [RHEL-152219]
- bpf: Set need_defer as false when clearing fd array during map free (Viktor Malik) [RHEL-152219]
- bpf: Add map and need_defer parameters to .map_fd_put_ptr() (Viktor Malik) [RHEL-152219]
- bpf: Check rcu_read_lock_trace_held() before calling bpf map helpers (Viktor Malik) [RHEL-152219]
- netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: check for zero length in DecodeQ931() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-166981] {CVE-2026-23455}
- ALSA: firewire-motu: fix buffer overflow in hwdep read for DSP events (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-166960] {CVE-2025-68347}
- RDMA/umad: Reject negative data_len in ib_umad_write (Kamal Heib) [RHEL-156872] {CVE-2026-23243}
- Bluetooth: mgmt: remove NULL check in add_ext_adv_

Fixed packages 20

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 bpftool 0:4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel 0:4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-abi-stablelists 0:4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-core 0:4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-cross-headers 0:4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug 0:4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-core 0:4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-devel 0:4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-modules 0:4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-devel 0:4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-doc 0:4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-headers 0:4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-modules 0:4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools 0:4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools-libs 0:4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools-libs-devel 0:4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 perf 0:4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 python3-perf 0:4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 18

  • Critical 9.4

    netfilter: ip6t_eui64: reject invalid MAC header for all packets

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ip6t_eui64: reject invalid MAC header for all packets `eui64_mt6()` derives a modified EUI-64 from the Ethernet source address and compares it with the low 64 bits of the IPv6 sour…

  • Critical 9.1

    libceph: make decode_pool() more resilient against corrupted osdmaps

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libceph: make decode_pool() more resilient against corrupted osdmaps If the osdmap is (maliciously) corrupted such that the encoded length of ceph_pg_pool envelope is less than what is expect…

  • Critical 9.1

    netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: check for zero length in DecodeQ931()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: check for zero length in DecodeQ931() In DecodeQ931(), the UserUserIE code path reads a 16-bit length from the packet, then decrements it by 1 to skip the protoc…

  • High 8.8

    Bluetooth: SCO: Fix use-after-free in sco_recv_frame() due to missing sock_hold

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: SCO: Fix use-after-free in sco_recv_frame() due to missing sock_hold sco_recv_frame() reads conn->sk under sco_conn_lock() but immediately releases the lock without holding a refer…

  • High 8.8

    smb: client: validate the whole DACL before rewriting it in cifsacl

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: validate the whole DACL before rewriting it in cifsacl build_sec_desc() and id_mode_to_cifs_acl() derive a DACL pointer from a server-supplied dacloffset and then use the incomin…

  • High 8.8

    xfs: fix freemap adjustments when adding xattrs to leaf blocks

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: fix freemap adjustments when adding xattrs to leaf blocks xfs/592 and xfs/794 both trip this assertion in the leaf block freemap adjustment code after ~20 minutes of running on my test V…

  • High 8.2

    netfilter: xt_tcpmss: check remaining length before reading optlen

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: xt_tcpmss: check remaining length before reading optlen Quoting reporter: In net/netfilter/xt_tcpmss.c (lines 53-68), the TCP option parser reads op[i+1] directly without validatin…

  • High 8.1

    HID: wacom: fix out-of-bounds read in wacom_intuos_bt_irq

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: wacom: fix out-of-bounds read in wacom_intuos_bt_irq The wacom_intuos_bt_irq() function processes Bluetooth HID reports without sufficient bounds checking. A maliciously crafted short re…

  • High 7.8

    Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible UAFs

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible UAFs This attemps to fix possible UAFs caused by struct mgmt_pending being freed while still being processed like in the following trace, in order to fix mgmt_pe…

  • High 7.8

    ima: don't clear IMA_DIGSIG flag when setting or removing non-IMA xattr

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ima: don't clear IMA_DIGSIG flag when setting or removing non-IMA xattr Currently when both IMA and EVM are in fix mode, the IMA signature will be reset to IMA hash if a program first stores …

  • High 7.8

    ALSA: firewire-motu: fix buffer overflow in hwdep read for DSP events

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: firewire-motu: fix buffer overflow in hwdep read for DSP events The DSP event handling code in hwdep_read() could write more bytes to the user buffer than requested, when a user provide…

  • High 7.8

    RDMA/umad: Reject negative data_len in ib_umad_write

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/umad: Reject negative data_len in ib_umad_write ib_umad_write computes data_len from user-controlled count and the MAD header sizes. With a mismatched user MAD header size and RMPP heade…

  • High 7.8

    net/sched: Only allow act_ct to bind to clsact/ingress qdiscs and shared blocks

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: Only allow act_ct to bind to clsact/ingress qdiscs and shared blocks As Paolo said earlier [1]: "Since the blamed commit below, classify can return TC_ACT_CONSUMED while the curren…

  • High 7.8

    can: raw: fix ro->uniq use-after-free in raw_rcv()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: raw: fix ro->uniq use-after-free in raw_rcv() raw_release() unregisters raw CAN receive filters via can_rx_unregister(), but receiver deletion is deferred with call_rcu(). This leaves a …

  • Unscored —

    net: sched: act_csum: validate nested VLAN headers

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: sched: act_csum: validate nested VLAN headers tcf_csum_act() walks nested VLAN headers directly from skb->data when an skb still carries in-payload VLAN tags. The current code reads vlan…

  • Unscored —

    Bluetooth: MGMT: validate LTK enc_size on load

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: validate LTK enc_size on load Load Long Term Keys stores the user-provided enc_size and later uses it to size fixed-size stack operations when replying to LE LTK requests. An…

  • Unscored —

    netfilter: nf_conntrack_helper: pass helper to expect cleanup

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conntrack_helper: pass helper to expect cleanup nf_conntrack_helper_unregister() calls nf_ct_expect_iterate_destroy() to remove expectations belonging to the helper being unregi…

  • Unscored —

    md/bitmap: fix GPF in write_page caused by resize race

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/bitmap: fix GPF in write_page caused by resize race A General Protection Fault occurs in write_page() during array resize: RIP: 0010:write_page+0x22b/0x3c0 [md_mod] This is a use-after-fre…