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High ELSA-2026-27811 1 CVE

Important: kernel security update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published Jun 23, 2026 · Updated Jun 23, 2026

Summary

[4.18.0-553.137.1]
- 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]
- 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]

[4.18.0-553.137.1]
- selinux: RHEL-only hotfix for execmem regression (Ondrej Mosnacek) [RHEL-179435] {CVE-2026-46054}
- selinux: fix overlayfs mmap() and mprotect() access checks (Ondrej Mosnacek) [RHEL-179435] {CVE-2026-46054}
- lsm: add backing_file LSM hooks (Ondrej Mosnacek) [RHEL-179435] {CVE-2026-46054}
- fs: prepare for adding LSM blob to backing_file (Ondrej Mosnacek) [RHEL-179435] {CVE-2026-46054}
- perf/core: Fix MMAP event path names with backing files (Ondrej Mosnacek) [RHEL-179435]
- fs: constify file ptr in backing_file accessor helpers (Ondrej Mosnacek) [RHEL-179435] {CVE-2026-46054}
- ovl: Fix nested backing file paths (Ondrej Mosnacek) [RHEL-179435]
- fs: store real path instead of fake path in backing file f_path (Ondrej Mosnacek) [RHEL-179435]
- fs: create helper file_user_path() for user displayed mapped file path (Ondrej Mosnacek) [RHEL-179435]
- fs: get mnt_writers count for an open backing file's real path (Ondrej Mosnacek) [RHEL-179435]
- fs: move cleanup from init_file() into its callers (Ondrej Mosnacek) [RHEL-179435]
- fs: use backing_file container for internal files with 'fake' f_path (Ondrej Mosnacek) [RHEL-179435]
- fs: move kmem_cache_zalloc() into alloc_empty_file*() helpers (Ondrej Mosnacek) [RHEL-179435]
- ovl: pass layer mnt to ovl_open_realfile() (Ondrej Mosnacek) [RHEL-179435]

Fixed packages 20

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 bpftool 0:4.18.0-553.137.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel 0:4.18.0-553.137.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-abi-stablelists 0:4.18.0-553.137.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-core 0:4.18.0-553.137.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-cross-headers 0:4.18.0-553.137.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug 0:4.18.0-553.137.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-core 0:4.18.0-553.137.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-devel 0:4.18.0-553.137.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-modules 0:4.18.0-553.137.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-553.137.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-devel 0:4.18.0-553.137.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-doc 0:4.18.0-553.137.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-headers 0:4.18.0-553.137.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-modules 0:4.18.0-553.137.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-553.137.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools 0:4.18.0-553.137.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools-libs 0:4.18.0-553.137.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools-libs-devel 0:4.18.0-553.137.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 perf 0:4.18.0-553.137.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 python3-perf 0:4.18.0-553.137.1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.1

    selinux: fix overlayfs mmap() and mprotect() access checks

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: selinux: fix overlayfs mmap() and mprotect() access checks The existing SELinux security model for overlayfs is to allow access if the current task is able to access the top level file (the "…