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Medium ELSA-2026-2212 16 CVEs

Moderate: kernel security update (Oracle Linux 9)

Published Feb 9, 2026 · Updated Feb 9, 2026

Summary

[5.14.0-611.30.1]
- Disable UKI signing [Orabug: 36571828]
- 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 <= 15.3-1.0.5]
- Remove upstream reference during boot (Kevin Lyons) [Orabug: 34729535]
- Add Oracle Linux IMA certificates
- Add new Oracle Linux Driver Signing (key 1) certificate [Orabug: 37985764]

[5.14.0-611.30.1]
- io_uring/net: commit partial buffers on retry (Jeff Moyer) [RHEL-137329] {CVE-2025-38730}
- io_uring/kbuf: add io_kbuf_commit() helper (Jeff Moyer) [RHEL-137329]
- io_uring/kbuf: use 'bl' directly rather than req->buf_list (Jeff Moyer) [RHEL-137329]
- ice: prevent NULL deref in ice_lag_move_new_vf_nodes() (Michal Schmidt) [RHEL-143296]
- net: openvswitch: Avoid needlessly taking the RTNL on vport destroy (Adrian Moreno) [RHEL-141404]
- atm: clip: Fix infinite recursive call of clip_push(). (Guillaume Nault) [RHEL-137601] {CVE-2025-38459}
- dpll: zl3073x: Remove unused dev wrappers (Ivan Vecera) [RHEL-139699]
- dpll: zl3073x: Cache all output properties in zl3073x_out (Ivan Vecera) [RHEL-139699]
- dpll: zl3073x: Cache all reference properties in zl3073x_ref (Ivan Vecera) [RHEL-139699]
- dpll: zl3073x: Cache reference monitor status (Ivan Vecera) [RHEL-139699]
- dpll: zl3073x: Split ref, out, and synth logic from core (Ivan Vecera) [RHEL-139699]
- dpll: zl3073x: Store raw register values instead of parsed state (Ivan Vecera) [RHEL-139699]
- dpll: fix device-id-get and pin-id-get to return errors properly (Ivan Vecera) [RHEL-139699]
- dpll: spec: add missing module-name and clock-id to pin-get reply (Ivan Vecera) [RHEL-139699]
- dpll: zl3073x: Allow to configure phase offset averaging factor (Ivan Vecera) [RHEL-139699]
- dpll: add phase_offset_avg_factor_get/set callback ops (Ivan Vecera) [RHEL-139699]
- dpll: add phase-offset-avg-factor device attribute to netlink spec (Ivan Vecera) [RHEL-139699]
- dpll: fix clock quality level reporting (Ivan Vecera) [RHEL-139699]
- dpll: add reference sync get/set (Ivan Vecera) [RHEL-139699]
- dpll: add reference-sync netlink attribute (Ivan Vecera) [RHEL-139699]
- dpll: remove documentation of rclk_dev_name (Ivan Vecera) [RHEL-139699]
- net: use dst_dev_rcu() in sk_setup_caps() (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-129084] {CVE-2025-40170}
- ipv4: use RCU protection in ip_dst_mtu_maybe_forward() (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-129084]
- net: ipv4: Consolidate ipv4_mtu and ip_dst_mtu_maybe_forward (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-129084]
- ipv6: use RCU in ip6_xmit() (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-129018] {CVE-2025-40135}
- ipv6: use RCU in ip6_output() (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-128982] {CVE-2025-40158}
- net: dst: introduce dst->dev_rcu (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-128982]
- ipv4: use RCU protection in __ip_rt_update_pmtu() (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-128982]
- net: Add locking to protect skb->dev access in ip_output (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-128982]
- net: dst: add four helpers to annotate data-races around dst->dev (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-128982]
- bpf: Fix mismatched RCU unlock flavour in bpf_out_neigh_v6 (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-128982]
- vrf: Fix lockdep splat in output path (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-128982]
- ipv6: remove nexthop_fib6_nh_bh() (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-128982]
- net: remove rcu_dereference_bh_rtnl() (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-128982]
- neighbour: switch to standard rcu, instead of rcu_bh (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-128982]
- ipv6: flowlabel: do not disable BH where not needed (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-128982]
- ipv6: remove one read_lock()/read_unlock() pair in rt6_check_neigh() (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-128982]
- neigh: introduce neigh_confirm() helper function (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-128982]
- net: bonding: update the slave array for broadcast mode (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-132923]
- net: bonding: add broadcast_neighbor netlink option (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-132923]
- net: bonding: add broadcast_neighbor option for 802.3ad (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-132923]
- vsock/vmci: Clear the vmci transport packet properly when initializing it (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-137697] {CVE-2025-38403}
- ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential overflow of PCM transfer buffer (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-136909] {CVE-2025-40269}
- nvme: tcp: Fix compilation warning with W=1 (John Meneghini) [RHEL-129928]
- nvme-tcp: Fix I/O queue cpu spreading for multiple controllers (John Meneghini) [RHEL-129928]

