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Medium ELSA-2026-2720 3 CVEs

Moderate: kernel security update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published Feb 16, 2026 · Updated Feb 16, 2026

Summary

[4.18.0-553.105.1]
- 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]

[4.18.0-553.105.1]
- s390/ipl: Clear SBP flag when bootprog is set (Mete Durlu) [RHEL-145334]
- Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix checking conn for le_conn_complete_evt (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111] {CVE-2023-53762}
- Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix UAF in hci_disconnect_all_sync (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111] {CVE-2023-53762}
- Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix UAF on hci_abort_conn_sync (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111] {CVE-2023-53762}
- Bluetooth: hci_conn: Consolidate code for aborting connections (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111] {CVE-2023-53762}
- Bluetooth: Fix printing errors if LE Connection times out (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111] {CVE-2023-53762}
- Bluetooth: hci_conn: Fix not cleaning up on LE Connection failure (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111] {CVE-2023-53762}
- Bluetooth: hci_sync: hold hdev->lock when cleanup hci_conn (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111] {CVE-2023-53762}
- Bluetooth: Move hci_abort_conn to hci_conn.c (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111] {CVE-2023-53762}
- Bluetooth: mgmt: Fix using hci_conn_abort (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111] {CVE-2023-53762}
- Bluetooth: hci_conn: Fix hci_connect_le_sync (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111] {CVE-2023-53762}
- Bluetooth: hci_sync: Cleanup hci_conn if it cannot be aborted (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111] {CVE-2023-53762}
- Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix checking for invalid handle on error status (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111] {CVE-2023-53762}
- Bluetooth: call hci_le_conn_failed with hdev lock in hci_le_conn_failed (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111] {CVE-2023-53762}
- Bluetooth: hci_sync: fix undefined return of hci_disconnect_all_sync() (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111] {CVE-2023-53762}
- Bluetooth: hci_event: Ignore multiple conn complete events (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111] {CVE-2023-53762}
- Bluetooth: fix null ptr deref on hci_sync_conn_complete_evt (David Marlin) [RHEL-137111] {CVE-2023-53762}
- fbdev: Add bounds checking in bit_putcs to fix vmalloc-out-of-bounds (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-137678] {CVE-2025-40304}
- gfs2: Fix duplicate should_fault_in_pages() call (Andreas Gruenbacher) [RHEL-130505]
- smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in smc_clc_prfx_match(). (Mete Durlu) [RHEL-130012] {CVE-2025-40168}

Fixed packages 20

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 bpftool 0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel 0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-abi-stablelists 0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-core 0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-cross-headers 0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug 0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-core 0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-devel 0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-modules 0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-devel 0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-doc 0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-headers 0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-modules 0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools 0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools-libs 0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools-libs-devel 0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 perf 0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 python3-perf 0:4.18.0-553.105.1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 3

  • High 8.8

    Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix UAF in hci_disconnect_all_sync

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_sync: Fix UAF in hci_disconnect_all_sync Use-after-free can occur in hci_disconnect_all_sync if a connection is deleted by concurrent processing of a controller event. To preve…

  • High 8.1

    smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in smc_clc_prfx_match().

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in smc_clc_prfx_match(). smc_clc_prfx_match() is called from smc_listen_work() and not under RCU nor RTNL. Using sk_dst_get(sk)->dev could trigger UA…

  • High 7.8

    fbdev: Add bounds checking in bit_putcs to fix vmalloc-out-of-bounds

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: Add bounds checking in bit_putcs to fix vmalloc-out-of-bounds Add bounds checking to prevent writes past framebuffer boundaries when rendering text near screen edges. Return early if t…