[5.14.0-611.29.1]
- squashfs: fix memory leak in squashfs_fill_super (Abhi Das) [RHEL-138015] {CVE-2025-38415}
- Squashfs: check return result of sb_min_blocksize (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-138015] {CVE-2025-38415}
- usb: core: config: Prevent OOB read in SS endpoint companion parsing (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-137364] {CVE-2025-39760}
- RDMA/rxe: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in rxe_queue_cleanup bug (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-137069] {CVE-2025-38024}

[5.14.0-611.28.1]
- s390: Disable ARCH_WANT_OPTIMIZE_HUGETLB_VMEMMAP (Luiz Capitulino) [RHEL-133337]
- s390: mm: add stub for hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key (Luiz Capitulino) [RHEL-133337]
- fs/proc: fix uaf in proc_readdir_de() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-137098] {CVE-2025-40271}
- Bluetooth: hci_sync: fix race in hci_cmd_sync_dequeue_once (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-136256] {CVE-2025-40318}
- RDMA/core: Fix 'KASAN: slab-use-after-free Read in ib_register_device' problem (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-134352] {CVE-2025-38022}
- cifs: Fix deadlock in cifs_writepages during reconnect (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-134234]
- irqchip/gic-v2m: Prevent use after free of gicv2m_get_fwnode() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-131974] {CVE-2025-37819}
- net: openvswitch: fix nested key length validation in the set() action (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-131801] {CVE-2025-37789}
- md: avoid repeated calls to del_gendisk (Nigel Croxon) [RHEL-126532]
- md: delete mddev kobj before deleting gendisk kobj (Nigel Croxon) [RHEL-126532]
- md: add legacy_async_del_gendisk mode (Nigel Croxon) [RHEL-126532]
- md: Don't clear MD_CLOSING until mddev is freed (Nigel Cr

Fixed packages 29

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-abi-stablelists 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-core 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-cross-headers 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-core 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-devel 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-devel-matched 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-modules 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-core 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-uki-virt 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-devel 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-devel-matched 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-doc 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-headers 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-modules 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-modules-core 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-modules-extra 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-tools 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-tools-libs 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-tools-libs-devel 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-uki-virt 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-uki-virt-addons 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 libperf 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 perf 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 python3-perf 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 rtla 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7
Oracle Linux · 9 rv 0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7

Vulnerabilities 16

  • High 8.8

    Bluetooth: hci_sync: fix race in hci_cmd_sync_dequeue_once

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_sync: fix race in hci_cmd_sync_dequeue_once hci_cmd_sync_dequeue_once() does lookup and then cancel the entry under two separate lock sections. Meanwhile, hci_cmd_sync_work() c…

  • High 8.1

    ipv6: use RCU in ip6_xmit()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: use RCU in ip6_xmit() Use RCU in ip6_xmit() in order to use dst_dev_rcu() to prevent possible UAF.

  • High 8.1

    ipv6: use RCU in ip6_output()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: use RCU in ip6_output() Use RCU in ip6_output() in order to use dst_dev_rcu() to prevent possible UAF. We can remove rcu_read_lock()/rcu_read_unlock() pairs from ip6_finish_output2().

  • High 8.0

    Bluetooth: ISO: Fix possible UAF on iso_conn_free

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: ISO: Fix possible UAF on iso_conn_free This attempt to fix similar issue to sco_conn_free where if the conn->sk is not set to NULL may lead to UAF on iso_conn_free.

  • High 7.8

    net: openvswitch: fix nested key length validation in the set() action

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: fix nested key length validation in the set() action It's not safe to access nla_len(ovs_key) if the data is smaller than the netlink header. Check that the attribute is OK …

  • 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

    io_uring/net: commit partial buffers on retry

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/net: commit partial buffers on retry Ring provided buffers are potentially only valid within the single execution context in which they were acquired. io_uring deals with this and in…

  • High 7.8

    net: use dst_dev_rcu() in sk_setup_caps()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: use dst_dev_rcu() in sk_setup_caps() Use RCU to protect accesses to dst->dev from sk_setup_caps() and sk_dst_gso_max_size(). Also use dst_dev_rcu() in ip6_dst_mtu_maybe_forward(), and ip…

  • High 7.8

    ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential overflow of PCM transfer buffer

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential overflow of PCM transfer buffer The PCM stream data in USB-audio driver is transferred over USB URB packet buffers, and each packet size is determined dynamical…

  • 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…

  • Unscored —

    irqchip/gic-v2m: Prevent use after free of gicv2m_get_fwnode()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: irqchip/gic-v2m: Prevent use after free of gicv2m_get_fwnode() With ACPI in place, gicv2m_get_fwnode() is registered with the pci subsystem as pci_msi_get_fwnode_cb(), which may get invoked a…

  • Unscored —

    vsock/vmci: Clear the vmci transport packet properly when initializing it

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/vmci: Clear the vmci transport packet properly when initializing it In vmci_transport_packet_init memset the vmci_transport_packet before populating the fields to avoid any uninitialise…

  • 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…